Insights and Stories on Machinery

Oct. 11, 2019 at 10:11 am CDT

When it comes to reducing the risk of on-farm fires, maintenance and prevention are a farmer’s best defence. Dave McEachren, a Glencoe, Ont., grain farmer, who is also a volunteer firefighter and captain of the Southwest Middlesex Fire Department, confirms the leading causes of fire and calls to emergency services […]

By Jeanine Moyer

Oct. 10, 2019 at 4:08 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Diesel prices in the U.S. Midwest have sunk to a three-year seasonal low as farmers in the region face adverse weather conditions, further complicating an already delayed harvest season, traders and farmers said. Diesel demand typically rises during harvest season because farming equipment and trucks […]

By Stephanie Kelly

Oct. 8, 2019 at 2:47 pm CDT

Can-Am’s product manager J.J. Rivet shows Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey some features on the brand’s two newest Defenders, the Max and the Pro.

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Deere and Co. on Tuesday announced indefinite layoffs for 163 U.S. manufacturing workers at plants in Illinois and Iowa that make agricultural, forestry and construction equipment, citing decreased customer demand. The layoffs come week after the company said it would reduce production by 20 per cent […]

By Rajesh Kumar Singh

Oct. 1, 2019 at 12:10 pm CDT

Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey goes to Texas to evaluate the new Can-Am Defender Pro and Defender Max UTVs. Scott provides his impressions of the performance of both vehicles from behind the wheel during the testing days as he takes the vehicles across some very rough terrain. The test includes […]