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Hog haulers warned not to wash trucks with recycled water

Reading Time: 3 minutes To help prevent a deadly virus infecting U.S. pigs from reaching Canada, livestock truckers are being warned to steer clear of trailer washes that use recycled water. The Manitoba Pork Council “has received new information that suggests many livestock truck washes based in the U.S. and Canada use recycled water,” said Miles Beaudin, the council’s […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Minogue: Prairies’ biggest iron dealer network still growing

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Reading Time: 2 minutes As farm implement dealerships grow and consolidate, farmers are beginning to wonder what’s in it for them. At Canada’s Farm Progress Show here last week, Grainews sat down with Jim Wood, vice-president for agriculture for the largest dealership network of them all: Rocky Mountain Equipment. Publicly-traded RME operates 39 Case IH, Case Construction and New […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Cargill’s High River beef plant resuming operations

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of Canada’s biggest beef packing plants, just north of the flood-battered town of High River, Alta., expects to be reopened and running nearer to its full capacity on Tuesday (June 25). The Canadian arm of U.S. agrifood giant Cargill said Monday the beef fabrication, trim and grind, rendering, cooler, shipping, warehousing, maintenance, administration and […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

U.S. puts Russia on notice in WTO compliance report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States, in the first report on Russia’s compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on Wednesday it was closely watching Moscow for any violations that thwart U.S. exports to the world’s sixth-largest economy. But in the report required by Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office did not announce any definite plans for […] Read more
General, Machinery

NEW CONTEST: Win free farm fuel

Reading Time: 3 minutes A farmer somewhere in Canada will receive a month of free farm fuel, worth up to $5,000, from Country Guide magazine in our latest contest. Farmers who’d like to subscribe or renew their subscriptions to Country Guide before the end of this year, at a special rate of 43 per cent off the normal subscription […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Leave crusted-over canola be, and hope for the best

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Reading Time: 2 minutes With a cycle of high moisture and then a few days of dry, soil crusting is an issue in canola fields in parts of eastern Saskatchewan in particular, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Canola seedlings can’t penetrate the crust, and often curl back and die, the council said in its most recent Canola […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Seed Hawk preps for more plant expansions

Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan seeding equipment manufacturer Seed Hawk has mapped out a three-year expansion plan that calls for two major additions to its manufacturing plant. The planned additions are expected to provide the space needed to support a new corn planter line and expand Seed Hawk’s lineup of “zero-till seeding solutions.” Specifically, Seed Hawk said last week […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

U.S. firms Andersons, LTG to buy Thompsons

Reading Time: 2 minutes A U.S. agriprocessing player and commodities merchandiser have paired up to buy a well-known name in southwestern Ontario grain and oilseed handling and ag inputs. The Andersons and Lansing Trade Group (LTG) on Monday announced a joint-venture deal to buy Thompsons Ltd., to close early in the company’s third fiscal quarter. Terms of the deal […] Read more

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