Insights and Stories on Machinery

Sollio outlines pandemic recovery plan for food sector

Jun. 1, 2020 at 2:54 am CDT

Ottawa — One of Canada’s largest agri-food companies has laid out a five-point industry recovery plan for federal politicians to consider. During a meeting Tuesday of the Commons standing committee on finance, the president of Quebec-based Sollio Co-operative Group shared plans to limit consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the […]

Rite Way proposes to buy Morris Industries

May. 28, 2020 at 8:00 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Outdoor Farm Show relocating to cyberspace for 2020

May. 25, 2020 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Union warns of fuel supply disruption in ‘Dear Farmers’ notice

May. 21, 2020 at 10:44 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

CEBA expanded to farms, other ‘owner-operated’ businesses

May. 19, 2020 at 9:15 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Buhler to halt Farm King manufacturing at Fargo

May. 11, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

Farm equipment maker Buhler Industries plans to gather its U.S. manufacturing work into one plant in Minnesota this summer and halt operations at nearby Fargo, N.D. The Winnipeg company, whose product lines include Versatile tractors and sprayers and Farm King application, tillage and hay equipment, said Monday it’s “optimizing” its […]

By Dave Bedard

Agri-food tech expected to be a post-pandemic growth industry

May. 11, 2020 at 3:59 am CDT

Ottawa — A researcher at the University of Guelph says the COVID-19 pandemic will spark agility – particularly related to technology – in agriculture. “(The pandemic) has re-emphasized the need to get access to some of the technology that exists in other sectors and are not easily accessible in agri-food […]

By D.C. Fraser

Ag in Motion outdoor farm show going online instead for 2020

May. 7, 2020 at 12:37 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia’s summer farm show Ag in Motion is coming in from the outdoors to operate in cyberspace for 2020. The event — which was due to run July 21-23 at the Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm on Highway 16 west of Langham, Sask., about 40 km northwest of Saskatoon — […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada’s Farm Show postponed

Apr. 27, 2020 at 1:19 pm CDT

One of Canada’s biggest agricultural events has crossed itself off the 2020 summer calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada’s Farm Show, which rebranded in December from its former Canada’s Farm Progress Show identity, announced Monday it has officially postponed to an as-yet unconfirmed date. The annual show, organized by […]

By Dave Bedard

Logistics, lack of containers hamper pulse crop movement

Apr. 16, 2020 at 9:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Logistics disruptions due to COVID-19 are hampering nearby movement of pulses, according to a number of industry participants speaking Thursday on a webinar organized by the Global Pulse Consortium. However, the longer-term impact of the pandemic remains to be seen. “The shipping industry has been hugely impacted by […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin