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Rail service legislation passes unopposed

Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government’s bid to set and hold Canada’s railways to agreed-upon levels of service by law has passed unopposed despite calls to tighten its terms. “Once adopted, this new Act will contribute positively to relations between shippers and railway companies, and enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and reliability of the entire rail freight supply,” federal […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Alta. farmer tries ‘tramplining’ over tramlines

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers interested in tramlines may balk at the setup costs — but Josh Fankhauser has saved several thousand by using a standard GPS and paying close attention to detail. Fankhauser farms 10,000 acres and runs 500 cattle with three partners near Claresholm in southern Alberta. This year, all their acres are either under dedicated tramlines, […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Truck rules spur massive backup at major Brazilian port

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new ordinance that prohibits trucks from parking at Brazil’s main Santos port at night caused what may be the worst traffic jam of a busy season on Tuesday, slowing delivery of the country’s record soybean crop. Lines of parked trucks extended as much as 50 km on the Anchieta highway leading to the Santos […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Westeel buys Italian grain conveyor maker

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg grain storage and handling equipment maker Westeel plans to offer customers worldwide a “more comprehensive” product line by buying further into the grain conveyor business. Westeel, the grain and liquid storage products arm of Oakville, Ont.-based Vicwest Inc., recently announced it has bought PTM Technology, an Italian designer and manufacturer of automated grain handling […] Read more
General, Machinery

FREE to good home: FARM PROGRESS tickets

Reading Time: 2 minutes Editor’s Note: We’ve said it before and now we’ll say it again — “Well,that was quick.” The contest is now closed and the 82 winning entrants have been notified by email. Thanks to all of you who entered for taking part in this year’s contest and for visiting our websites. Haven’t got your tickets yet for Canada’s […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Pearce: Ruling over Ont. wind farm does more to confuse

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Many a battle over rural resources and farm development has been waged between rural neighbours in the past 15 years — ranging from legal challenges surrounding hog barn constructions to the development of gravel pits beneath arable land. In the latest such battle, a recent ruling by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice would appear […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Weather

CP to speed up Prairie track ‘enhancements’

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has pledged up to an extra $100 million to its previously planned capital budget for track “enhancements” in its Prairie network. CP’s addition to the $1.1 billion capital spending plan it announced in December for the 2013 fiscal year follows a similar move by rival Canadian National Railway (CN), which last […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Ammonium nitrate triggered Texas blast, state agency says

Reading Time: 2 minutes Investigators have confirmed ammonium nitrate was the trigger for the explosion at a West, Tex. fertilizer plant last month that left 14 people dead and some 200 injured, according to the Texas state fire marshal’s office. The actual cause of the fire and subsequent blast at the West Fertilizer facility is still being determined, investigators […] Read more

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