Insights and Stories on Machinery

Telus buys Farm At Hand

Aug. 19, 2019 at 2:44 am CDT

Vancouver farm management software development firm Farm At Hand has become an arm of one of the Big Five in Canada’s communication services sector. Farm At Hand, which makes the cloud-based Crop Planner software suite for farmers and the Farm At Hand Agronomy suite for agronomists, announced Tuesday it has […]

eQuipTV: Putting the Kubota M8 tractor to the test

Aug. 8, 2019 at 1:52 pm CDT

Ukrainian harrow maker enters Prairie market

Jul. 19, 2019 at 2:17 am CDT

By Staff

Grain equipment firm AGI takes stake in Farmobile

Jul. 18, 2019 at 4:11 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Consultations begin online for replacing Alberta’s Bill 6

Jul. 13, 2019 at 4:44 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

Jul. 11, 2019 at 2:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The first cargo ship in two years left the northern Manitoba port of Churchill on Wednesday, moving supplies to communities in Nunavut. Rehabilitation efforts at North America’s only deep-water Arctic port are still underway, but there are expectations business through the facility will eventually include grain as well. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

Jul. 10, 2019 at 9:44 pm CDT

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. EPA proposes hike in 2020 biofuel mandate

Jul. 6, 2019 at 3:26 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday proposed refiners increase the volume of biofuels blended into their annual fuel output but did not reallocate the waived amounts under the hardship program, drawing ire from powerful corn and biofuel groups as well as Republican senators. The […]

By Humeyra Pamuk

Turning that workshop project into a business

Jul. 5, 2019 at 12:54 pm CDT

For a lot of farmers, the off season is a great time to get equipment ready for the next season and make those put-off repairs. It also often means doing a bit of experimenting to see if it’s possible to make the little things work a little smoother. For John […]

By Scott Garvey

New configurations on offer for Case IH’s Early Riser planters

Jul. 5, 2019 at 9:55 am CDT

Case IH will launch two new 60-foot configurations for the 2160 large front-fold model of its 2000 series Early Riser planter lineup, for the 2020 planting season. The new 15-inch and 30-inch configurations are meant to “meet the demands of large-scale producers across any terrain or soil type,” the company […]

By Staff