'Mobile skills lab' to promote careers in ag

A new high-tech “Careers in Ag Mobile Skills Lab” will begin a summer tour of Saskatchewan at Ag in Motion July 16 to 18 to help develop a “talent pipeline” for ag and ag equipment manufacturing.


Başak Traktör of Turkey looks to move Versatile brand forward

“One of the keys for us was making sure we found a partner that was committed to preserving the Versatile and Farm King brands,” said Adam Reid, VP of sales and marketing at Versatile. “We wanted to make sure the viability of the plant here in Winnipeg and our staff was secure. And taking care of all of our stakeholders, the suppliers, shareholders.”

Bourgault becomes third shortliner acquired by Linamar since 2017

In 2017 Linamar, a company best known as an auto parts manufacturer, purchased Winnipeg-based header and swather manufacturer MacDon. It followed that up by bringing implement brand Salford into its fold in 2022. In late December the company announced it is now adding Saskatchewan-based air drill manufacturer Bourgault into its family of shortline ag equipment brands.



Coming soon: AGDealerTV

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 video series, aiming to inform[...]


Case IH celebrates a Magnum milestone

In his regular E-Quip machinery blog, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey attended the 25th anniversary of the Magnum brand in Racine, Wisconsin, and got to compare the latest version with the oldest model in existence, serial number 2. For the full report read here.

We're at the world's biggest ag machinery show

Grainews' machinery editor Scott Garvey is blogging this week from the largest exhibition of new farm machinery on the planet. Reporting from AgriTechnica at Hanover in northern Germany, Garvey notes that while the show's 2,700 exhibitors from 48 countries are displaying their newest and best iron, manufacturers at this show also offer "a glimpse of[...]


Pickup manufacturers show off their new wares

City folks like that new-car smell, but for farmers, it's the aroma of a new pickup that has the most appeal, and some of our writers recently had the opportunity to sniff around some new offerings.Ford was somehow able to pry away Manitoba Co-operator editor Laura Rance from her 1995 Dodge Ram 2500 V-10 4x4[...]