(Monsanto.com)

Climate’s field software en route to Eastern Canada

San Francisco-based ag software firm and Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation is making a run for the border with its Climate FieldView farm data suite. Appearing Wednesday at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, company representatives announced their suite of digital farm data tools, Climate FieldView, will be offered for sale in Eastern Canada this winter, for […] Read more

(Hagie.com)

Deere buys stake in U.S. sprayer maker Hagie

CORRECTED, March 30, 2016 — Reuters — Deere and Co. said on Tuesday it has acquired a majority stake in Hagie Manufacturing, allowing the farm equipment manufacturer to take a greater position the high-clearance sprayer market. High-clearance sprayers, which allow farmers to spray fertilizers and pesticides in-crop later in the growing season, are “a new market for […] Read more



(Baywa.com)

German regulator investigates possible tractor cartel

Duesseldorf | Reuters –– Germany’s anti-trust regulator said Friday it was investigating a possible cartel of companies making agricultural machinery, particularly tractors. It did not name any targets of the probe. German agricultural trading group Baywa said the cartel office had searched its headquarters earlier this week on suspicion that some of its employees were […] Read more


Birch Hills, Sask. farmer Steve Tomtene was on hand at the tractor unveiling to recount his experiences testing the 9RX during seeding.

Minogue: Deere tracks put to test in Sask. fields

The tractor has just been unveiled, but a Saskatchewan farmer can already tell us John Deere’s first four-track high-powered unit is “a bit of a game changer.” Steve Tomtene, who farms at Birch Hills, about 30 km southeast of Prince Albert, tried and tested the new 9RX on his farm for Deere this spring, and […] Read more



Deere chain Cervus buys two Alta. dealerships

Two John Deere farm equipment dealerships in southern Alberta are set to become part of Deere dealer chain Cervus Equipment. Cervus announced Wednesday it’s bought the assets of Deer-Country Equipment, which owns and operates Deere dealerships at Vulcan and High River. The deal “represents a strategic opportunity for Cervus to expand our western Canadian presence […] Read more