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Hardman can be seen in this photo near a tractor and seeder. He’s holding a grain scoop to fill the seeder by hand, something he had to do all the time before fill augers became relatively commonplace. “That’s really old school. It builds up some muscles,” he says, laughing.

PHOTOS: The ‘vintage’ equipment of Crooked Creek Farms

By Jim Timlick, John Hardman January 9, 2023

If you ever happen to visit Crooked Creek Farms near Dauphin, Man., there’s a pretty good chance you’ll take note of the many vintage farm implements stored on the property. Some of those pieces of equipment on the 750-acre family-owned farm date back as far as the 1940s, including a W-6 International Harvester tractor. But […] Read more

Local UAW union members arrive at Starbuck Middle School at Racine, Wis. to vote on CNH Industrial’s latest contract offer on Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Bianca Flowers)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CNH workers at two U.S. plants reject proposed contract

Plants' workers on strike since May

By GFM Network News January 9, 2023

Racine | Reuters — Members of two local unions that have been on strike since May at CNH Industrial factories in Wisconsin and Iowa on Saturday voted down a tentative labour contract, the United Auto Workers union said. The union did not disclose how many workers at the two plants rejected the four-year deal, which […] Read more

(Luca Piccini Basile/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Machinery, Markets

Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says

Low inventories, high commodity prices and a good crop place pressure on demand

By GFM Network News December 1, 2022

Demand for farm equipment should remain high through 2023 despite higher interest rates and projected price increases, according to Farm Credit Canada. The federal ag lender has released an outlook on the farm equipment market that analyzed data and trends that affect the market. While the outlook attributes much of the current demand to relatively […] Read more

The Massey-Ferguson 510 with phone booth hot cab.

Columns, Equipment

Les Henry: Memories from combine days

I had 63 continuous years where it was my pleasure to rub out at least a few loads

By Les Henry October 11, 2022

By the time this issue arrives in your mailbox, harvest should be well underway. In parts of the Palliser Triangle, the meagre harvest may be all over. Thankfully, many areas in 2022 will be a much different story than the huge drought of 2021. Some areas were too wet and needed heat to advance the […] Read more

Equipment, Features, Machinery

No clear-cut fix in right to repair debate

It sounds like everyone wants farmers to be able to repair machinery, but there appears to be a big gap in what’s available, affordable and accessible in a timely manner

By Lee Hart September 21, 2022

The stories are out there. Farmers held up at a time of critical field operations because machinery needed, perhaps, a fairly simple reset of computer codes or minor repair, but it took hours for a dealership technician to get there to do it. Northern Alberta farmer Cole Siegle has told his story a few times. […] Read more

Ron Silvernagle designed and built the safety rail and walkway attached to the front of this combine to make cleaning windows less hazardous.

Equipment, Machinery

Sask. farmer improves combine safety

Invention guards against falls

By Mark Halsall March 29, 2022

Ron Silvernagle may be in his early 80s, but he still likes to pitch in to help out on the family farm near Biggar, Sask., during busy times like harvest. He’s also an inventor of sorts, and like a lot of farmers, he enjoys spending time in the workshop figuring out ways to improve the […] 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

By Scott Garvey March 22, 2022

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

Buhler Industries board member Konstantin Babkin, shown here at left with the company’s then-president Dmitry Lyubimov during a visit to the company’s facility in Winnipeg in 2007, is seen as particularly vulnerable to sanction from Canada. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Crops, Machinery

Equipment maker Buhler distances self from Ukraine invasion

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 24, 2022

A Winnipeg farm equipment manufacturer is distancing itself from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Buhler Industries, which manufactures the Versatile tractor line and Farm King equipment, is majority-owned by the Russian firm Combine Factory Rostselmash. That firm purchased an 80 per cent stake in Buhler in 2007 and boosted that to 97 per cent ownership in […] 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

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Claas sees more semiconductor chip snags in 2022

'It's going to be a tough next six months'

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 17, 2021

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural machinery maker Claas said Thursday it expects difficulties in securing semiconductor chips to persist for the first half of next year, which could curb a surge in profits linked to booming farm demand. An upturn in orders from farmers, who are benefiting from high crop prices after several lean years, […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

GFM Network News