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Five uses for provincial machinery rate guides

February 28, 2017

The new provincial Machinery Guides for 2016-17 have been published on each Prairie province’s website. These guides show rental or custom rates for commonly used machinery. Dan Schmeiser, manager of the farm business management services section in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, says “the purpose of the Guide is to provide approximate costs for renting[...]
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Machinery

What’s new in tractors

A roundup of the recent tractor introductions and updates making news this fall

By Scott Garvey September 28, 2016

There’s been no shortage of news this season when it comes to new tractor model unveilings and improvements to existing machines. Virtually every brand had something new to show off this year on that front. Many of those new machines debuted at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in August. To help you[...]
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Machinery

Highlights from the U.S. Farm Progress Show

Grainews went to Iowa to see what was on display at the Midwest's largest outdoor ag show

By Scott Garvey September 12, 2016

Each year the U.S. Farm Progress Show attracts tens of thousands of visitors. It’s the premier outdoor ag event in the Midwest, and it alternates between show sites at Decatur, Illinois, and Boone, Iowa. This year’s event was in Boone, and despite the downturn in the ag equipment market, it was clear manufacturers haven’t cut[...]
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Crops, News

Be extra cautious when using public roads, says Alberta Agriculture

It’s highly recommended to only travel during the day and when traffic is light, says farm safety co-ordinator

By Alberta Agriculture and Forestry June 7, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes When it comes to moving farm equipment on public roads, a little planning can go a long way towards preventing accidents. “Farmers should check their route prior to starting out with farm equipment to be sure equipment will fit on all roads and bridges and that there are no low-hanging power lines along the route,”[...]
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Crops, Machinery

Six numbers in agriculture to make you stop and think

It isn’t as quiet as you might think on the home front. Yes, today’s farms seem stable, but the next evolutionary wave is gaining energy

By Maggie Van Camp March 18, 2016

In 2009, total Canadian net farm income was $2.8 billion. Four years later, it was $10 billion more, with Statistics Canada’s saying a $5.6-billion rise in the total value of farm-owned inventories from the year before accounted for almost all of the increase in total net income in 2013 That inventory increase came from a[...]
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Crops, Machinery, Reuters

German regulator investigates possible tractor cartel

By Reuters January 29, 2016

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[...]
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News

Tingley’s Harvest Center joins forces with JCB

By JCB release December 17, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tingley’s Harvest Center is partnering with JCB and its dealerships in North Battleford and Lloydminster will now be called Tingley’s JCB. The business was founded in 2002 by Shane Tingley as a full-service CLAAS dealership. In addition to combines, forage harvesters, balers, hay tools, seeding and tillage implements, the dealership will now carry JCB’s articulated[...]
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The equipment displays at Agri-Trade are always a big draw, but the show is also a chance  to network with fellow producers.

News

There’s lots to look at — and places to chat — at Agri-Trade

This year’s edition of the popular Red Deer exhibition is ‘all about networking’

By Jill Burkhardt November 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes After a year like this one, we need to talk. And there will be lots of opportunities to do just that at this year’s edition of Agri-Trade. “This year is all about networking — getting people into the show, allowing people the chance to sit, visit and get caught up with their neighbours and friends[...]
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Seven-year-old Ernie Friesen, who lost his arm in a grain auger, is spreading the farm safety message as this year’s national safety ambassador for The War Amps.

Opinion

The ever-present danger on our farms and ranches

A mother and two experts talk about the need to do more when it comes to farm safety

By Jennifer Blair October 27, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes Peter Friesen knew something was wrong as soon as the auger stalled. His warning to his five-year-old son Ernie to stay back and “not come any closer than this,” had gone unheeded. The boy had been running around with a dog nearby, and Peter had warned him to stay back, to “not come any closer[...]
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Crops

New legislation for sales of farm implements

New act establishes minimum requirements for sale agreements,  warranties, and availability of spare parts

By Alberta Agriculture And Rural Development February 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes The new Farm Implement and Dealership Act will come into force this year. The new act, which combines the old Farm Implement Dealerships Act and the Farm Implement Act, came into effect in December when Bill 6, the Statutes Amendment Act, received royal assent. Bill 6 also includes numerous changes to sections of the former[...]
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