Machinery & Production Tips

The new Fendt 900 series sprayers will have the ability to change from standard to high-clearance boom heights with the push of a button.

AGCO introduces an all-new Rogator

New adjustable-clearance sprayers join the Fendt brand

By Scott Garvey January 11, 2022

During a live-streamed press conference last year from Fendt headquarters in Marktoberdorf, Germany, AGCO announced one more addition to its ever-expanding Fendt line of equipment — the Rogator 900 series sprayers. No longer wearing Rogator’s traditional yellow livery, the new models slip into Fendt green paint and become part of that brand’s portfolio. The company […] Read more

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Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

By GFM Network News January 10, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States. Canada will require all truckers entering from the U.S. to show proof […] Read more

Versatile has increased the available power on both its four-wheel drive and DeltaTrack models.

Equipment, Machinery

Versatile updates its high-horsepower tractors

New models with more power

By Scott Garvey January 7, 2022

Last summer, Winnipeg-based Versatile announced it had re-jigged its high-horsepower tractor lineup for the 2022 model year. New model designations will debut with their respective engine ratings matching the new model numbers (except for the new, more powerful flagship 620, which offers slightly less at 616). The previous seven-model line of wheeled, four-wheel drives, which […] 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, Reuters

GM to chase rivals with US$105,000 electric Silverado

Less expensive retail Silverado EV to follow in 2024

By GFM Network News January 7, 2022

Detroit | Reuters — General Motors’ US$35 billion electric vehicle strategy will face its biggest test in 2023 when it launches an electric version of its Chevrolet Silverado pickup with a six-figure price tag, more than a year after rivals Ford and Rivian Automotive. GM CEO Mary Barra on Wednesday told the annual CES technology […] Read more

The T7 HD tractor series will include 14 models topping out at 300 horsepower and featuring “next-generation” PLM Intelligence.

Equipment, Machinery

New Holland debuts redesigned T7 HD tractors

An all-new cab and enhanced digital features offered in 14 models

By Scott Garvey January 5, 2022

In a press event streamed live online from Europe last year, senior executives from New Holland proudly announced the introduction of the new, 14-model line of T7 Heavy Duty series tractors, which join New Holland’s larger T8 and T9 series tractors by coming from the factory with the brand’s digital Precision Land Management (PLM) Intelligence […] Read more

Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere on Jan. 3, 2022 in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields

By GFM Network News January 4, 2022

Detroit | Reuters — Deere and Co. said Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the top North American tractor manufacturer after years of effort to automate farm work. Deere plans a low-volume launch this […] Read more

Production of Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup at Dearborn, Mich. (Media.ford.com)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Electric truck battle heats up between Ford, GM

Ford to double output at Michigan

By GFM Network News January 4, 2022

Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model has already attracted nearly 200,000 reservations ahead of its arrival this spring at U.S. dealers. Ford’s announcement comes a day ahead of rival General Motors’ public […] Read more

A past crowd at Manitoba Ag Days inside the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Man. Photo: Sandy Black/Manitoba Co-operator

Machinery

Manitoba Ag Days postponed on COVID protocols

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News December 28, 2021

The 2022 edition of Manitoba Ag Days will not proceed next month as originally planned. Ag Days’ management team and directors have postponed the event – now to be determined at a later date – originally scheduled for January 18-20, 2022, in Brandon, Man., based on new COVID-19 public health orders issued by the Manitoba […] Read more

Iveco’s products include the Stralis XP truck for the long-distance haulage market. (Iveco.com)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CNH shareholders approve spin-off of truck maker Iveco

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 23, 2021

Milan | Reuters — Shareholders at CNH Industrial on Thursday approved the spin-off of its truck-making business Iveco Group, the company said, completing a plan launched more than two years ago to reorganize its businesses. Upon completion of the plan, CNH Industrial shareholders will receive one Iveco Group common share for every five common shares […] Read more

Russia’s Rostselmash in November 2021 launched a new Delta Track line of heavy-duty tractors, based on a similar line made at the Buhler plant in Winnipeg. (Rostselmash.com)

Crops, Machinery

Versatile tractor maker’s majority owner boosts stake

Russia's Rostselmash raises ownership to almost 97 per cent

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 23, 2021

The Russian farm equipment manufacturer which held just over 80 per cent of Canadian tractor and equipment maker Buhler Industries has now taken up near complete ownership. Winnipeg-based, publicly-traded Buhler Industries announced Wednesday that Combine Factory Rostselmash has bought another 16.3 per cent of Buhler shares for $3 per share, or about $12.25 million. Buhler, […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026