Morris pilots new leasing program

Saskatchewan farm equipment maker Morris Industries has rolled out a pilot program offering leases on its bale carriers and heavy harrows. The Morris Leasing program, announced last week at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, will be available on the company’s Field Pro heavy harrows and ProAg hay hauling products — and only for its […] Read more





Versatile enters North American combine market

A well-known Canadian name in Prairie farm machinery has become the first new brand of agricultural combine on this continent in 14 years. Versatile, a division of Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries best known for its farm tractors, launched its RT490 rotary combine Wednesday at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina. The combines, made in Russia by […] Read more



Deere dealer chain to build new at Calgary

Canada’s biggest group of John Deere ag equipment dealerships plans to build rather than buy for its next outlet. Cervus Equipment Corp. announced last Thursday that it’s bought 21.6 acres of land just north of Calgary’s city limits for $8.52 million. The land was bought from an "arm’s length party," Cervus said, with the plan […] Read more

A backhoe digs manure out from around a 2009 Steiger 485. Photo courtesy Fisher Branch RCMP.

Man. manure pile heated up by hot tractor

A couple from Manitoba’s Interlake will face charges later this summer after a Steiger tractor, stolen over 17 months ago, was found under a massive manure pile. The 2009 Case IH Steiger 485, valued at about $300,000, had been reported missing from a business in the RM of Rosser, just northwest of Winnipeg, on Dec. […] Read more


Prairie equipment dealer chain expands Alta. reach

An east-central Alberta farm equipment dealer is poised to become the latest member of the Rocky Mountain Dealerships group. The Calgary company said Monday it’s signed a deal to buy all shares of Camrose Farm Equipment, which sells Case IH, New Holland, MacDon, Seed Hawk, Renn, RiteWay and other brands at its two dealerships in […] Read more