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Five uses for provincial machinery rate guides

Five uses for provincial machinery rate guides

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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
Watch for slow-moving farm equipment: RCMP
Crops, Local news

Watch for slow-moving farm equipment: RCMP

Motorists urged to take precautions when meeting farm equipment on roadways

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RCMP and Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) are warning motor vehicle drivers once again to slow down as the growing season nears its end and farmers move large equipment on public roadways. “This year we have already had one death on our roads because of a collision with farm equipment,” said RCMP Insp. Ed Moreland, officer in
Farmer Types on tablet computer with combine in the background
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Innovation must continue to drive equipment manufacturing

Smarter government policy that reduces administrative costs and lowers trade barriers can play an important role

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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains says he wants to make innovation a core Canadian value because it’s “the path to growth, the path that leads to a stronger middle class and higher-quality jobs.” Canada’s agricultural equipment manufacturers have known this for years. In fact, innovation is at the heart of Canadian agriculture,
What’s new in tractors

What’s new in tractors

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

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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
La Compa, France’s best-known agricultural museum, is displaying a Massey Sawyer that was better suited for Prairie fields.
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A Prairie tractor makes a long trip to France

A request from a French agriculture museum reveals an interesting tale of a tractor

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The Conservatory of Agriculture, the premier agricultural museum of France, recently contacted the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. It was seeking a digital copy of a Sawyer Massey tractor advertisement we were using on our web page on the Sawyer Massey 25-45 tractor in our collection. The Conservatory of Agriculture, better known as Le Compa, has a
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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

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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
Big Iron 2016 show set to kick off
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Big Iron 2016 show set to kick off

The 36th annual event will celebrate agriculture and showcase innovation

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Organizers of the 36th annual Big Iron Farm Show are promising attendees “three days of agricultural advancements” during the annual three-day celebration of agriculture in Fargo, N.D. This includes more than 900 exhibit booths, training sessions, equipment demonstrations and opportunities to see the latest innovations in agriculture. The Big Iron Farm Show showcases the newest
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Crops

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

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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
Visitors check out Deere equipment at the National Farm Machinery show in Louisville, Kentucky on Feb. 11. With U.S. farmers bracing for a third year of declining incomes, many have said 
they can’t afford upgrades — which means tough times for Deere and rivals such as Agco, CNH and Claas.
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Tighter credit heralds more pain in U.S. farming downturn

Adjusted for inflation, U.S. farm debt is at its highest levels since the 1980s

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Steve Irish used to farm 450 acres of rich crop fields in east-central Illinois, but that 15-year chapter of his life ended with a recent conversation with his banker. The banker was blunt. Irish was deep in debt from the farm equipment he bought, and needed to pay back the money he owed. So now

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