Insights and Stories on Machinery

Sep. 3, 2019 at 1:11 pm CDT

Milan | Reuters — Industrial vehicle maker CNH Industrial has decided to split in two and list its truck, bus and engine division in an effort to boost asset values and streamline its businesses. The plan comes just six years after CNH Industrial was created when Fiat Industrial — spun […]

By Giulio Piovaccari

Aug. 30, 2019 at 2:10 pm CDT

Jay Bruggencate has a bit of a bone to pick with the ag tech industry. “We’ve invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into smart equipment that knows what it’s doing but can’t talk to each other,” said the Lacombe-area farmer at the recent AgSmart event at Olds College. “There’s so […]

By Jennifer Blair

Aug. 30, 2019 at 5:03 am CDT

Agco’s Hesston by Massey Ferguson brand has one-upped itself on the 1300 series of RazorEdge pull-type disc mower conditioners it introduced last year. Hesston, at the 2019 Farm Progress Show (U.S.), introduced the MF1316S, which it said replaces last year’s MF1395 as the largest of the 1300 series. While both […]

By Staff

Aug. 28, 2019 at 5:37 pm CDT

One of Canada’s big six banks bets the agriculture sector’s gross domestic product could rise by nearly 60 per cent over the next decade if it were to have enough people, capital and access to new technology where ag lives. A report released by RBC on Tuesday titled “Farmer 4.0” […]

By GFM Staff

Aug. 27, 2019 at 6:02 pm CDT

Manitoba’s incumbent Progressive Conservatives have pledged to boost provincial mandates for biofuel content in gasoline and diesel two weeks ahead of a provincial election. The Tories, whom recent polls favour for re-election on Sept. 10, included the pledge Tuesday in a campaign announcement specifically aimed at the province’s farmers. The […]

By GFM Staff