Insights and Stories on Machinery

Walking around Versatile’s 610 DT tractor

Jul. 30, 2017 at 9:25 am CDT

At the Ag in Motion farm show last month, Scott Garvey of Grainews and Spencer Myers of AgDealerTV teamed up and met with Adam Reid of Versatile to get a close look at what’s in Versatile’s 610 DT tractor.

So long AIM — it was another good run

Jul. 24, 2017 at 9:59 am CDT

By Lee Hart

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

Jul. 21, 2017 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

AIM for Hart, Day 2: The road to success, one scoop at a time

Jul. 20, 2017 at 11:02 am CDT

By Lee Hart

AIM for Hart: An informative first day

Jul. 19, 2017 at 1:20 pm CDT

By Lee Hart

Coming soon: AGDealerTV

Jul. 13, 2017 at 1:26 pm CDT

AGDealer, Glacier FarmMedia’s online home for an inventory of over 30,000 pieces of Canadian farm equipment for sale, is about to both show and tell farmers more about new machinery and tech entering the market. Now in production for a launch in the near future, AGDealerTV will be AGDealer’s new […]

By Spencer Myers

Hogs seen as key factor in input cost hikes

Jul. 11, 2017 at 7:54 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s Farm Input Price Index has climbed slightly for the first quarter of this year. Canada-wide, the index rose 1.3 per cent for the first quarter of this year compared to the final quarter of 2016. When comparing this year’s first quarter to last year’s first quarter, […]

By Terry Fries

Toronto juice firm backed for ‘cold pasteurization’

Jul. 10, 2017 at 2:37 am CDT

A Toronto organic juice processor that bills itself as shunning conventional pasteurization for its products has picked up federal funding to develop a “new-to-Canada” way to extend their shelf life. The federal government on Friday announced a “repayable investment” of up to $6.3 million from the AgriInnovation program for Greenhouse […]

By Staff

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

Jul. 7, 2017 at 6:25 pm CDT

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of […]

By Allan Dawson

Finer nozzle screens linked to Proline plug-ups

Jul. 6, 2017 at 6:17 pm CDT

Bayer CropScience is recommending users of its Proline foliar fungicide double-check the nozzles they’re using before spraying, to avoid the “plugging issues” affecting some customers’ sprayers. The company on Wednesday reported a “small” number of cases in which farmers’ sprayers were plugging up during applications of Proline, a broad-spectrum prothioconazole […]

By Staff