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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers reports truck tractors and skid steers showed significant price declines during the first quarter of this year.
Equipment, Machinery, Trucks and UTVs

Used prices slip for some machines

RB shows declines in truck tractor, skid steer prices

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For anyone in the market for a used skid steer or truck tractor, now might be a good time to head to an auction sale. As the spring auction season ramps up, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RB) just released its “Market Trends Report for Used Equipment and Trucks” for the first quarter of 2024 — and […] Read more
G3 Canada today operates 24 elevators and grain terminals across Canada. Its majority owner, G3 Global Holdings, also owns G3's export terminal at Vancouver in partnership with Western Stevedoring Co.
Crops, Features, Markets

What’s happening with your shares in G3?

How your stake in the equity trust set up for Prairie farmers sits today

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Glacier FarmMedia — An owner of G3 Canada it may be, but Farmers Equity Trust won’t be a suitor for Bunge’s separate ownership stake in G3, if Ottawa decides to require a sale as part of its review of Bunge’s proposed takeover of Viterra. “The trust has no cash resources to invest that way, and […] Read more
Crops, Markets

Would Bunge have to get out of G3?

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Good question. While we don’t yet have an answer, the federal Competition Bureau’s recent language suggests Bunge’s continued part-ownership of G3 would be a regulatory sore spot in a merger with Viterra. The basic background: U.S.-based Bunge, the “B” in the “ABCD” group of companies that handle the bulk of global grain trade, last June […] Read more
photo of cory willness and les henry
Crops

The legacy of Henry’s Handbook

A book well known to Grainews readers will remain available

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Les Henry is a former professor and extension specialist for the University of Saskatchewan, a farmer, and a regular contributor of print and online articles and columns for Grainews for the past 37 years. He is also the author of Henry’s Handbook of Soil and Water. Today, we are pleased to announce that Henry has […] Read more
How should growers and agronomists interpret the gigabytes, even terabytes, of ag data available?
Equipment, Features

How to deal with the farm data deluge

The growers have all the data, but do they necessarily use it?

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Glacier FarmMedia — The launch of the first GPS yield monitors altered the world of on-farm data collection. That was followed by variable-rate technology, precision planting and aerial/satellite imaging. Most growers have now been accumulating data for 20 years or longer — and many have resolved to keep that data in the hopes of finding […] Read more
A May 2022 RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellite image of fields in Manitoba, including many affected by flooding. Adoption of satellite imagery in agriculture is seen to have lagged compared to other sectors.
Equipment, Features

Farm focus needed for eyes in the sky

An ag expert with NASA talks about why on-farm adoption of satellite imagery has lagged

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Satellite imagery has potential to revolutionize agricultural management, but that isn’t likely to happen unless on-farm adoption rates increase, the head of a NASA-led consortium said during a recent event in Winnipeg. NASA Harvest executive director Alyssa Whitcraft told attendees at this year’s Canadian Crops Convention that use of satellite imagery has exploded in some […] Read more
The process of farmer consultation on new equipment starts long before any metal is welded together.
Equipment, Machinery

Understanding farmers’ equipment needs

As the pace picks up on advancements in technology, consulting customers for their feedback becomes more important

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A few years ago, I was invited to attend an R&D facility to test-drive a prototype version of an MFWD tractor with a CVT transmission — then I was asked to give my impressions of what I liked or didn’t like. It was interesting to participate in the early evaluation of a new tractor. Prototype […] Read more
One marker in a farmer’s life should be to set up a succession plan that keeps family bonds intact.
Features

Finding a ‘bridge’ over transition waters

A will or partnership agreement is important, but is not a farm succession plan

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Maggie Van Camp understands the challenges as well as the tremendous value of farm succession planning. She’s been on that road a couple of times in her life as a seventh-generation Ontario farmer, as well as a communicator and agricultural consultant. The first time was after the sudden death of her husband in a farming […] Read more
Spring or summer -- times when the growing season is well underway -- are considered the best times to list a farm property.
Features

Up for sale: First impressions count when selling farms

Rural real estate specialists offer advice if you're considering listing your farm

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It’s been said you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. That’s especially true when it comes to selling the family farm, says a Manitoba real estate agent who specializes in farm property sales. Maurice Torr, a rural real estate expert with Century 21 Westman Realty in Brandon, says it’s important […] Read more
Units such as these developed by a British firm, Small Robot Co., have already been put to work in per-plant weed control, in which an AI "advice engine" identifies which plants the robot can kill.
Equipment, Features, Machinery

Farmers need to be open to AI technology

Already a major force, artificial intelligence soon will be smarter than humans

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If Canadian farmers are waiting for the wave of artificial intelligence (AI) to hit the agriculture industry, they’re a bit late, according to a technology expert and consultant. It’s already here. And although he’s not a farmer himself, Walter Schwabe told producers attending the recent CrossRoads Conference in Calgary that if farmers don’t try to […] Read more

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