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This 1958 Fargo truck tractor is part of Sterling Hornoi’s personal collection and makes regular appearances at Canada’s Farm Progress Show.
Machinery

The face behind CFPS’s classic trucks

Long-time show participant has a passion for heavy trucks

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Regular visitors to Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina have likely seen the daily parade of classic trucks and farm machines go past them several times. And each year the parade of machines that make the trip around the show grounds includes some of the same equipment. Many owners of those vintage machines have been […] Read more
(Deere.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Deere fears hit from Trump tariffs, retaliation

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Granadero Baigorria, Argentina | Reuters — U.S. tractor maker Deere and Co. is bracing for a negative financial impact from U.S. tariffs on steel imports and worries that retaliatory tariffs on American agricultural exports could follow, CEO Samuel Allen told Reuters in an interview Wednesday. The 25 per cent tariffs, which U.S. President Donald Trump […] Read more
(Toyota.ca)
Dairy Cattle, General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau optimistic on NAFTA as deal on autos seen possible

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday for the first time that a deal to renegotiate NAFTA was likely, amid signs negotiators may be closer to settling one of the regional trade pact’s most contentious issues. “We remain very confident that a win-win-win deal is not only possible, but likely,” Trudeau […] Read more
Kinze will now offer its own high-speed tillage line, with the first deliveries scheduled for the fall of 2018.
Machinery

Kinze adds Mach Till to its implement line

Three types of equipment will be available in the fall of 2018

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Williamsburg, Iowa, based Kinze has long been known for its grain carts and planters. This year the brand is growing its product portfolio by adding the Mach Till high-speed tillage implement line. “Farmers will now be able to obtain three types of equipment from their Kinze dealer, all with the same standard of quality,” said […] Read more
Aviation firms report Brazil’s use of crop dusters to be rising at a rate of three per cent per year. (Embraer video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Brazil cracking down on unmonitored agriculture planes

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian federal prosecutors have demanded civil aviation authorities change regulations to increase oversight of agriculture airplanes such as crop dusters, which they claim can be used to smuggle drugs and agro-chemicals. Prosecutors are calling for the mandatory introduction of a transponder equipment to monitor such planes, and have suggested new […] Read more
A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. rail regulator tackles railroads over customer complaints

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Reuters — The top U.S. rail regulator has asked major railroads for information on service levels before meeting disgruntled shippers and other customers over complaints about service delays and higher costs. In letters to the CEOs of the railroads, dated Friday and posted Monday on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) website, the regulator requested […] Read more
Pass Bill C-49 before Parliament breaks in June: That was KAP president Dan Mazier’s message to the Commons agriculture committee March 19 in Ottawa. (ParlVU screen shot)
Crops, Machinery

Get grain moving again, KAP says

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Move western grain, ASAP. That’s the blunt and urgent message Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier told an emergency meeting of the House of Commons’ agriculture committee Monday in Ottawa. The 2013-14 grain shipping backlog cost Western farmers around $6.5 billion and the current one will cost billions again, Mazier said. The first step […] Read more
(Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Crops, Machinery

Industry still looking for new NH3 tank rule break

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Fertilizer Canada and the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) say there will be enough anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks available to supply the fertilizer to farmers during this growing season. New Transport Canada regulations came into force Jan. 12, which affect the frequency of hydrostatic testing and visual inspection of ammonia nurse and applicator tanks and […] Read more
The RT 520 is built around the same basic threshing body used in the previous RT 490, but offers a few changes to improve threshing performance along with a much more comfortable cab.
Machinery

PHOTOS: Versatile replaces the RT 490 combine

The brand makes improvements to the cab and interface in its RT 520 combine

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In 2011 Versatile introduced the RT 490 combine. It was the first time the brand — under its current ownership — has offered one since combine production in Winnipeg ceased a few decades ago. Versatile’s parent company combine manufacturer Rostselmash of Russia built and supplied the RT 490 to the Winnipeg brand. Adam Reid, marketing […] Read more

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