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Cold, wet weather may help spread deadly piglet virus: USDA

Reading Time: 2 minutes Frigid temperatures across a large swath of the U.S. this week, followed by warmer conditions, could aid the spread of a fatal pig disease now in 22 states, affecting hundreds of thousands of pigs, a swine veterinarian said on Thursday. “The virus likes cold, wet and cloudy days,” said Rodney Baker, a swine veterinarian at […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

AGI ties equipment brands together

Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain growers and livestock producers looking for new equipment from the Ag Growth International (AGI) group of manufacturers can expect to look for new logos. Winnipeg-based AGI on Thursday announced a “rebrand initiative” in which the company’s grain and livestock handling equipment and grain storage brands — Batco, Westfield, Wheatheart, Hi Roller, Union Iron, HSI, […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

RFID tagging on cattle best left for warmer weather

Reading Time: 2 minutes Research into why radio frequency ID (RFID) tags sometimes just won’t stay put on cattle’s ears has found very cold temperatures have a “profound effect” on tag strength. Use of RFID tags is now mandated through the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) for traceability of individual cattle from birth through to slaughter. Several forms of […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

CP to shed U.S. Plains grain track

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 1,000 km of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) track, used mainly to haul grain across South Dakota, are set to be sold as the company streamlines its U.S. operations. CP on Thursday announced a deal to sell the western portion of its Dakota, Minnesota + Eastern (DM+E) line to Connecticut-based shortline operator Genesee + Wyoming […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

BNSF reopens tracks after wreck in N. Dakota

Reading Time: < 1 minute BNSF Railway Co. said it reopened the two mainline tracks that it shut after a crude oil train exploded after it hit a derailed grain train earlier in the week. The company said in an advisory to customers that it reopened one track at 3 a.m. CT and the other at 3:15 a.m. on Thursday. […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

U.S. tile maker buys into Canadian ag drainage market

Reading Time: 2 minutes A southern Manitoba company making tile pipe for the agricultural market is about to become the Canadian arm of a U.S. competitor. Minnesota-based Prinsco announced last week it has bought AccuPipe of Winkler, Man. for an undisclosed sum — and also plans to set up a second facility at Taber in southern Alberta. The sale […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Ag Growth, Bayer launch new farm-level seed treater

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian arm of ag chem firm Bayer CropScience has hooked up with Winnipeg grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth (AGI) to roll out a “first of its kind” cereal and pulse seed treatment applicator for on-farm use. The two companies, which late last year announced plans to work together on such a system, have […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Buhler books record 2013 profit on near-record sales

Reading Time: < 1 minute Strong demand across its tractor and farm tool product lines has led Winnipeg ag equipment maker Buhler Industries to record profit for fiscal 2013. Buhler, the manufacturer of Versatile tractors and Farm King farm tools, on Tuesday reported net profit of $19.9 million on $343.9 million in revenue for the year ending Sept. 30, up […] Read more
General, Machinery

Ontario’s Agricorp streamlines web delivery

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ontario’s farm program delivery agency will begin inviting farmers by email next month to register for its newly-consolidated online services. Agricorp announced Tuesday that farmers may now sign in at the agency’s main website to view program documents, download all program forms and update contact information, “all in one place” — and thus will only […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

CP over, CN under revenue cap from Prairie grain

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Pacific Railway will have to roll back its 2012-13 revenue from Prairie grain, worth over half a billion dollars, by about 0.03 per cent to get under its federally mandated limit. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Monday announced Calgary-based CP has come in just $177,961 over its “maximum revenue entitlement” of $544,044,916 for Prairie […] Read more

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