Machinery & Production Tips

File photo of an Alberta wheat field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

By GFM Network News January 10, 2020

The federal government continues to suggest the carbon tax imposed on Prairie farmers is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may not be causing undue harm to the country’s agricultural sector. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks publicly about “special considerations” for farmers, while at the same time openly questioning carbon pricing’s effect on their […] Read more

A GSI grain drying system at Bashaw, Alta. (Grainews photo courtesy Western General)

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

By GFM Network News January 9, 2020

Ottawa — The Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments continue attempts to convince the federal government’s carbon pricing program puts farmers at a disadvantage. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently suggested the carbon pricing system may not be disadvantaging farmers, questioning the impact of carbon pricing on agriculture, but saying she will continue to seek out more […] Read more

John Deere in October announced updates to its 7R tractor line for 2020, including the 7R 210 shown here. (Deere.ca)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Deere bets on cost cuts, services push to boost profits

By GFM Network News January 8, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Deere and Co. on Wednesday said it will cut costs and ramp up investment in data-driven agriculture technology and its services business to make itself more profitable. In a pitch to investors, CEO John May said the measures are expected to boost operating profit margin to 15 per cent by 2022 […] Read more

After many years as the machinery editor for Grainews, Scott has decided to call it a day.

Equipment, Machinery

Farewell from our machinery editor

After 14 years on the job, Scott Garvey says goodbye to Grainews

By Scott Garvey January 7, 2020

About 14 years ago I started contributing to Grainews, by creating workshop articles. Before long I was asked to include a wider variety of machinery-related contributions to my to-do list. That included covering what was new and exciting in the farm machinery world. Since then I’ve written about dozens of new machines and attended their […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Ontario’s broiler egg tracking systems backed for upgrades

By GFM Network News January 6, 2020

Systems used to track broiler hatching egg and chick production in Ontario will get upgrades using federal-provincial cost-shared funding. The federal and Ontario governments on Monday last week announced up to $141,450 through the Place to Grow: Agri-food Innovation Initiative, a Canadian Agricultural Partnership program, for the Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission (OBHECC). […] Read more

A cargo ship is loaded with Brazilian soybeans bound for China. (Photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. won’t levy new tariffs on Brazil, Trump tells Bolsonaro

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 20, 2019

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump told him in a phone conversation that his administration will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum as threatened earlier this month. “I had a phone conversation a few moments ago with Donald Trump. … He […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Weather

New livestock transport rules include grace period for all sectors

By GFM Network News December 20, 2019

Enforcement of new federal rules for livestock transport, due to take effect Feb. 20, will focus on handler education and awareness for the first two years — and across all affected livestock species, not just cattle. The now-amended Humane Transportation of Animals regulations are meant to focus on the time frames during which animals are […] Read more

Grainews went to Texas to field test the 2020 model year line of Defender UTVs.

Machinery

Reviewing Can-Am’s newest Defender models

We put the capabilities of the Defender Max and Pro HD10s to the test

By Scott Garvey December 17, 2019

Nearly every prairie farm has at least one ATV or UTV kicking around the farmyard. And the odds are that machine or pair of them gets used more than any other piece of equipment in the farm fleet. Can-Am, a division of Quebec-based BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products), has recognized that a growing chunk of the […] Read more

A rendition, by Genitique, of the planned biomethanization plant to be built at Warwick, about 65 km southeast of Trois-Rivieres. (Groupe CNW/Energir)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

Quebec ag co-op to power up on dairy cattle manure

By GFM Network News December 16, 2019

About a dozen Quebec dairy farms will be getting their collective manure together next year for the province’s first-ever ag co-operative devoted to renewable natural gas. Coop Agri-Energie Warwick, launched Monday, plans to start construction this spring on a $12 million biomethanization plant which will take in slurry and manure from dairy cattle mixed with […] Read more

A 2018 Ford Super Duty F-250 Lariat. (Ford.com)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Ford recalls Super Duty pickups on post-crash fire risk

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 13, 2019

Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Friday it would recall 547,538 of its Ford Super Duty pickup trucks across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, citing the risk of a post-crash interior fire. The second-largest U.S. automaker said the recall covers certain models between the years 2017 and 2019 with carpet flooring that could experience a […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn choppy as trade awaits U.S. crop tour results

Livestock Tax Deferral regions announced for drought-affected producers

GFM Network News