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You won’t find a big V-8 under the hood of the 2022 Hummer, just batteries and electric drives.
Equipment, Machinery

Hummer pickup goes electric

GM’s reinvented Hummer pickup a sign of things to come

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Remember when General Motors’ Hummer used to be the poster child for gas-guzzling macho machines? It was a kind of moving billboard that emphasized the excesses of the 1980s. That perceived lack of environmental sensitivity is credited by many industry observers as one of the main reasons the Hummer brand went sour, then extinct. But […] Read more
The Co-op Ethanol Complex at Belle Plaine, Sask. (FCL.crs)
Cereals, Corn, Crops, Machinery, Weather

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

FCL, Whitecap sign agreement to sequester fuel plants' CO2

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A major Prairie ethanol and fuel producer is posed to spend just over half a billion dollars on a system to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from its operations in Saskatchewan. Federated Co-operatives announced Thursday it had signed a memo of understanding with Calgary-based ‘clean energy’ company Whitecap Resources, in which the latter company will […] Read more
Horsch has partnered with Trimble to develop autonomous machines, like this concept machine Horsch revealed earlier this year.
Features, Machinery

Horsch looks to autonomy

Horsch and Trimble partner to develop next-generation machines

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[UPDATED: Oct. 26, 2021] It seems virtually every ag machinery brand is currently taking a serious look at building autonomous technology into their equipment. Even brands you might not have expected such development from. For example, Regina-based SeedMaster had been known only as a seeding implement manufacturer until it unveiled DOT, an autonomous seeding robot. […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

White House not ruling out a U.S. carbon tax

Option 'not off the table' despite Manchin comment

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Washington | Reuters –– The White House on Tuesday said it has not ruled out a carbon tax as a possible option for fighting climate change, even though U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a critical holdout in the closely divided Senate, said he was not discussing the topic in talks about U.S. spending and infrastructure bills. […] Read more
Paccar’s sister truck brands Kenworth (top) and Peterbilt have both introduced new medium-duty models that share similar design updates.
Equipment, Machinery

New medium-duty trucks from Paccar’s brands

Kenworth and Peterbilt introduce new models

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Paccar’s Kenworth and Peterbilt brands launched new medium-duty truck models in April for the Class 5 to Class 8 weight groups, which start in the 7,258-kilogram GVWR range and go up from there. Peterbilt is a relative newcomer to the medium-duty segment, only producing its first truck for that market in 1995, but it has […] Read more
An eastward-facing view from the north edge of the crossing at Mile 98.14 of CN’s Ashcroft subdivision, where BCWS suspected the Lytton fire began. (TSB photo)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

No evidence trains sparked Lytton fire, TSB says

Transportation Safety Board now stepping out of ongoing fire probe

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There’s no proof the fire that largely destroyed a British Columbia village, damaged a key rail bridge and led to cuts in rail speed limits in high-risk areas was sparked by train traffic, the federal Transportation Safety Board says. The TSB on Thursday said its investigation, launched in early July, “has not revealed any evidence […] Read more
File photo of the Port of Montreal. (Guy Banville/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada concerned about supply chain issues, watching ports ‘closely’

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Reuters –– Canada is concerned about the challenges facing global supply chains and is watching the country’s ports very closely, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. Freeland, speaking to reporters in Washington after meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, said she was broadly optimistic about the strength of Canada’s economic recovery […] Read more
John Deere celebrates 75 years of combine production with special anniversary edition S series models.
Equipment, Machinery

John Deere combines mark milestone

75th anniversary editions available for model year 2022 machines

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When model year 2022 combine production soon begins at Deere’s Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill., the S series machines leaving the plant will sport some extra bling, in the form of a 75th anniversary decal on their flanks. These machines mark the celebration of a significant milestone for Deere, which has now been building […] Read more
File photo from CNH-owned FPT Industrial’s Bourbon-Lancy engine manufacturing plant in eastern France. (Photo courtesy CNH Industrial)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CNH to temporarily shut several plants in Europe

Eight-day shutdown due to supply disruptions

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Reuters — Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial said Wednesday it will temporarily shut several of its European agricultural, commercial vehicle and powertrain manufacturing facilities due to the disruptions of procurement of components, including semiconductors. The maker of farm machinery, Iveco commercial vehicles, construction equipment and powertrains plans to shut the concerned plants for eight working […] Read more

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