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Signage outside an IBEW office in Winnipeg. (File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Machinery

Arbitration leads to deal for CN signals staff

IBEW held 17-day strike in summer

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Canadian National Railway (CN) has labour peace with its signals and communications workers through to the end of 2024 coming out of binding arbitration. The 750-odd workers, represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11, had agreed to take their dispute with CN to arbitration in early July, ending a 17-day strike. […] Read more
Preproduction 2023 models of Ford’s F-series Super Duty pickup trucks. (Ford.com)
General, Machinery, Reuters

Ford, GM upgrade their heavy-duty pickup profit machines

New features aimed at business productivity

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Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday took the wraps off the latest version of its Super Duty pickup, providing a look at how the U.S. automaker will manage one of the biggest challenges confronting Detroit. The problem: How to modernize the largest combustion pickups to keep demand strong and profits flowing, without […] Read more
(Glacier FarmMedia staff photo)
General, Machinery

Quebec’s UPA hit by ransomware attack

Farm organization, affiliate bodies affected

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Quebec’s overarching farmer organization, l’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), has confirmed its computer systems were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month. UPA, in a release last Thursday, said it’s working with a cybersecurity firm to analyze the nature and scope of the attack, as well as any possible solutions to securely restore its […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Machinery

CP arbitration ends in two-year deal for engineers, conductors

Dispute led to rail service outage in March

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Mediation and arbitration hearings over the weekend have ended in a two-year labour deal for engineers, conductors and train and yard service staff at Canadian Pacific Railway. The agreement puts a formal lid on the latest round of contract disputes between Calgary-based CP and its 3,000-odd unionized employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference […] Read more
Haying in Miami, Manitoba.
Forages, Hay, Machinery

Timely maintenance can prevent round baler fires

Getting a visual assessment of your baler and tractor is a good place to start

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Even though most of North Dakota has received adequate rainfall this summer, reports of round baler fires are occurring. “It seems odd to think about the risk of baler fires right now, as the grass is still green in many areas where hay is still being harvested,” says Tom Clays, North Dakota Forest Service director. […] Read more
Monarch’s MK-V tractor. (MonarchTractor.com)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Foxconn to build autonomous electric tractors in Ohio

Tech firm to make units for U.S.-based Monarch

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Reuters — Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, on Tuesday said it will build driverless electric tractors for California-based Monarch Tractor at its Lordstown, Ohio facility starting in early 2023. The announcement comes as heavy machinery manufacturers, including Deere and Agco, set their sights on the electric vehicle market as the U.S. agriculture […] Read more
A CNH Industrial building in Turin, Italy. Photo: Reuters/ Massimo Pinca/File
Machinery, Reuters

CNH Industrial beats profit estimates, confirms outlook despite recession fears

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Milan | Reuters – Agricultural and construction machine maker CNH Industrial CNHI.MI beat estimates on Friday with a 14 percent rise in industrial operating profit in the second quarter and confirmed its full year outlook despite bracing for a global recession. “Whether we face a global recession in 2023 is up for debate, but we […] Read more
The minister is on the case: federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau checks out the cab of a new Case IH Magnum tractor during her visit to the Ag in Motion show on July 20, 2022. (Greg Berg photo)
General, Machinery

Farmers, exhibitors hail Ag in Motion’s in-person return

Ag ministers check out event on Day 2

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Attendance numbers at the first live Ag in Motion in three years are an indication that demand for outdoor farm shows is as high as ever, show director Rob O’Connor says. O’Connor said he wasn’t sure what to expect after momentum building during the show’s first five years was quashed when the COVID-19 pandemic response […] Read more

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