Insights and Stories on Machinery

A new look for Versatile

Jan. 24, 2017 at 3:00 pm CST

Adam Reid, Versatile’s director of Marketing, talks with Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey about the decision to create a new look for the company’s equipment.

Exporters, fearing border tax, scramble to shift production

Jan. 19, 2017 at 8:27 pm CST

By Andrea Hopkins

CP’s revenue, Prairie grain handle down for year

Jan. 19, 2017 at 4:53 am CST

By Staff

Pattison merges Deere dealership chains

Jan. 10, 2017 at 11:22 am CST

By Staff

Climate Corp. crop data system in beta for Western Canada

Jan. 5, 2017 at 8:21 pm CST

A major farm data analysis package, already being offered for sale in Eastern Canada for use this spring, is in beta testing toward a rollout later this year in Western Canada. Management from Monsanto and its farm data systems arm, The Climate Corp., speaking on a conference call Thursday, said […]

By Staff

Buhler trims net loss, expects improved sales

Jan. 5, 2017 at 5:58 pm CST

Strong sales of a limited-edition tractor line helped offset tighter margins and generally lower demand in fiscal 2016 for farm equipment manufacturer Buhler Industries. The Canadian company last Thursday booked a net loss of $2.7 million on $274.1 million in sales for its year ending Sept. 30, 2016, up from […]

By Staff

CP, CN both top their Prairie grain revenue caps

Jan. 3, 2017 at 7:32 pm CST

The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) can soon expect a late gift of over $4.4 million in surplus Prairie grain freight revenue, according to a new ruling from the Canadian Transportation Agency. The agency said Dec. 22 it has determined Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Canadian National Railway (CN) went […]

By Staff

Major Deere dealer sheds stake in Prairie chain

Dec. 22, 2016 at 5:33 am CST

Canada’s biggest Deere dealership group has sold its minority stake in a Prairie dealership chain back to the chain’s majority owners. Calgary-based Cervus Equipment Corp. said Wednesday it has sold its 21.449 per cent of Maple Farms Partnership, owner of the Maple Farm Equipment chain of Deere farm equipment dealerships, […]

By Staff

CRTC makes broadband a basic service

Dec. 21, 2016 at 7:07 pm CST

Gatineau | Reuters — Broadband internet access will be considered a basic service in Canada, the country’s telecom regulator said Wednesday, setting a higher target for download speeds and creating a fund that could see providers paying more to help meet those goals. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) […]

By Reuters