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Hormel Foods, the makers of Spam canned lunch meat, introduced its Sir Can-a-Lot character in 2012. The use of the term “spam” to describe unwanted email is believed to be derived less from the product itself and more from a 1970 comedy sketch about Spam by British comedy troupe Monty Python. (Store.Spam.com)
General, Machinery

CASL Defenses, Part 1: Spam law to affect virtually every business in Canada

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Reading Time: 3 minutes New anti-spam regulations that go into effect July 1 will do more than prevent spamming within Canada by Canadian businesses. Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is a catch-all net that covers all forms of electronic messaging, from email and newsletters to social media and software downloads. Businesses that don’t comply face fines of up to $10 […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

BNSF, CP ordered to report U.S. grain shipping plans

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. officials ordered BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to report by Friday their plans to clear a backlog of grain cars after months of service delays blamed on harsh winter weather and high freight demand. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board decision filed late last week also ordered that the two class […] Read more
CWB is offering $17.4 million for western Saskatchewan’s Great Sandhills Terminal. (GST.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

CWB makes bid for independent SW Sask. grain handler

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Shareholders in southwestern Saskatchewan’s Great Sandhills Terminal are expected to meet this summer to consider a $17.4 million offer from the grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board. CWB on Monday announced an all-cash $581.98 per share offer for all shares in the independent firm, which operates an high-throughput inland grain terminal on […] Read more
Seed grower Harvey Gjesdal, shown here in an undated Grainews file photo, created and patented the Gjesdal “Five-in-One” rotary seed cleaner, among several other inventions.
Crops, Machinery

Prairie seed grower and inventor Harvey Gjesdal, 92

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Birch Hills, Sask. for farm equipment inventor, seed grower and long-time Grainews columnist Harvey Gjesdal. Gjesdal, who died Friday at Birch Hills at age 92, was prominent for decades among Prairie farmers, in part for patents on equipment still in widespread use today, including the Gjesdal “Five-in-One” rotary […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Arbitrator sets out labour deal for CN conductors

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Updated, June 23, 2014 — Binding terms are now in place for a few years’ labour peace between Canadian National Railway (CN) and its conductors and yardpeople. CN announced Friday it has received, and will “immediately” start carrying out, the decisions made by federally-appointed arbitrator Michel Picher. Picher’s rulings are binding on the company and on […] Read more
Machinery, Machinery Guide

New tire designs from Michelin and Goodyear

Taller design for a quality ride and low sidewall technology for 'ultimate' in flotation

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In part one of this series, we looked at new tire designs from Alliance and Trelleborg. In this instalment, Machinery Guide looks at the Michelin AgriBib 480 95 R50 and Goodyear-Titan Farm Tires. More from Country Guide: New tires from Alliance and Trelleborg Michelin AgriBib 480 95 R50 When something works, people tend to stick with it. For […] Read more
Canola, Crops, Machinery

New clubroot pathotype confirmed, can stump resistant canolas

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Reading Time: 2 minutes A second round of tests on a clubroot pathotype found in the Edmonton area confirms it’s a new type that can beat canola varieties bred for clubroot resistance. “This is a different pathotype that none of the commercially available clubroot-resistant varieties in Western Canada are effective at managing,” plant pathologist Stephen Strelkov of the University […] Read more
General, Machinery, Markets

Anti-spam rules to weigh on all commercial email

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers who market their wares directly to customers by email will need to rethink their efforts come July 1, as new federal anti-spam legislation takes effect. If you’re already on a company or ag association’s email list for newsletters or promotions, you’ve likely had email lately asking you to provide consent to continue to receive […] Read more

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