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VIDEO: John Deere product updates from the Commodity Classic farm show

By Scott Garvey March 10, 2025

At the Commodity Classic farm show in Denver, Colorado, in early March, John Deere had several new machinery updates to announce. Here, Bergen Nelson, John Deere go-to-market-manager for harvest equipment, talks about new automation features and header design improvements for Deere combines, Christopher Murray, technology marketing for John Deere, talks about the new Rate Controller […] Read more

Claas introduced the Lexion 8900 Terra Trac at the Ag in Motion farm show in July. The model on display had a special appearance celebrating 500,000 combines built since the company began producing them in 1936.

Equipment, Machinery

Lexion 8900 Terra Trac wins AE50 award

Claas’ newest combine takes home an engineering award from ASABE

By Scott Garvey March 9, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia — At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky in February, several ag equipment brand executives will be accepting their AE50 engineering awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Claas executives were expected to be among that group, to pick up three awards for innovations on two different […] Read more

Any disruption to a supply chain can affect the delivery of a newly manufactured product.

Columns, Equipment, Machinery

Remember risks as well as rewards in new equipment

Investing in a new model means you’re among the first to discover its hiccups

By Connor Bohachewski March 9, 2025

Bringing new equipment onto a farm can be an exciting and productive change to the way the farm operates. Having the latest in horsepower, capacity and technology can make the farm more efficient and easier to run. If one has the luxury to pay for it, it can be an obvious choice to order the […] Read more

Equipment, Machinery

Local sales in ag equipment buck national market trends

Evidence at Crop Production Show suggests demand beyond the data

By Connor Bohachewski March 2, 2025

Even on a largely underperforming harvest outcome, optimism was still present in the majority of the crowd at this year’s Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. It seemed fitting to have the two largest pieces of equipment at the show a couple of booths down from each other. Capacity, horsepower and efficiency have been the focal […] Read more

Crops, Equipment

Rethinking weed management

Not every weapon against herbicide resistance comes out of a sprayer

By Don Norman February 18, 2025

Farmers up against herbicide-resistant weeds need to rethink their cropping systems and add more angles in their approach to long-term weed control. This advice came from Dr. Drew Lyon of Washington State University during his presentation at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference in December. While Lyon’s discussion primarily focused on integrated weed management (IWM) in dryland […] Read more

A view of what’s now the AgWest shop at Weyburn, Sask.

Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

AgWest expands westward

Two Saskatchewan sites join the Agco dealership group

By Dave Bedard February 16, 2025

During Ag Days last month in Brandon, farm equipment dealer chain AgWest announced it’s making its first move into Saskatchewan, buying the Yorkton and Weyburn locations of another Agco dealer, Agriterra Equipment. “This is a natural extension of our current presence in Elie, Neepawa, Brandon, Russell and the Swan River region in Manitoba,” AgWest’s CEO […] Read more

Machinery, Reuters

Deere misses revenue estimates on subdued farm equipment demand

Outlook did not account for any impact from potential import tariffs, retaliatory tariffs company says

By Reuters February 13, 2025

Deere's quarterly revenue slumped 35 per cent and missed analysts' expectations as more farmers switched to renting equipment due to weak incomes and high borrowing costs, sending its shares down nearly 4.5 per cent in morning trading on Thursday. The company said its outlook did not account for any impact from potential import tariffs by the U.S. and any retaliatory actions taken by other countries.

Leaving taller standing stubble in a field increases its aerodynamic roughness heading into later fall and winter.

Crops, Weather

Retain your rain

Farmers can get creative to manage water efficiency on Prairie fields

By Don Norman January 30, 2025

Growers often dismiss the unpredictability of precipitation as pure luck — but they can stack the odds in their favour with the right strategies. “There’s a lot of different dynamics going on with the water balance in the Prairies,” says Phillip Harder, research director and hydrologist at Croptimistic Technologies. In addition to summer rains during […] Read more

Equipment, Machinery, Trucks and UTVs

CPIC can confirm if a machine or vehicle is stolen

When looking to make a deal, there is an online tool to help avoid being tricked into buying stolen property

By Scott Garvey January 23, 2025

Buying a used vehicle or piece of farm equipment privately from a seller usually involves having a bit of trust. Is the machine all the seller says it is? Does a bank hold a lien on it? And, perhaps most importantly, is the seller the actual owner? When dealing with an unfamiliar seller on a […] Read more

The uncertainty surrounding the tariff threat has farm equipment dealers in both the U.S. and Canada feeling uneasy. | File photo

Machinery, News

Tariffs add to ‘perfect storm’ for ag equipment dealers

Commodity prices, high inventories and interest rates already pressuring sales as U.S. now threatens more disruption

By Scott Garvey January 17, 2025

The uncertainty surrounding the threat of substantial tariffs on key U.S. trading partners has North American businesses on edge. That is especially true for agricultural equipment manufacturers and the dealers that retail their products.

GFM Network News

B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm

Feed barley under pressure, watching to see ‘who blinks first’

Good progress made in Sask. harvest

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