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Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. to boost biofuel mandates over next three years

Biofuel groups still feel shortchanged

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Reuters — The Biden administration on Wednesday increased the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must blend into the United States’ fuel mix over the next three years, but the plan has angered the biofuel industry, which says mandates for corn-based ethanol and biodiesel are not high enough. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

Farm groups push for Bill C-234 passage

Ag groups concerned that carbon tax exemption bill won’t clear Senate before break

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Prairie farm groups are pushing the Senate to prioritize a bill that would exempt propane and natural gas for grain drying and barn heating from carbon tax. In a joint statement June 13, Keystone Agricultural Producers, the Alberta Federation of Agriculture and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan urged the Senate to pass Bill C-234 […] Read more
Capabilities to handle new digital features will be built into Deere equipment as a standard practice. Owners can activate these digital features on a subscription basis.
Machinery

How you buy machinery is about to change

Subscription service and pay-as-you-go features a growing trend

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The days of walking into a dealership, putting down your cash and getting a machine with all of the options you want in one transaction are coming to a close. Brands are now starting to look more intensely at the subscription model for advanced digital features as opposed to the old-fashioned, all included, one-time purchase. […] Read more
Viterra’s oilseed crush plant at Becancour, Que. (Viterra.com)
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Bunge deal for Viterra to boost oilseed dominance, renewable diesel potential

Canada's Competition Bureau pledges to review deal

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Chicago | Reuters — Bunge’s planned acquisition of Viterra would make the world’s biggest oilseed crusher even more dominant and secure a larger role in the expanding renewable diesel industry, although it may face competition hurdles. Under the deal to create an agricultural giant worth about $34 billion including debt, Bunge’s crushing capacity will increase […] Read more
Recirculating booms can go a long way toward reducing the amount of pesticides wasted on the farm. Shown in this photo is one of three of the more popular models which is the Horsch Leeb 6.300 VL.
Features, Machinery

How to reduce pesticide waste on your farm

Tom Wolf's simple steps to significantly reduce losses to the ground

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With chemical costs continuing to make up a large share of on-farm expenditures, it’s important to prevent any of those compounds from going to waste. That’s especially true when it comes to pesticides. According to the Farm Inputs Price Index from Statistics Canada, total input costs for Canadian farmers rose by 17.4 per cent in […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

Degelman buys grain bagging, milling equipment firm Renn

Alberta equipment maker's staff to continue with Degelman

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Regina ag implement maker Degelman Industries has bought into the grain bagging and grain milling equipment business with a deal for Alberta manufacturer Renn Mill Center. Degelman, in a release Thursday, said it recently bought the Lacombe, Alta. company for an undisclosed sum and will keep Renn’s existing employees and management in place. In business […] Read more
Evolution of tires on agricultural vehicles
Machinery

Evolution of tires on agricultural vehicles

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Since it was first introduced as an option on agricultural tractors around the 1930s, the pneumatic tire has continued to evolve. Tire manufacturers have since had to keep up with the evolution of farm machines, which have become significantly larger and heavier. They’ve had to  come up with new tire designs capable of handling the […] Read more
NYMEX August 2023 West Texas Intermediate crude oil, with August 2023 Brent crude oil (black line). (Barchart)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Extent of Saudi oil production cut unclear

Reported tensions within OPEC limit price gains

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MarketsFarm — At the OPEC+ meeting Sunday in Vienna, Saudi Arabia announced it will cut its oil production by one million barrels per day (BPD) come July. And while that move was bullish for the markets, by how much remains to be seen, said Phil Flynn of the Price Futures Group in Chicago. “It’s probably […] Read more
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Livestock, Machinery

Animal care council won’t update livestock transport code of practice

NFACC says 'no further action' pending

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After over four years’ publicly funded work to develop an updated national code of practice for livestock transport for Canada, the National Farm Animal Care Council has called a halt. In an information update dated May 1, NFACC said its board has now decided “no further action will be taken” by the council to update […] Read more
Ford is one of the major automakers offering a digital rear-view mirror on some vehicles.
Machinery

As mirrors go digital, there’s a lot more than meets the eye

Automakers slowly abandon glass mirrors for digital camera monitors

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Rear-view mirrors. They’re a standard accessory on virtually every car and truck since about the time of the Model A Ford, and now they’re standard on many ag machines too. They’re about the simplest technology you’ll find on modern equipment — basically glass and plastic. But many manufacturers are now abandoning, or at least offering […] Read more

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