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The T7X all-electric CTL from Doosan Bobcat won two technology awards at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show.
Equipment, Machinery

Bobcat wins awards with electric compact track loader

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Doosan Bobcat, like a growing number of equipment manufacturers, has decided it needs to have a presence at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And this year it won 2022 CES Innovation Awards in the categories of Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation and Smart Cities with its T7X, all-electric compact track loader.  “This machine […] Read more
Insulators for electric fencing will be a black-and-white PST-exempt expense for ranchers in Saskatchewan starting April 1, 2022. (Gallagher.com)
General, Machinery

Saskatchewan clarifying certain on-farm PST exemptions

More items to be specified as exempt in tax regulations

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Saskatchewan farmers’ and ranchers’ concerns about some inconsistencies in how and when provincial sales tax is applied to purchases of on-farm equipment will be dealt with in a revised list effective late next week. The province said Wednesday in a budget release that a “number of clarifications” will be made to its Provincial Sales Tax […] Read more
As part of the proper annual maintenance of a row planter, technician Andrew Kippen removes row units to have a look deep inside the seeding system.
Equipment, Features, Machinery

Planter maintenance tips

Seed metering systems need to be checked for calibration and inspected for other wear-and-tear items

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A row planter specialist in southern Manitoba says this is the time of year farmers should be readying their seeding equipment for the 2022 seeding season. Andrew Kippen, manager of North Valley Precision Planting at Homewood in south-central Manitoba east of Carman, has been busy these days testing planter metering systems for accuracy. “You can […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Potash, crude oil resource revenues help cut deficit

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Sweetening existing tax credits on big-ticket investments, and setting up a new Crown corporation to support Indigenous investors, are among the items expected to help encourage new value-added ag projects in Saskatchewan’s latest budget. Provincial Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday released her 2022-23 budget with $17.6 billion in expenditures on $17.2 billion in revenues, […] Read more
Concept art for the rear view of a Ram electric truck. (Ramtruck.ca)
General, Machinery, Reuters

Stellantis’ battery plans take shape in Italy, Canada

LG and Stellantis set up j.v. for Windsor gigafactory

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Milan/Ottawa | Reuters — Stellantis took significant steps in its battery production plans in Europe and North America on Wednesday as carmakers race to meet rising demand for electric vehicles. The maker of Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat and Jeep vehicles said its Automotive Cells Co. (ACC) joint venture with Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies would build a […] Read more
Used tractor and combine inventories on dealers’ lots are at their lowest levels in decades.
Equipment, Machinery

Farm machinery prices trend upward

Used equipment market sees low supply, increasing prices

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A few years ago, the combine sitting unloved on the local dealer’s lot would be getting a little cheaper with each passing month. But not these days. “We have 70 per cent of our dealers saying their used equipment (inventory) is too low,” says John Schmeiser, CEO of the Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA). “And […] Read more
The TV620B Case compact track loader has a 114-horsepower engine and a 6,200-pound rated operating capacity.
Equipment, Machinery

New skid steers and CTLs

Several brands update existing models or add new ones

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The skid steer and its sister machine, the compact track loader (CTL), have become common pieces of equipment in many large-farm fleets. They’re handy when it comes to any number of material handling chores, and they’re pretty nimble to boot. In the past several months, a few brands have updated or added to their model […] Read more
Parts are already in short supply in Ukraine, and farmers are stockpiling and lending and borrowing amongst themselves. (Ihor Pavliuk photo)
Crops, Machinery

Farming behind the lines in Ukraine

A Ukrainian agriculture journalist chronicles the challenges of sowing a crop during wartime

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Ukrainians will farm their land, even in the face of war. In the Kherson area of southern Ukraine, where war rages and the city of Kherson is seen by the Russian invaders as strategic, a column set out on Monday. This was a column of tractors, under the flag of Ukraine. In it were farmers […] Read more
The new 2150S Early Riser planter from Case IH uses a split-row frame design and offers spacings of 15, 20 and 30 inches.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH introduces new planter and air drill

The 2150S split-row planter and Precision Disc 550 air drill debut for 2023

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In early February, Case IH announced it has added a new model to its line of Early Riser planters, the 2150S, which uses a split-row design. The two-row frame allows for improved trash clearance in no-till fields, giving the machine up to 50 inches of row unit offset, depending on planting row width. According to […] Read more

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