GFM Network News

More News →

Technology

John Deere’s 410-horsepower 8R tractors will be available with an electric variable transmission (EVT), which uses electric instead of hydrostatic motors. Deere says in the future, EVTs will be able to provide external electricity to power implement components.
Equipment, Machinery

Electric variable transmission for John Deere 8R tractors

Newly designed transmission debuts in 8R 410 models for 2023

By
Anyone who takes even a casual look around the automotive, heavy truck and machinery industries these days will notice driveline technology seems to be changing significantly — and rapidly. Electrification and alternative power systems are increasing in all sectors. The internal combustion engine is still king, but other pretenders to the throne are rapidly emerging. […] Read more
Launch Pad is an easy-to-use precision ag app.
Features

Take the guesswork out of field operations

Launch Pad is an interactive software tool that optimizes equipment movement

By
Harvest is a hectic time on any farm, but for operations requiring large amounts of machinery and manpower to bring in the crops before killing frosts, the logistics can be particularly daunting. For Garrett Johner, who farms 35,000 acres of canola, durum and green peas near Macoun, Sask., the solution was a precision ag app […] Read more
(Xinzheng/Getty Images)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

China must raise self-reliance in ag tech, Xi says

Seed industry seen as weak link in food chain

By ,
Beijing | Reuters — President Xi Jinping wants China to accelerate efforts to achieve self-reliance in agricultural technology, identifying seed development and core equipment among areas to focus on, state media reported. The central leadership had said in 2020 that the country’s seed industry was a weak link in the food chain and needed to […] Read more
Case IH will be releasing a fully autonomous Trident 5550 dry product spreader to the North American market in 2023.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH debuts a fully autonomous Trident spreader

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

By
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
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
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves B.C. Supreme Court on a lunch break during her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Canola, Crops, Reuters

Huawei executive’s U.S. bank fraud charges to be dismissed

Charges remain against company itself

By
Reuters — U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, whose 2018 arrest strained relations between the U.S. and China. Meng struck a deal with the prosecutors last year for the charges against her to be dismissed on […] Read more
(Scharfsinn86/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

U.S. EPA proposes revamp of biofuel program to include EVs

Mandated biofuel levels to rise through 2025

By
New York | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday unveiled a three-year proposal to expand the U.S. biofuels policy with bigger volume mandates and — for the first time — to include a pathway for electric vehicle manufacturers to generate lucrative credits. Biden wants to fight climate change by reducing fossil fuel […] Read more
(Luca Piccini Basile/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Machinery, Markets

Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says

Low inventories, high commodity prices and a good crop place pressure on demand

By
Demand for farm equipment should remain high through 2023 despite higher interest rates and projected price increases, according to Farm Credit Canada. The federal ag lender has released an outlook on the farm equipment market that analyzed data and trends that affect the market. While the outlook attributes much of the current demand to relatively […] Read more
BKT's high-density fibre aramid belts
Equipment, Machinery

BKT offers ag tire line with aramid belt technology

Aramid high-density fibre stronger and lighter than steel belts

By
Ag tire technology has seen a lot of advances in the last decade or so. New tire designs like the IF (increased flexion) and VF (very high flexion) types have pushed tire performance to new highs. Now, new materials are also making tires more durable. In September, BKT announced it is now able to offer […] Read more

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →