Insights and Stories on Machinery

Sep. 11, 2024 at 11:01 am CDT

Filip Lameš, agricultural attache to the embassy of the Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, was at the Canada's Outdoor Farm Show 2024 in Woodstock to explore potential new markets for agriculture manufacturers in his country and innovations that farmers there could adopt.

By Gord Gilmour

Aug. 30, 2024 at 3:48 pm CDT

According to a recent news release from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, higher combine prices do not yet appear to have affected their sales in Canada.

By Jeff Melchior

Aug. 23, 2024 at 9:55 am CDT

For Janay Meisser, director of innovation for ag co-operative United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), scouting for high-tech solutions that make farming more productive and profitable is an essential aspect of her job. The Stratus AirSprayer, a new drone tool unveiled by Saskatchewan-based Precision AI in July, is unlike anything she’s […]

By Mark Halsall

Aug. 2, 2024 at 9:27 am CDT

Alongside container farms in South Africa cultivating soldier flies for animal feed, solar-powered fish and crop dryers in Tanzania and machine-learning pest detectors in Kenya, Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.

By Kim Harrisberg, Reuters

Jul. 31, 2024 at 2:55 pm CDT

Farm and construction equipment maker CNH Industrial on Wednesday lowered its 2024 profit forecast for the second time, as slowing demand for its tractors and combines keeps hopes for a recovery in the second half of the year muted.

By Abhinav Parmar, Reuters