Equip Blog

So our Saskatchewan Roughriders managed to avoid having to own up to one of the worst performance records ever recorded in CFL history last weekend by winning a game, thereby staunching the haemorrhaging win-loss record at 0-9. Granted, to accomplish that all they had to do was beat the Bombers; that wasn’t exactly asking the […] Read more

Today marks my fourth day in Australia, and I have to say this is a great place to spend time. My mission was to come down here and give Grainews readers a look at some uniquely Australian farm equipment. The best way to to that was hit one of the continent’s premiere machinery shows, Commonwealth […] Read more

It occurred to me a couple of days ago as I sat in a local grocery store parking lot that almost all of the vehicles around me were painted pretty neutral colours. The lot was full of silver-grey, white and black pickups and cars. None were wearing paint that really screamed “Look at me”. No […] Read more

Drinking plenty of fluids was the order of the day at the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show, which was held a few minutes outside the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in late July. Fortunately, there were plenty of vendors willing to sell bottles of water, soft drinks or even something a little stronger. The show […] Read more

There has been much discussion and sociological study in academic circles in recent years about what impact the digital age has had on our societies. Some of the things that used to come under the heading of common sense, or at least common knowledge, we’re told are now foreign concepts to many who are engaged […] Read more

There aren’t many times when you go into a business and come out feeling you got more than you expected in terms of customer service. But I had that experience last week. Every now and again when I get busy, I just pull into one of those quick lube places in the city to get […] Read more

Walking around the grounds of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, it is clear manufacturers’ R&D departments are still hard at work. There is a lot of equipment here with updated features. And, of course, more than a few entirely new machines and models. So it’s clear the downturn in new ag equipment sales hasn’t […] Read more

Last week Daimler Trucks North America officially unveiled its new autonomous class 8 highway truck, the Freightliner Inspiration at a glitzy media event on the Hoover Dam in Nevada. This is the first truck of its kind actually licensed to operate on highways in autonomous mode. That means the truck can make its own way […] Read more

One topic has dominated the online blogs of ag machinery editors in the past couple of weeks. It’s the sudden debate over what machinery ownership really means in the age of digital technology. The resulting controversy has generated pages of online reader comments. It seems questioning what ownership means has touched a nerve. I think […] Read more