Insights and Stories on Combines

Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says

Dec. 1, 2022 at 3:09 pm CST

Demand for farm equipment should remain high through 2023 despite higher interest rates and projected price increases, according to Farm Credit Canada. The federal ag lender has released an outlook on the farm equipment market that analyzed data and trends that affect the market. While the outlook attributes much of […]

Equipment maker Buhler distances self from Ukraine invasion

Feb. 24, 2022 at 3:42 pm CST

By Staff

Versatile tractor maker’s majority owner boosts stake

Dec. 23, 2021 at 12:42 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Claas sees more semiconductor chip snags in 2022

Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:29 pm CST

By Reuters

Deere’s striking U.S. workers accept revised offer

Nov. 17, 2021 at 10:18 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Deere’s U.S. workers on strike after rejecting deal

Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:45 pm CDT

Reuters — Thousands of Deere and Co. workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labour contract that was agreed on with the tractor maker. Earlier this month, the world’s largest farm equipment maker and the UAW union reached an […]

By Reuters

Deere’s U.S. workers set to strike as UAW fails to reach deal

Oct. 13, 2021 at 5:41 pm CDT

Reuters — Thousands of Deere and Co. workers were set to go on strike, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labour contract that was agreed on by United Auto Workers negotiators and the tractor maker. Earlier this month, the world’s largest farm equipment maker and the UAW reached an agreement […]

By Reuters

Deere lifts 2021 forecast on solid equipment demand

Aug. 20, 2021 at 7:32 pm CDT

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Friday raised its full-year earnings forecast after quarterly profit topped Wall Street estimates on the back of strong demand for farm and construction equipment. The world’s largest farm equipment manufacturer now expects net income in fiscal 2021 to be between $5.7 billion and $5.9 […]

By Rajesh Kumar Singh Sanjana Shivdas

Equipment dealer chain Rocky Mountain to go private

Nov. 3, 2020 at 5:25 pm CST

Canada’s biggest farm equipment dealership chain has made a deal to take itself private after almost 13 years on the TSX. Rocky Mountain Dealerships (RME) announced Monday it has an agreement in place with a numbered Alberta company controlled by CEO Garrett Ganden and board chairman Matthew Campbell, for 100 […]

By Dave Bedard