Insights and Stories on Machinery

Cargill buying further into Saskatchewan ag retail

Mar. 19, 2021 at 10:16 am CDT

Cargill plans to expand its crop retail reach further into southeastern Saskatchewan by buying up the remaining half of one of its joint ventures in the region. The Canadian arm of the U.S. agrifood firm said Thursday it will buy up crop input retailer Precision Ag for an undisclosed sum, […]

Autonomous tractor captures imagination

Mar. 19, 2021 at 9:57 am CDT

By Robin Booker

New federal program to help develop on-farm carbon sinks

Mar. 18, 2021 at 8:36 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Ag equipment maker buys WHL’s Regina Pats

Mar. 15, 2021 at 3:58 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

No credit expected for farmers’ past work in new carbon market

Mar. 5, 2021 at 8:13 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

Spring road bans coming into effect across Prairies

Mar. 5, 2021 at 7:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Warming temperatures and melting snow across Western Canada may cause some disruptions to grain and livestock movement over the next few weeks as seasonal spring road restrictions come into effect across the Prairies. The annual spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Carbon tax rebate on grain drying fuels coming

Mar. 3, 2021 at 6:28 pm CST

Farmers can expect a rebate on carbon taxes paid on fuels used to dry grain, Jim Carr, the federal cabinet’s special representative for the Prairies, told the Canadian Crops Virtual Convention on Tuesday. However, he didn’t provide any details. “There is promising news on this front,” Carr told the meeting, […]

By Allan Dawson

Farmers Edge launches IPO

Mar. 3, 2021 at 5:03 pm CST

Manitoba’s best-known digital agriculture firm is now a publicly-traded company. Farmers Edge, founded in 2005 in Pilot Mound, Man. by agronomists Wade Barnes and Curtis MacKinnon, has carved out a niche using field-centric data, artificial intelligence and its FarmCommand data management platform. CEO Wade Barnes called it an exciting day […]

By Gord Gilmour

Grain drying relief moving forward, one way or other

Feb. 28, 2021 at 12:00 am CST

Despite voting against a bill to exempt certain farm fuels from the carbon tax, the governing federal Liberals say tax relief for grain drying is coming. Conservative MP Philip Lawrence’s private member’s bill C-206, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (qualifying farming fuel), passed second reading […]

By D.C. Fraser

Advisory council named to steer national Food Policy

Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:24 pm CST

Development of Canada’s Food Policy is taking a major step forward with the naming Friday of a new advisory council featuring industry, academic and government members tasked with guiding the policy. Public consultations on a “Food Policy for Canada” started in 2017, leading to the release of a 2018 report […]

By D.C. Fraser