Insights and Stories on Machinery

Will today’s seeding equipment work in a higher-yield future?

Apr. 17, 2019 at 3:19 pm CDT

When Jeremy Hughes, product manager for seeding and planting implement manufacturer Horsch, makes the rounds to customer events, one of the questions he puts to attendees is this: can the air drill of today still be the implement of choice when farmers expect to grow 80-bushel-per acre canola? “It takes […]

Regulator rips CN’s use of freight embargoes at West Coast

Apr. 15, 2019 at 8:44 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

eQuipTV: Cummins powers up the DOT

Apr. 15, 2019 at 11:49 am CDT

eQuipTV: Putting BRP’s UTV tracks to the test

Apr. 9, 2019 at 10:03 am CDT

Rising diesel prices coming

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:53 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

eQuipTV: Driving Dot in Arizona

Mar. 29, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT

In March, Dot Technology Corp held a demonstration event in Arizona to show its autonomous implement carrier to farmers and ag industry professionals. The machine is now being launched in limited commercial release. Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey spoke with Robert Saik about its introduction and continuing evolution.

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

Mar. 19, 2019 at 9:25 pm CDT

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for […]

By GFM Staff

Buhler to build bigger Kubota tractors in Winnipeg

Mar. 14, 2019 at 7:26 pm CDT

Kubota’s highest-horsepower tractors yet for the North American farm market are going to be made in Canada. Winnipeg manufacturer Buhler Industries, the maker of Versatile tractors, on Thursday announced a “long-term” original equipment manufacturer (OEM) deal with Japan’s Kubota Corp. to “develop and produce a new tractor platform in the […]

By GFM Staff

Alberta input retail chain expands westward reach

Mar. 10, 2019 at 12:27 am CST

A pair of independent crop input retail outlets in west-central Alberta will be networking with seven others by month-end. Crop Management Network (CMN), a joint venture between an employee-owned network of retail outlets and La Coop federee’s Agrico Canada arm, announced Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy Performance […]

By GFM Staff

CNH begins 3D-printing spare parts

Mar. 9, 2019 at 10:28 am CST

In a twist on the idea of ordering parts online, the parent firm for New Holland and Case IH is trying out the use of 3D printing to make plastic — and eventually metal — spare parts. British-based equipment manufacturing giant CNH Industrial said Monday it has already produced its […]

By GFM Staff