Agriculture Machinery & Farming Equipment

U.S. senator raises concerns over potential CP, CSX deal

By Nick Carey October 17, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The head of a U.S. Senate subcommittee raised concerns in a letter Thursday to the U.S. Attorney General and head of the top U.S. rail regulator about a potential merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and CSX Corp., and called on them both to fully review the antitrust implications of any such […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Shortlines shortchanged in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 17, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — Western Canada’s shortline railways are getting the short end of the stick as they struggle to meet their own commitments moving grain and other products along their tracks. A backlog of grain on the Prairies over the past winter, linked in part to poor rail movement, prompted the federal government to implement […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

As clock winds down, CP’s CEO hunts for his dream deal

By Allison Martell, Nick Carey October 17, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto/Chicago | Reuters — Veteran railroad boss Hunter Harrison has won over many critics since taking over as chief executive of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), but he still has unfinished business — creation of a consolidated North American railway — and is running out of time to do it. That might explain why CP, Canada’s […] Read more

Machinery, Production

Satellites and ag drones link up

By targeting their strengths, these two technologies can complement each other

By Ralph Pearce October 16, 2014

Reading Time: 5 minutes For “eye-in-the-sky” technology, the last three years have seen some stunning advances, especially in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and satellite imaging systems. Yet while both made headlines about the same time in 2011, both also had limited success on the farm, as is often the case when new technologies first get into […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Salford buys U.S. spreader manufacturer

By Country Guide Staff October 12, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ontario seeding, tillage and application equipment maker Salford Group is taking a share of the spreader market by buying U.S. manufacturer BBI Spreaders. Salford announced last week it had closed a deal effective Oct. 2 to buy the company, based at Cornelia, Georgia, about 70 km north of Athens. Financial terms of the deal weren’t […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Quebec police bust alleged veg-oil theft ring

By Country Guide Staff October 11, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute Updated — Seven people in Montreal and Laval were arrested Thursday morning and more arrests are expected, linked to what provincial and local police allege has been a major theft ring for used cooking oil. The Surete du Quebec’s Montreal division and the Service de police de Laval said Thursday the seven are alleged to have […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets

Chance remains for Que. beef plant before asset sale

By Dave Bedard October 10, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes The equipment at Quebec’s now-shuttered Levinoff-Colbex cull cow packing plant goes to auction in about eight weeks — but until then, its owners will entertain offers from buyers interested in rescuing the plant. The Colbex building and land at St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, in the Centre-du-Quebec region, are still owned by provincial investment financing agency Investissement Quebec and […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

EU raids ethanol companies over price-fixing concerns

By Philip Blenkinsop October 9, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission has raided ethanol companies in two EU countries as part of investigations into alleged price-fixing. The Commission, which acts as the competition watchdog in the 28-member European Union, said Thursday it had concerns that companies may have colluded in submitting price information used to set industry benchmarks for […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

All major U.S. railroads must report service stats

By Karl Plume October 9, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — The top U.S. rail regulator ruled on Wednesday that all Class 1 railroads operating in the United States must provide detailed weekly freight service reports, a decision that cited months of congestion that have hit the grain and power industries particularly hard. Carriers must submit detailed data on average train speeds, dwell times […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CN service resumes after fiery Sask. derailment

October 8, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Toronto | Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) resumed service on a line in east-central Saskatchewan Wednesday after workers removed debris from a fiery train derailment that occurred a day earlier and led to evacuation of a nearby village. Twenty-six cars derailed near Clair, Sask., about 75 km east of Humboldt, on Tuesday. Six of […] Read more

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