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Grain handling equipment manufacturer AGI unveiled a prototype “Smart Auger” at the Ag in Motion. The auger uses a battery pack with a four-hour run time to operate and incorporates a number of new features to provide management data on its use.

Horsch Product Manager Jeremy Hughes points out the key features of the brand’s new Avatar 66-10 TD combination single-disc drill and air cart seeder at the Ag in Motion 2025 show in July.

Sask. premier headed for China for tariff talks Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he’s headed to China in hopes of persuading Beijing to drop tariffs on Canadian canola. Last week, China hit Canadian canola seed with preliminary 75.8 per cent duties following an anti-dumping investigation – part of an ongoing trade dispute. This, combined with […] Read more

Case IH just pulled the wraps off its newest and most powerful Steiger tractor yet: the 785. The model has 10 per cent more muscle that the brand’s previous flagship tractor: the 715, introduced in 2023.

China drops crippling duties on Canadian canola seed China effectively shut the door to Canadian canola seed this week. It imposed preliminary 75.8 per cent duties on the oilseed – purportedly due to complaints of dumping. This adds to 100 per cent duties on canola oil and meal. The Canadian Canola Growers Association said the […] Read more

Prairie farmers skeptical about soil health Scientists and the federal government have been selling the concept of “soil health” for five to ten years, now but many Prairie farmers aren’t buying in according to research from the University of Calgary. According to a survey of Canadian farmers, those from the Prairies are more apt than […] Read more

American businessman vows to fund ostrich farm’s legal battle A New York-based businessman has pledged to fund a B.C. ostrich farm’s legal battle, as they dispute an order to cull the birds due to avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull after 69 birds died from avian flu back in December and […] Read more

Canola growers live in a high-cost environment so it’s important to know when it’s time to spray – if need be – to protect their investment. In this video from Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba, earlier in July, Darren Bond with Manitoba Agriculture shares some tips on what canola growers should consider if they […] Read more

Machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with John Deere’s Go-to-Market Manager for Harvesting Equipment Bergen Nelson about the green brand’s new Predictive Ground Speed Automation for S and X Series combines as well as a new header option.

Biological crop inputs, such as living organisms or natural materials, as a replacement or supplement for conventional fertilizers are gaining interest with growers. They offer improved soil health, and in turn, boost plant health as well. At Ag in Motion in Langham, Sask., last week, Twyla Jones with Nutrien Ag Solutions shared how growers are […] Read more