Insights and Stories on Machinery

Deere puts compact-tractor loaders on the level

Jul. 8, 2020 at 4:27 pm CDT

John Deere has launched a new mechanical self-leveling loader (MSL) option for its 1E, 1R, 2R and 3E lines of compact utility tractors. Deere’s MSL system allows the operator to maintain a level bucket or pallet position from the bottom of a lift to the top, making for “increased stability […]

New grain aeration system is out there

Jul. 1, 2020 at 9:34 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Brandt deal for Topcon distributor in Ontario falls through

Jul. 1, 2020 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

CUSMA pact takes effect under cloud of disputes, COVID-19

Jul. 1, 2020 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Dave Graham David Lawder David Ljunggren

Animal welfare activist dies outside Ontario pork plant

Jun. 19, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

TFW program to be overhauled after COVID-19 outbreaks on farms

Jun. 19, 2020 at 2:43 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is overhauling its temporary foreign worker program, a government spokeswoman said on Friday, after coronavirus outbreaks on Ontario farms sickened hundreds and led Mexico to demand assurances of proper safeguards. As part of the review, surprise inspections of working and living conditions on farms will […]

By Rod Nickel

John Deere rolls X Series Combines into North America

Jun. 18, 2020 at 5:06 pm CDT

John Deere has added the X9 1000 and X9 1100 combines to its 2021 harvesting lineup. The X9 1100 can harvest up to 30 acres of tough, high-yielding wheat per hour and harvest up to 7,200 bushels per hour in high-yielding corn. “As conditions change, an X9 Combine can make […]

By Glacier FarmMedia

Co-op Refinery, union reach tentative labour deal

Jun. 18, 2020 at 3:26 pm CDT

The operators of one of Western Canada’s biggest fuel refineries have reached a tentative deal with the union representing workers locked out since December. The deal, if ratified in an employee vote, would end the lockout at Federated Co-operatives’ (FCL) Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), a major bulk fuel supplier to […]

By Dave Bedard

Carbon pricing not having ‘significant impact’ on grain drying, Bibeau says

Jun. 12, 2020 at 8:27 pm CDT

Ottawa — Grain drying costs an average of $210 to $819 per farm in carbon taxes, according to federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Her department used data provided by grower groups – including Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) – to arrive at […]

By D.C. Fraser

Brandt buys GeoShack’s Ontario business

Jun. 8, 2020 at 3:03 am CDT

Farm, forestry and construction equipment maker Brandt is about to buy itself a lock on the market for Topcon GPS equipment in Canada. The Regina-based Brandt Group announced Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy the assets of GeoShack Canada Co. and the Canadian assets of Inteq Distributors, both […]

By Dave Bedard