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CNH to list truck and bus business in break-up

By Giulio Piovaccari September 3, 2019

Milan | Reuters — Industrial vehicle maker CNH Industrial has decided to split in two and list its truck, bus and engine division in an effort to boost asset values and streamline its businesses. The plan comes just six years after CNH Industrial was created when Fiat Industrial — spun off from the Italian carmaker […] Read more

General, Machinery & Shop, Markets

Ag sector growth will take investments in skills, tech now: RBC

By GFM Staff August 28, 2019

One of Canada’s big six banks bets the agriculture sector’s gross domestic product could rise by nearly 60 per cent over the next decade if it were to have enough people, capital and access to new technology where ag lives. A report released by RBC on Tuesday titled “Farmer 4.0” estimates Canadian ag GDP could […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Manitoba Tories pledge to pump up biofuel content

By GFM Staff August 27, 2019

Manitoba’s incumbent Progressive Conservatives have pledged to boost provincial mandates for biofuel content in gasoline and diesel two weeks ahead of a provincial election. The Tories, whom recent polls favour for re-election on Sept. 10, included the pledge Tuesday in a campaign announcement specifically aimed at the province’s farmers. The party noted its biofuel promise […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Telus buys Farm At Hand

By GFM Staff August 18, 2019

Vancouver farm management software development firm Farm At Hand has become an arm of one of the Big Five in Canada’s communication services sector. Farm At Hand, which makes the cloud-based Crop Planner software suite for farmers and the Farm At Hand Agronomy suite for agronomists, announced Tuesday it has been wholly acquired by Telus […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Grain equipment firm AGI takes stake in Farmobile

By GFM Staff July 18, 2019

Canadian grain handling and storage equipment maker Ag Growth International plans to dial up its collaboration with ag tech firm Farmobile and has taken a minority stake in the U.S. company to that end. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Tuesday it had agreed to make a “minority equity investment” of US$15 million (C$19.57 million) in Farmobile, effective […] Read more

General, Machinery & Shop

Consultations begin online for replacing Alberta’s Bill 6

By GFM Staff July 12, 2019

A new online survey and direct consultations this summer are expected to inform the new Alberta government’s plans to swap out its predecessor’s legislation on farm and ranch worker protection. Alberta’s governing United Conservatives — who made repeal and replacement of Bill 6 a core plank of their platform before unseating the NDP government back […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

By Phil Franz-warkentin July 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — The first cargo ship in two years left the northern Manitoba port of Churchill on Wednesday, moving supplies to communities in Nunavut. Rehabilitation efforts at North America’s only deep-water Arctic port are still underway, but there are expectations business through the facility will eventually include grain as well. OmniTrax, the previous owner of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By Stephanie Kelly July 10, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

U.S. EPA proposes hike in 2020 biofuel mandate

By Humeyra Pamuk July 6, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday proposed refiners increase the volume of biofuels blended into their annual fuel output but did not reallocate the waived amounts under the hardship program, drawing ire from powerful corn and biofuel groups as well as Republican senators. The EPA is charged with setting […] Read more

General, Machinery & Shop

Alberta extends deadline again for farm trucker training

By GFM Staff July 4, 2019

Alberta farmers who want the Class 1 license needed to drive commercial-scale tractor trailers but haven’t yet met the new training requirements can now apply for another extension to do so. The provincial transportation department on Friday announced further extensions are now available for farmers and farm workers seeking Class 1 licenses and for school […] Read more

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Machinery & Shop — page 2

CNH to list truck and bus business in break-up

Ag sector growth will take investments in skills, tech now: RBC

Manitoba Tories pledge to pump up biofuel content

Grain equipment firm AGI takes stake in Farmobile

Consultations begin online for replacing Alberta’s Bill 6

Churchill shipping resumes but grain still on back burner

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

U.S. EPA proposes hike in 2020 biofuel mandate

Alberta extends deadline again for farm trucker training

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