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EU agrees on plan to cap use of food-based biofuels

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Luxembourg | Reuters — EU energy ministers agreed on Friday to limit production of biofuels made from food crops, responding to criticism they stoke inflation and do more environmental harm than good. The ministers’ endorsement of a compromise deal overcomes a stalemate hit late last year, when European Union governments failed to agree on a […] Read more
The eBee Ag unit is lightweight (roughly 750 g) but can follow a detailed flight plan without remote controls. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Pearce: UAV system adds immediacy to crop diagnostics

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Reading Time: 2 minutes When Felix Weber brought the Swinglet Cam to market about three years ago, the capability for “reading” a crop’s progress through different imagining cameras was considered revolutionary. Adoption of the technology has been slow, though, with early innovators spreading the message. This year, senseFly, manufacturer of the Swinglet Cam, has introduced the eBee Ag system, […] Read more
Machinery, Machinery Guide

New tires from Alliance and Trelleborg

Part one of a two-part quick glimpse at new tire designs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In agriculture today, everything is getting bigger. The yields, the farms, and certainly the equipment have all grown larger in the past five years, and now the tire manufacturers have joined the trend. Late in 2013, more manufacturers began breaking the seven-foot barrier, crossing over from Group 48 into Group 49s and 50s, with diameters […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Feds’ grain freight legislation goes live

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s regulatory grip on the levers of Prairie grain freight has officially tightened. Gov. Gen. David Johnston on Thursday granted royal assent to Bill C-30, the government’s Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, setting new minimum levels for the amount of Prairie grain that must be hauled this summer and allowing shippers to directly claim […] Read more
Free to good home: Farm Progress tickets
Crops, Machinery

Free to good home: Farm Progress tickets

Reading Time: 2 minutes EDITOR’S NOTE: Well, that didn’t take long. At a glance, it looks like we have our 80 winners, who will be notified shortly by separate email and can expect their tickets by non-electronic mail in the next few days. To all who entered, many thanks for checking out our websites, and to all who are making […] Read more
Prairie farmers have “repeatedly” asked for “more predictable, timely and efficient rail service” from Canada’s railways, the CCGA says. (Canola Council of Canada photo)
Canola, Crops, Machinery, Markets

Canola Growers file service complaints on CN, CP

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The national body for over 43,000 canola producers across Canada is set to bring both of the country’s major railways up before regulators to answer for their grain service in 2013-14. The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) announced Monday it has filed a level-of-service complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), alleging Canadian National (CN) […] Read more
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Grain vacuums: REM 3700, Farm King, and Walinga

Machinery Guide looks at three products that get your grain flowing

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In our last installment, Country Guide looked at grain augers. This time around we look at grain vacuums from three different manufacturers. As always, we urge you to budget ample time for followup. Latest grain auger offerings REM 3700 GrainVac High capacity and high speed are goals of the REM 3700 from GrainVac. This unit can […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. Democrats optimistic EPA to reverse course on biofuel cuts

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — U.S. senators backing the federal biofuel mandate said Wednesday they believe the Obama administration will likely raise proposed targets for 2014 biofuel use when it issues its final rule next month, after protests from renewable fuel producers that planned cuts would devastate the industry. Representing states with strong agricultural interests, the […] Read more
Brandt Standard Transport 840 grain auger
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Latest grain auger offerings

Machinery Guide looks at the augers of four manufacturers

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to different kinds of farm equipment, few sectors have as many manufacturers, as many choices or as much riding on your decision as in grain handling and storage. In many ways, that flexibility is a bonus, allowing you to assemble the system that’s exactly right for how you farm. Of course, the […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

N.S. eyes environmental fee for tractor tires

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Nova Scotia’s government is considering adding a “modest” environmental fee on the sale of new farm tractor tires, as part of a broader plan to cut back the amount of junk now headed to landfills. In a discussion paper released Tuesday on solid waste regulation, the province suggests expanding its current regulatory definition of “tires” […] Read more

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