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Is farm machinery still selling? According to sales stats, it all depends on where in the world you farm

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Reading Time: 4 minutes The opening line was right on the money. It was at this winter’s Agrievolution Alliance conference in Germany, and it was the introduction to a report on global farm equipment markets: “The manufacturers of tractors and agricultural machines are satisfied with their current business situation.” There’s a good reason why equipment manufacturers are “satisfied.” Agrievolution […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Truckers’ strike at Vancouver continues

Reading Time: 2 minutes Vancouver | Reuters –– A two-and-a-half week container truck driver strike at Port Metro Vancouver was set to continue Monday after a government and port authority plan to end the job action at Canada’s largest port failed to make headway on the weekend. The 14-point plan, revealed late Thursday by the federal and B.C. governments […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Governments, Vancouver port propose measures to restart trucking

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A package of measures drafted late Thursday by federal, provincial and port officials to end the trucking dispute at Port Metro Vancouver awaits a response from container truckers who’ve been off the job for up to two weeks. A 14-point “action plan” has been collectively agreed upon to restart “normal” marine container operations at Canada’s […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Harper criticizes shipment delays in Vancouver labour dispute

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters –– Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday it was unacceptable for striking truck drivers to delay shipments at Canada’s largest port in Vancouver, but noted that it was up to the provincial government to deal with the conflict. The labour dispute at the port, a gateway to fast-growing Asian markets, escalated this […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

CN, CP cut producer car sites

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s big two railways recently cut 19 producer car loading sites across the West, even though farmers are using producer cars more than ever as they struggle to get a record crop to market. CP recently cut five sites, leaving 94, and CN cut 14, leaving 48. Farmers’ right to order and fill rail cars […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Grain handling firms rip CP chief’s claims

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The organization representing the Prairies’ mainline grain handlers isn’t buying claims from Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway’s CEO about why the railway’s grain shipments are lagging. Hunter Harrison, in a full-page ad last week in Canada’s two national newspapers, said the harshest winter in 60 years, a record Western crop and grain companies not running 24/7 […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Vancouver container truckers reject deal

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Unionized container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver are set to take strike action after rejecting a tentative agreement over the weekend. Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers’ Association (VCTA) members voted unanimously in favour of taking strike action on March 1, after being without a contract for 18 months. Federally-appointed mediator Vince Ready had […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Railways expect to meet government’s order on grain

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s big two railways expect to be able to meet the federal government’s new mandatory requirements for Prairie grain movement — but warn it will take further commitments all along the supply chain. Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway responded Friday to Transport Minister Lisa Raitt’s order-in-council, which immediately sets out minimum volumes […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Markets

Ottawa slaps Prairie grain volume quotas on railways

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government has imposed an immediate schedule of increasing mandatory minimum volumes of Prairie grain on Canada’s big two railways, subject to fines. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt on Friday announced an order-in-council, effective immediately, which sets out minimum volumes of grain that Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) are each required to […] Read more

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