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A New Holland unit on display at the Yugagro exhibition in Krasnodar, Russia in 2021. (Media.cnhindustrial.com)
Crops

CNH sheds Russian business

New Holland, Case IH maker had suspended shipments last year

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The maker of Case IH and New Holland tractors and combines is selling its business activities in Russia for about US$60 million. CNH Industrial, which employs about 200 people in Russia, announced the divestment in a release Wednesday without naming the buyer. CNH in March last year suspended all shipments and supplies to Russia and
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,
Gerrit van der Scheer, CEO of Mechan’s parent firm Zweegers Equipment Group, with Toromont senior advisor Larry Moffatt (l-r). (Photo courtesy Mechan International)
Crops

Toromont to sell Manitoba Agco, Claas dealer chain

Dutch firm to buy AgWest

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Canada’s Caterpillar equipment distributor for Manitoba and points east is set to sell a major Manitoba dealer of Agco’s farm equipment brands as well as the province’s exclusive dealer for Claas combines. Toromont Industries announced Monday it will sell its AgWest Ltd. arm to Dutch equipment distributor Mechan International, effective May 1. Neither company would
S.H. Dayton sponsorship signage at a 2018 motocross event. (S.H. Dayton Ltd. via Twitter)
Crops

Manitoba Deere dealer expands westward reach

Enns Bros. to buy Shoal Lake's S.H. Dayton

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A major dealer of John Deere equipment in Manitoba is extending its catchment in the province’s west to include a long-established Deere shop. Winnipeg-based Enns Bros. announced Friday it has a deal in place to buy the assets of S.H. Dayton Ltd., a Deere equipment dealership at Shoal Lake, about 100 km northwest of Brandon.
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
Local UAW union members arrive at Starbuck Middle School at Racine, Wis. to vote on CNH Industrial’s latest contract offer on Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Bianca Flowers)
Crops

CNH workers at two U.S. plants reject proposed contract

Plants' workers on strike since May

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Racine | Reuters — Members of two local unions that have been on strike since May at CNH Industrial factories in Wisconsin and Iowa on Saturday voted down a tentative labour contract, the United Auto Workers union said. The union did not disclose how many workers at the two plants rejected the four-year deal, which
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Markets

Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says

Low inventories, high commodity prices and a good crop place pressure on demand

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Demand for farm equipment should remain high through 2023 despite higher interest rates and projected price increases, according to Farm Credit Canada. The federal ag lender has released an outlook on the farm equipment market that analyzed data and trends that affect the market. While the outlook attributes much of the current demand to relatively
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?
“I’ve had people come to our booth and tell us we bought them new half tons. If you’re losing three bushel(s) and you can get that down to one, that’s a considerable amount of money.” – Trevor Scherman.
Crops, Equipment

Calibrate your combine to boost profits

An hour or two spent properly calibrating your machine could be the most lucrative time you spend this harvest

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Farmers will spare no expense when it comes to tending their crops and maximizing production. So why do they spit so many of their profits out the back end of their combines at harvest? It’s a mystery to North Battleford farmer and inventor Trevor Scherman, one of the speakers at the recent Ag in Motion

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