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For too long, the right to repair has been a casualty of the digital economy.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Giving Canadians the ‘right to repair’

This would empower consumers, support competition and benefit the environment

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On March 28, the Canadian government’s budget announcement introduced a plan to implement a “right to repair” for electronic devices and home appliances in 2024, alongside a new five-year tax credit worth $4.5 billion for Canadian clean tech manufacturers. The federal government will begin consultations on the plan in the summer. The right to repair
Today’s farm machinery, especially tractors and combines, are driven more by software than diesel...
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Right to repair still an issue

This fight between farmers and machinery giants is just getting started

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Before a January “memorandum of understanding,” or MOU, on a farmer’s “right to repair” his farm machinery, U.S. equipment makers and their farm and ranch customers were locked in a legal and legislative fight over who could fix today’s complex ag machinery – the customer who owned or leased it, or the maker that designed,
Dr. Danny Mann speaking at a seminar on automated tractors in February at the University of Manitoba.
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

The autonomous age will require human interface

Surprisingly ergonomics is going to be important as machinery automates

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The era of the autonomous tractor is upon us, says Danny Mann, head of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba. However, there will be limitations. Mann says liability concerns mean that for the foreseeable future, there will have to be some level of human involvement in the technology. Mann was speaking to an audience at a University of
Greg Peterson, also known as Machinery Pete, speaks at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon.
Equipment, News

What’s old is new again in farm machinery

The high-flying used market likely won’t be coming down to earth any time soon

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Machinery Pete expects high prices for used equipment could be around for a while. The farm machinery auction guru – Greg Peterson, when he’s off the clock – attracted a packed house during his presentation at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon this year. Like many producers grumbling about equipment prices, he has noted the staggering
John Deere has set some ground rules for right-to-repair that farmers say are fair.
Equipment, News

Right to repair proposal gets a boost

John Deere signs document giving access to equipment technology and tools to diagnose and fix it

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John Deere is allowing U.S. farmers to repair their own tractors. In early January, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation that many say signals what could become an industry-wide trend that spills over the border. “I think this is very positive news,” says Bill Campbell, president of Keystone
“One of the things that Versatile has been known for, and this goes back to the first tractors that we produced back in the 1960s, is collaboration.” – Adam Reid.
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

Versatile benefits from ‘sum of the parts’ model

Real time monitoring system follows company history of collaboration

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For Winnipeg-based tractor manufacturer Versatile, developing and maintaining business partnerships is what allows it to keep pace with competitors. The latest example is a partnership between Versatile, its engine supplier, Cummins, and two tech companies, Elevāt and STW Technic. The arrangement has given the tractor manufacturer a sophisticated, real-time diagnostics and support system for its
A common phrase for tech leaders and companies is “data-driven agriculture.” But which interests does farm data serve?
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

The way we talk about digital agriculture obscures interests behind it, says author

Facebook users pay for use with data. Farmers pay with data and for using it

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Treating farm data like it’s a natural resource or comes ‘from on high’ makes it harder to see the forces that shape and profit from it, contends a new book. “In agriculture, just like in other contexts… there are really powerful interests behind the collection of data and the use and misuse of data,” said author Kelly Bronson
The sticker price of new equipment is bad enough but it’s the cost of used machines that has many farmers shaking their heads, says Jason Lenz.
Equipment, News

No end in sight for soaring farm equipment costs

It’s not just new equipment prices that’s shocking, it’s also the spillover in the used market

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Glacier FarmMedia – Prices for farm equipment continue to rise. And it’s not just fancy new iron that’s causing farmers to do double takes. How does $62,972 sound for a 1994 New Holland 9680 tractor? How about $49,995 for a 1995 John Deere 1850 air drill? Or $80,000 for an older tandem axle grain truck?
Running equipment on the same tracks all the time is the essence of controlled traffic farming — and while the practice only has a few adherents in Alberta, they are passionate about its benefits.
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Controlled traffic farming is proving its worth, say advocates

The system ‘shines’ during droughts and lets farmers seed and harvest sooner when it’s wet, they say

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Controlled traffic farming has yet to catch on in a big way in Western Canada, but the extreme conditions over the past two years have shown its worth to two long-term practitioners on opposite ends of the Prairies. “I grew canola and barley last year and we had 28-bushel canola on four and a half
Fewer and larger dealerships aren’t necessarily in the best interests of farmers, some equipment insiders say.
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Equipment dealer consolidation raises cost to farmers

Wave of consolidation began in 1980s, accelerated dramatically in recent years

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Reuters – More farm equipment dealers are going out of business, leaving a handful of companies in control of a large swathe of the market and with greater ability to set prices for selling and repairing equipment, say farmers, equipment dealers and analysts. Buyouts of local mom-and-pop dealers have reduced farmers’ options for buying machinery

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