Insights and Stories on Machinery

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

Jul. 18, 2024 at 4:48 pm CDT

Grain handling and storage equipment maker AGI’s new offerings at Ag in Motion include a new optional pre-cleaner system to work with AGI, Neco and Vertec mixed-flow grain dryers. Dave Bedard of Grainews speaks with AGI’s Ron Kleuskens about the new system for extracting beeswings, fines and chaff before grain […]