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Marcel Kringe, founder and CEO and Courtney Baxter, global marketing manager, with Bushel Plus show one of the combine concaves they are marketing at Agritechnica. Photo: John Greig
Machinery

Agritechnica update: Canadian content and a John Deere update

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There’s significant Canadian content at Agritechnica. Large companies like AGI and MacDon have impressive displays with significant real estate. I also happened upon the Canada pavilion, packed with companies familiar to many of us, including Honey Bee, Mankato, Schulte and Bushel Plus. The companies say that there’s value in companies from Canada banding together to […] Read more
A CNH manufacturing plant at Sorocaba, west of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil. (Photo courtesy CNH Industrial)
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

CNH to move to NYSE single listing Jan. 2

Company also plans new US$1B share buyback

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Milan | Reuters — Farm and construction equipment maker CNH Industrial said Tuesday its plan to abandon the Milan stock market and retain a single listing for its shares on the New York Stock Exchange would be effective from Jan. 2 next year. The Italian-American group, whose shares are currently traded both on the NYSE […] Read more
Axten Farms has been using controlled traffic farming on their southern Saskatchewan farm for about eight years. It is one of the changes in production practices that is helping to break up soil compaction, improve water infiltration rates and support improved crop yields.
Equipment, Traction & Compaction

Farmers assess the effects of soil compaction

How some producers recognize and manage the issue

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While Mother Nature does its best in Western Canada to alleviate soil compaction through the freeze and thaw cycle, researchers suspect nature has a hard time keeping up with the pressure (figuratively and literally) of modern agricultural technology. Bigger, heavier equipment travelling over fields, particularly when soil conditions are wet, is believed to cause soil […] Read more
Claas introduced the new 12 series Xerion high-horsepower tractors at the Ag in Motion farm show in Langham, Sask., in July. They’re available in tracked and wheeled versions.
Machinery

Claas adds to its tractor offerings

New Xerion and Arion models tailored to the Canadian market

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Germany-based Claas has been making moves in recent years to expand the global reach and product line it offers farmers in several countries. But July was a unique first for the brand as it launched a new tractor line in North America, making that the first major launch of new models outside Europe for the […] Read more
Versatile and startup technology company Mojow Autonomous Solutions have partnered to develop a production autonomous Versatile tractor. A concept machine was demonstrated at the Ag in Motion farm show in Langham, Sask., in July.
Equipment, Machinery

Versatile developing autonomous tractors

Partnership with Mojow pushes tech advancements

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At the 2022 Ag in Motion farm show in Langham, Sask., a small startup company called Mojow Autonomous Solutions was demonstrating its evolving self-driving system, which was intended to work with production tractors and allow them to run without operators in the cab. It had a self-driving MFWD tractor running on a demonstration course using […] Read more
John Deere’s new P-Tier articulating loaders are designed to be manoeuvrable enough to work easily in confined spaces like corrals.
Machinery

New big and small loaders from John Deere

Articulated loaders and compact tractor models added for 2024

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John Deere recently introduced two new machine lines for model year 2024, both of which are designed to make material handling and other jobs around the farm easier. Between them, these machines can handle either big jobs or relatively small ones. And Deere describes both lines as “compact” machines, meaning they’ve packed a fair bit […] Read more
Gregory snaps a photo of some of the spring calves on pasture.
Cattleman’s Corner

Eppich: Harvest begins with hot, dry weather

More ditch hay hauled home, pastures could use some rain

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The beginning of August found us still making bales in the ditches and a few sloughs. Gregory and John were also working summerfallow and trying to get ready for harvest. During the week of Aug. 14 to 18, Saint James Parish in Wilkie held its yearling Vacation Bible School. Joseph and James were able to […] Read more
Rob Painter (l) and Eric Hansotia, CEOs of Trimble and Agco respectively, agreed on Sept. 28, 2023 to combine their precision ag arms into a new joint venture. (Trimble via PRNewswire)
Crops, Machinery

Trimble Ag, Agco’s JCA link up for new precision ag venture

Agco gets majority control of a new precision ag and autonomy firm; Agco's GSI brand and others now under separate review

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Global positioning tech firm Trimble is set to sell its precision ag business into a new joint-venture company that will include farm machinery maker Agco’s made-in-Manitoba autonomy arm. From farmers’ perspective, the two companies say their combined technology offering is expected to offer “seamless integration and connectivity across geographies, equipment brands and the crop life […] Read more
Brent November 2023 crude oil with 20-day moving average (black line) and West Texas intermediate November 2023 crude oil (blue line). (Barchart)
General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Will oil hit US$100? It already did in some markets

Saudi Arabia, Russia 'in solid control'

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London | Reuters –– With oil investors and traders focused on an oil-price rally that has come close to US$100 a barrel, some grades of crude oil are already trading above that milestone, highlighting an expectation of tight supply. The outright price of Nigerian crude Qua Iboe surpassed $100 a barrel on Monday, according to […] Read more

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