Equip Blog

When I started on this blog, I didn’t intend to include any topic more political than debating favourite machinery colours. But after a visit from a neighbour this weekend, I felt obliged to to break that rule. Here’s why. That neighbour brought some legal papers with him when he came to see us. He asked […] Read more

2010 is almost history, and overall things have been reasonably good on the agricultural front. Commodity prices aren’t too bad—although they could always be better. And depending on which expert prediction you read, there is a fair chance that will continue. Farm machinery manufacturers think so too. Here’s how John Deere’s fourth quarter financial report […] Read more

Last wednesday, Reuters News Agency reported that AGCO’s chairman, president and CEO, Martin Richenhagen, publicly stated he wanted to buy CNH Global, the company that controls New Holland and Case IH. Mr Richenhagen reportedly revealed during an interview with an Italian newspaper that he had met with Sergio Marchionne, Fiat SpA’s chief executive, to discuss […] Read more

On December 1st, Case IH announced it had just shipped the first production tractor that meets the U.S. EPA’s Tier 4A emissions standards—a 180 Magnum, as it turns out. Officially, tractors over 175 horsepower manufactured after January 1st must comply with that regulation if they are to be sold in the U.S. Although Canada’s federal […] Read more

As I write this Anthony Calvillo is taking the knee to clinch victory in the 2010 Grey cup game. After the interception and the Alouette’s subsequent first down with six seconds remaining, I had to get up and grab the computer to take my mind off the second Rider loss in the final playoff game […] Read more

Now that the Agri-Trade Exposition in Red Deer has wrapped up, the Western Canadian Agribition is kicking off its 40th season in Regina. This year machinery exhibits will play a bigger role in that event according to Jason Pollock, the show’s CEO. New facillites on site at Evraz Place will allow more indoor space for […] Read more

Last week Amity Technology and Wil-Rich, implement manufacturers, announced they are merging; and, most significantly, they have agreed to form a joint venture with AGCO for the distribution of air seeding and tillage equipment. AGCO’s press release describes the Amity seeding equipment as something that could compliment its equipment line in North America and Eastern […] Read more

Now that field work for the 2010 season has wrapped up, ag retailers and custom applicators have time to take stock of the last few months and get some rest before the spring rush starts all over again. If you run a custom ag services business and would like to reward one of your sprayer […] Read more

Canada hasn’t exactly been embracing renewable fuels. For the most part it’s been regular petroleum or nothing, but it appears we have been quietly—and slowly—moving forward with efforts to encourage their use. The announcement on September 1st that the federal government will enact a mandatory renewable content for gasoline is one front on which we’re […] Read more

One of the things the last two or three decades on the prairie will be remembered for—from an agricultural point of view—is the widespread adoption of no-till farming. Tillage had become a dirty, or at least a dusty, word. Cultivators and most types of tillage equipment that were in high demand up until the 80s […] Read more