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Livestock

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New legislation giving the Saskatchewan government more powers to prevent misuse of Crown land, and more leeway in dealing with leaseholders, is now in effect. The province on Monday announced its new Provincial Lands Act and related regulations, introduced in the legislature last June, have been formally proclaimed and are now in effect, updating rules […] Read more
(Lely.com)
Crops, Dairy Cattle, Forages, Machinery

Robot milker firm Lely to shed forage equipment business

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Dutch dairy equipment manufacturer Lely, best known in the Canadian market for its robotic milking systems, plans to focus on that business and sell its forage equipment lines to Agco. The two companies announced Monday they have an agreement in principle for Lely to sell its forage division, including two German manufacturing plants, to U.S.-based […] Read more
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Crops

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review […] Read more
(Cat.com)
Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Caterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Caterpillar Inc. said Friday it was compliant with tax laws, a week after federal law enforcement officials raided three of the company’s buildings in connection with a probe into the heavy machinery manufacturer’s offshore tax practices. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has challenged the company’s taxes for the years 2007-2012, the company said […] Read more
Southeastern Saskatchewan’s accumulated snowpack, as shown here east of Weyburn on March 9, i expected to lead to above-normal runoff in the area. (Leeann Minogue photo)
Crops, Weather

Runoff levels up in Saskatchewan’s forecast

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan has raised its expectations for spring runoff across the board, now predicting “near normal” levels for much of the province and “above normal” to “well above normal” levels in its southeast. The province’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released a March spring runoff forecast pointing to two “areas of concern” — the province’s far […] Read more
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General

Proposed labour rules for Alberta farms go public

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta public will get about a month to speak its mind on proposed changes to provincial labour laws, with the goal of applying those changes to farms and ranches. The province on Monday released a pair of reports from technical working groups (TWGs) reviewing farm and ranch operations’ status under the Employment Standards Code […] Read more
(AllflexUSA.com)
Livestock

B.C. rural plan includes livestock tag reader rebate

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new provincial rural economic development strategy for British Columbia includes extra money for livestock and invasive plant programs, among them a new rebate plan for livestock tag readers. The province on Friday released “Building on our Rural Advantages: B.C.’s Rural Economic Development Strategy,” a document laying out investments expected to support up to 26,600 […] Read more
An international assemblage of reporters clambers to see the Premos 5000 in-field pelleter in action during Krone’s field day in Hungary in June.
Machinery

Krone wants you to buy

Is this the right time for offshore brands to make a play for a bigger chunk of the North American equipment market? Is it even possible for them to get onto your farm?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes As he stood in front of a group of more than 100 farm journalists from a wide range of countries, Bernard Krone, president of Krone, a family-owned forage equipment brand based in Germany, wanted us to know why his company had partnered with Lemken, another German manufacturer, to hold an international media event in northern […] Read more
(Cat.com)
Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. authorities raid Caterpillar’s Illinois facilities

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. federal law enforcement officials searched three facilities of heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar on Thursday, prompting a sharp sell-off in the company’s stock. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney Office for the Central District of Illinois, Sharon Paul, confirmed that federal law enforcement officials conducted searches at locations in Peoria, East […] Read more
Premier Stephen Harper and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger examine flooded areas around Brandon in July 2014. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)
Livestock, Weather

Major flood risks seen in southern Manitoba

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Areas of Manitoba are at moderate to major risk of flooding, according to the province’s first full flood outlook for the spring. Levels of future snowfall and/or rainfall, the timing and speed of snowmelt, and the runoff timing in Manitoba, the U.S., Saskatchewan and Ontario are still “key factors,” the provincial government said Monday in […] Read more

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