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The new T7 Long Wheelbase with PLM Intelligence models pack a lot of horsepower into a relatively compact chassis.
Equipment, Machinery

New T7 tractor from New Holland

T7.300 Long Wheelbase with PLM Intelligence debuts

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At the World Ag Expo in California last February, New Holland rolled some of its newest equipment into public view for the first time. Included in that group of machines was the T7.300 Long Wheelbase with PLM Intelligence tractor, which is certainly a long name for a tractor. “Our customers told us they wanted a […] Read more
A General Motors illustration featuring a display version of its 2024 Silverado EV pickup, due for release in the fall of 2023. (Media.GM.ca)
General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

GM buyouts cut 5,000 jobs, CFO says

Not much more room seen to raise prices

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Reuters — About 5,000 General Motors salaried workers took buyouts to leave the company, putting the company well on the way to hitting a US$2 billion cost-cutting target, the automaker’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. GM shares were trading down nearly two per cent at midday, even though CFO Paul Jacobson said demand for GM’s […] Read more
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General, Machinery, Markets

International farmers may ease Canadian human capital crunch

A global retirement crunch is coming and Canada is ill prepared, report says

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As other nations reduce their agricultural footprints in an effort to boost sustainability, their loss could be Canada’s human capital gain, a new report suggests. “The immigration of scientists, data engineers, and entrepreneurs has been recognized as critical to Canada’s growth. A similar approach needs to be adopted to attract farmers,” the authors wrote. The […] Read more
Claas introduces its “next-generation” Xerion tractors for model year 2023.
Machinery

‘Next-generation’ Xerion tractors from Claas

The unique four-wheel-drive tractors get a performance upgrade

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As the National Farm Machinery show approached, held annually in February in Louisville, Ky., ag equipment manufacturers began pulling the wraps off of some of the year’s newest machine introductions that would be displayed there for the first time. Among those brands with something new to bring to the show floor and to talk about […] Read more
Agco brings the popular small-frame utility tractor to North America.
Machinery

The Fendt 200 Vario has arrived

Agco brings the popular small-frame utility tractor to North America

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While Agco has been busy expanding the global reach of its Fendt brand over the past decade, it has been adding more machines to the Fendt product line too, with the stated intention of making it a full-line brand. It has also been steadily making more of the tractor models it offers to European farmers […] Read more
(Outback Guidance video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops, Machinery

CNH to buy Outback Guidance’s parent firm

Case IH, New Holland maker to pay US$175 million for Hemisphere

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CNH Industrial, parent of the Case IH. New Holland, Steyr and Flexi-Coil farm equipment brands, has signed a cash deal to buy satellite positioning tech firm Hemisphere GNSS, parent of the Outback Guidance aftermarket GPS, precision ag and autosteer business. CNH announced Thursday it will pay $175 million for Hemisphere, which has been owned since […] Read more
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General, Machinery, Weather

Carbon price exemption for farm gas clears Commons

Bill C-234 next headed to Senate

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Legislative amendments that would exempt farmers’ eligible purchases of natural gas and propane from federal carbon pricing are now en route to Canada’s Senate. Bill C-234, a private member’s bill sponsored by Ben Lobb, the Conservative MP for the southern Ontario riding of Huron-Bruce, passed third reading for adoption in the House of Commons on […] Read more
Case IH is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Farmall brand.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH celebrates 100 years of the Farmall tractor

Heritage brand name celebrates a major anniversary with planned events

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For anyone who grew up on a farm, or spent summers at a grandparents’ or uncle’s farm, there is probably a fond memory of a particular tractor brand that sticks with them to this day. Tapping into those fond memories can be a useful marketing tool for manufacturers. That has led nearly all manufacturers to […] Read more
File photo of a CN locomotive. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery

CN, mechanics avert strike with tentative deal

Ratification votes pending

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Canadian National Railway and the union representing its mechanics and intermodal and clerical workers have reached a tentative labour deal, averting a potential strike. CN, Unifor Local 100 and Unifor Council 4000 on Monday announced they have reached four new tentative collective agreements to cover about 3,000 railway employees, who had voted earlier this month […] Read more

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