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Case IH will be releasing a fully autonomous Trident 5550 dry product spreader to the North American market in 2023.

Case IH debuts a fully autonomous Trident spreader

The brand says it’s the first of many market-ready autonomous machines to come

By Scott Garvey December 15, 2022

Six years ago, Case IH dazzled the crowd at the United States’ Farm Progress Show held in Boone, Iowa, with its concept fully autonomous, cabless Magnum tractor. That year, the Case IH exhibit attracted very large crowds on each day of the event, as everyone vied for a close-up look at the robotic Magnum. This […] Read more

The SWOT spacecraft is moved into a transport container inside the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 18, 2022. (Photo: USSF 30th Space Wing/Chris Okula)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

Data would bolster weather and climate forecasts

By GFM Network News December 14, 2022

Los Angeles | Reuters — A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time. Dubbed SWOT, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography, the advanced radar satellite […] Read more

Columns

Les Henry: A note to readers

A health wake-up call, but soldiering on

By Les Henry December 12, 2022

On July 12, 2022, my world took a sharp downturn on the health front. It was a very hot July day. I worked too hard for too long in the heat at my Dundurn farm. The end result was a bad case of atrial fibrillation, AFib for short. For some, AFib means you get a […] Read more

Hollie Rudy is a
territory manager
with Nutrien
Financial. One of
her tips for farmers
is don’t wait too
long to take
advantage of
incentive programs
for seed and crop
input purchases.

Features, Practical Tips

Five tips for better year-end financial planning

What you can do to maximize profitability and financial sustainability in 2023

By Treena Hein December 8, 2022

December is an excellent time to review your finances and to make sure you are setting up your farm business for the biggest profits possible in 2023. That means taking certain actions and avoiding others. For some farm business strategies, we checked in with Hollie Rudy, a territory manager with Nutrien Financial who also farms […] Read more

As winter arrived in early November the
calves were hauled to a sale in Provost while
the keeper heifers and the cows were
brought home.

Cattleman’s Corner

A quick trip to the States to visit family

Quite a few chores were accomplished before winter arrived

By Heather Eppich December 7, 2022

After finishing harvest Oct. 8, we started making plans to travel to Idaho to see family and friends. A couple of days later we dug our potatoes with the help of the neighbours, Leon and Audrey. October 12 we had one of our Eppich Quarter Horse weanlings go to her new home. As soon as […] Read more

If you want to build trust, you need to show care for the values of others, show up with competence and do your job well.

Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Stop the micromanaging

Farm founders can have a hard time letting the next generation take charge. Here are some tips that can help

By Elaine Froese December 5, 2022

Men and women who are farm founders must eventually let go of being the ultimate decision makers as they mentor the next generation to be the main farm managers. This is not an easy dance. They need to learn to let go of being in control of every part, however small the enterprise or activity […] Read more

Columns

Are energy companies displaying “grotesque greed”?

Vilification of profits continues unabated

By Herman VanGenderen December 2, 2022

Shortly after submitting my previous article on the vilification of the word “profit,” and even more so when related to oil, the headline “UN Head Calls for Taxing ‘Grotesquely Greedy’ Oil” appeared in a newsletter I read, with the following quote: “UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on governments globally to tax these excessive profits […] Read more

With their mom Heather close by the Eppich boys James and Joseph
visiting their great grandmother's ranch in Idaho are impressed with the
creek. While they have ponds and dug outs on their home farm in
Saskatchewan seeing a creek was somewhat of a novelty.

Cattleman’s Corner, Rancher’s Diary

Good weather persists, but rain needed

Dr. Cope makes one more ranch visit to preg-check cows

By Heather Smith Thomas November 30, 2022

October 4 Last Sunday Andrea’s washing machine quit working and Jim helped her take it out of her house; he hauled it and our old stove to the dump. Thursday Jeff Minor brought his dad back from the hospital in Idaho Falls and got him situated at Discovery care center here in town. He’ll be […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, The Dairy Corner

There’s value in adding biotin to dairy diets

Important to milk production and hoof health, biotin can get lost in the nutrient shuffle

By Peter Vitti November 28, 2022

It’s long been recognized that lactating dairy cows have a specific requirement for biotin which may not be met by natural synthesis in the rumen. Much research in the early 2000s demonstrated biotin supplements to lactating dairy diets yields respectable improvements in hoof health and better milk production. With the advent of many available feed […] Read more

The new S13, 13-litre diesel engine is part
of International Trucks new, integrated
powertrain mated to an auto-shift
14-speed transmission.

Equipment, Machinery

International Trucks introduces new powertrain

The S13 diesel and T14 transmission to offer low revs, high efficiency

By Scott Garvey November 25, 2022

All of the news in the automotive industry these days seems to revolve around electric drivetrain development, even in heavy trucks. But it’s clear when it comes to heavy equipment and trucks, diesel engines will still be with us for years to come. Equipment and heavy truck manufacturers are still working toward making internal combustion […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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