When engineers and designers sat down to redesign the Massey Ferguson 8S tractor, they started off by asking farmers what they wanted. "The 8S is the most ambitious redesign of a high horsepower tractor that Massey Ferguson has done in recent history," says Adam Sills, marketing product specialist with AGCO. The power train was proven,... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
As Anne Wasko, of the Gateway Livestock Exchange puts it, here in Canada "cattle slaughter has been outstanding." Following some really good weeks, total Canadian harvests hit 72,400 this week, as Wasko explains in this week's Beef Market Update. "Breaking that down into young cattle and cows, the steer and heifer kill is basically 63,000.... Read More
Next week, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture will host four political party leaders for a pre-election debate. Representatives from the Bloc Quebecois, Conservative Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada, and the New Democratic Party will join moderators Shaun Haney and Martin Ménard for a one-hour question period tackling the top agriculture issues and... Read More
Standing in front of a Case IH Magnum tractor, you might be wondering why a Raven Industries rep is also standing there. Well, Raven demonstrated its OMNi suite of technology on the tractor at Farm Progress Show at Decatur, IL, this past week. Nick Langerock, of Raven Industries, says that it's an exciting time for... Read More
There's growing concern about a federal excise tax that will greatly impact Canada's craft distilleries. A campaign, called "Lift Canada's Spirits," is a coalition of small to large distilleries whose goal is to reduce the excise tax on the first small annual volume of spirits produced to be more in line with domestic, craft beer... Read More
AGCO Corp, showcased its newly introduced Fendt Rogator 900 Series sprayer to the North American market at Farm Progress Show, at Decatur, IL, this week. A big thing for AGCO this year is bringing the Rogator and Fendt "families" together says David Fickel, senior market manager with AGCO. Part of that story is the new... Read More
Sollio Agriculture, along with partners from its retail networks and Pursell, a coating technology company based at Sylacauga, AL, have announced plans for a joint venture to build and operate a fertilizer coating plant at St. Thomas, Ont. The new, $20 million plant will be dedicated to the production of controlled-release fertilizers (CRFs). The companies... Read More
Members of the Ontario Soil Network are inviting complete strangers onto their farms — virtually, of course. Mel Luymes, communications and community director of the Ontario Soil Network, says that the Soil Road Trip allows farmers, researchers, or just those who are curious, to tour up to 100 fields and discover what each farmer is... Read More
Olymel's management has announced resumption of operations at its hog slaughterhouse and cutting plant at Vallée-Jonction, in Beauce, Que. The result of the vote by members of the Olymel workers union at the location ratified the agreement in principle and return-to-work protocol reached on August 29. The vote puts an end to the strike that... Read More
Statistics Canada pegs the 2021 crop down significantly based on its satellite imagery modelling. StatsCan puts national wheat production down 34.8 per cent, canola down 24.3 per cent to 14.7 million tonnes, and soybeans down 8.4 per cent year over year to 5.8 million tonne. Grain corn is the one bright spot, with an increase... Read More