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The Auto Scraper Spray from Royal de Boer is fully programmable for cleaning routes, frequency of cleaning and even provides a progress report.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

New European barn technology showcased

Hundreds of new ideas featured at EuroTier farm show

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It’s been a difficult time for large agri-shows to make a comeback since being cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Germany’s EuroTier certainly tried its best. Visitor numbers were down to about 106,000 from 141 countries over the four-day event in Hanover, but organizers of the show held every two years seemed content given the […] Read more
A General Motors illustration featuring a display version of its 2024 Silverado EV pickup, due for release in the fall of 2023. (Media.GM.ca)
General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

GM buyouts cut 5,000 jobs, CFO says

Not much more room seen to raise prices

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Reuters — About 5,000 General Motors salaried workers took buyouts to leave the company, putting the company well on the way to hitting a US$2 billion cost-cutting target, the automaker’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. GM shares were trading down nearly two per cent at midday, even though CFO Paul Jacobson said demand for GM’s […] Read more
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General, Machinery, Markets

International farmers may ease Canadian human capital crunch

A global retirement crunch is coming and Canada is ill prepared, report says

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As other nations reduce their agricultural footprints in an effort to boost sustainability, their loss could be Canada’s human capital gain, a new report suggests. “The immigration of scientists, data engineers, and entrepreneurs has been recognized as critical to Canada’s growth. A similar approach needs to be adopted to attract farmers,” the authors wrote. The […] Read more
(Outback Guidance video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops, Machinery

CNH to buy Outback Guidance’s parent firm

Case IH, New Holland maker to pay US$175 million for Hemisphere

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CNH Industrial, parent of the Case IH. New Holland, Steyr and Flexi-Coil farm equipment brands, has signed a cash deal to buy satellite positioning tech firm Hemisphere GNSS, parent of the Outback Guidance aftermarket GPS, precision ag and autosteer business. CNH announced Thursday it will pay $175 million for Hemisphere, which has been owned since […] Read more
‘The article was good. It was clean. It was well written. It was relevant to a Canadian ag audience and it included considerations that showed real insight into the ag industry. I could have submitted that, and I am not entirely certain my editor would have noticed that a computer wrote it.’ – Toban Dyck.
Columns

Toban Dyck: This column could’ve been written by AI

Let’s understand technology rather than run from it

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I was on a call with my business partner, Ryan Santschi. A Zoom call. “Hey, I’d love to stay and chat, but I have a column to write this morning,” I said. “Okay. No problem. What are you going to be writing about?” asked Santschi. I gave him the elevator pitch about what I was […] Read more
Manufactured in Saskatoon, Sask., the Redekop Seed Control Unit can be fitted onto the back of a combine to provide harvest weed seed control.
Equipment, Features

Use multiple strategies to control weeds in your crops

Rising herbicide resistance means it’s time to broaden your weed control arsenal with chemical, mechanical and non-chemical methods

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Herbicides have long been the go-to solution for Prairie grain producers fighting weed infestations. Over time, it has led to widespread resistance development in many weed species and a shrinking list of chemical options for controlling pervasive weeds like kochia and wild oats that have become resistant to multiple modes of action in recent years. […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Livestock, Machinery

Cyberattack a $23 million hit on Maple Leaf ledger

Company refused to pay ransom

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Last fall’s ransomware attack at pork and poultry packer Maple Leaf Foods led to an “adverse economic impact” of $23 million or more on the company’s bottom line as it worked to restore systems, officials said. The company on Thursday released that estimate as part of its fourth-quarter financial report, in which it booked a […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

BASF halting hybrid wheat seed development in North America

Results 'have not achieved development goals we set'

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Reuters — Global chemicals and crop seeds company BASF is halting development of hybrid wheat in North America after results of seed trials failed to reach development goals, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. BASF will instead focus development of the new type of wheat in European markets, aiming to launch the technology there “toward […] Read more
Deere just introduced its ExactShot technology for planters. It applies liquid starter fertilizer only where seeds are planted, reducing the amount of fertilizer required.
Equipment, Machinery

John Deere introduces ExactShot for planters

Technology applies starter fertilizer precisely where seeds are planted

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In January, John Deere was back as a key exhibitor in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. While the company’s exhibits have turned heads during the previous couple of CES events, this year the brand had an even larger presence. Its CEO, John May, was the keynote speaker at the show’s opening. And […] Read more

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