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Case IH introduces AFS 2.0

Case IH’s 2015 line-up comes ready-to-use Advanced Farming System 2.0

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What’s the difference between Case IH’s Advanced Farming System Connect 2.0 and AFS Connect 1.0? “That’s like a Pinto and a Cadillac,” said Mike Klein, advanced farming systems North America marketing manager. Most farmers don’t choose their combines based on the monitors in the cab, but for those who might, here are some of the […] Read more
(Versatile-Ag.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Ag equipment maker Buhler cutting production, staff

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Winnipeg farm equipment manufacturer Buhler Industries is reducing its workforce and paring back production ahead of an expected drop in farm incomes. The company, whose brands include Versatile tractors and Farm King implements, announced its first-quarter financials Friday for the period ending Dec. 31, booking net profit of $1.5 million on fourth-best quarterly revenue of […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP engineers, conductors halt strike

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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and its unionized conductors, engineers, trainmen and yardmen agreed Monday to binding arbitration in their contract talks, ending a strike the day after it began. The end of the strike, which began Sunday just after midnight, comes under the threat of federal back-to-work legislation, which was due to be tabled Monday […] Read more
Kellie Leitch speaking in Ottawa in March 2014. (Labour.gc.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Railway back-to-work legislation going to Commons

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Back-to-work legislation to halt a day-old strike by engineers and conductors at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is scheduled for introduction Monday in the House of Commons. Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch is booked on the Commons’ order paper for Monday to introduce “An Act to provide for the continuation and resumption of rail service operations.” […] Read more
(CPR.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

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Engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) are on strike after 11th-hour talks ended Saturday night without a new agreement. “Picket lines are now being set up across Canada and the rail shutdown is happening,” Doug Finnson, president of the workers’ union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), said in a release […] Read more
(Photo courtesy CN)
Crops, Machinery

CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

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Canadian National Railway’s (CN) 1,800-odd locomotive engineers will remain on the job until April at least, after tentatively agreeing to a new three-year labour deal with the company. The agreement, reached Saturday, now goes to a ratification vote for the unionized engineers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). Vote results are expected to […] Read more
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Machinery

Case IH’s Early Riser planter

Five optional installs on Case’s 2015 row planter allow farmers to take home only the parts they want

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Dan Klein, Case IH’s marketing manager, crop production, says what farmers are looking for is “photocopied plants” — plants that are the same height, maturing at the same rate. Because every farmer needs a different system to achieve this, Case IH dealers will install several optional Precision Planting options on the 1255 Early Riser Precision […] Read more
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Machinery

Older machines holding or gaining value

If it's in top-notch condition, that 10- to 30-year-old tractor in your shed may be worth more than you think

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“Tractors 10 to 30 years old have increased slightly (in value), if they’re in good condition,” said Greg Peterson, also known as Machinery Pete, during a presentation at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Peterson, who has spent years tracking the value of used farm equipment, said he’s seen a new trend where […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Another union serves CP with strike notice

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Barring last-minute deals or back-to-work legislation, staff handling locomotive and rail car inspection, maintenance and repair at Canadian Pacific Railway may join the company’s engineers and conductors on strike Sunday. Unifor, which represents about 1,800 CP employees, announced Thursday it served CP late Wednesday night with strike notice for 12:01 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 15), following […] Read more
(ALL-Logistica.com)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Regulator clears Brazil agribusiness’ takeover of railway

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Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade on Wednesday approved the takeover of the country’s main railway operator America Latina Logistica SA by Cosan Logistica SA, with restrictions to protect against unfair market advantages. The lead Cade investigator on the case, Gilvandro de Araujo, said restrictions on the merger would include guarantees of third-party […] Read more

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