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N.Y. sinks ‘unattainable’ rules for St. Lawrence traffic

Reading Time: 3 minutes State conservation officials in New York have deep-sixed proposals for rules that would have required vessels using the St. Lawrence Seaway to install treatment systems for their ballast water by next year. Thursday’s announcement comes as a relief to the Canadian government, as enforcement of such rules on transiting ships would have blocked grain and […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Viterra to boost SE Sask. elevator’s capacity

Reading Time: < 1 minute A high-throughput Viterra elevator in Saskatchewan’s southeast corner is set to get expansions of both its storage and rail car capacity. The Calgary company on Wednesday announced it will double the rail car spot at its concrete elevator at Fairlight, Sask., about 55 km west of Virden, Man., and boost its storage capacity by about […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Que. organic miller backed to double production

Reading Time: 2 minutes A $2.7 million expansion project at an organic flour mill in Quebec’s Estrie region has picked up a federal loan to help cover the bills. La Meunerie Milanaise, based at Milan, about 70 km northeast of Sherbrooke, will get up to $814,393 in a "repayable contribution" from the federal Agricultural Flexibility Fund’s AgriProcessing Initiative. The […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

CP wants conciliator in talks with crews’, controllers’ union

Reading Time: 2 minutes The union for Canadian Pacific Railway’s train crews and rail traffic controllers isn’t yet in a strike position, but the railway already wants Ottawa to drop a conciliator into their contract talks. Calgary-based CP said Friday it has been in talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) since early October toward a new contract […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Manitoba to loosen spring trucking restrictions

Reading Time: 2 minutes Springtime restrictions on truck weights on various Manitoba roads will now be based on actual road conditions instead of hard dates on the calendar. The provincial government on Wednesday announced a new policy in which it "will take changing weather conditions into account in determining when spring road restrictions must be put in place, instead […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Equipment dealer, museum founder Stan Reynolds, 88

Reading Time: 2 minutes Memorial services are expected to be held later this spring for the auto and ag equipment dealer whose collections of vintage iron were the basis for the Reynolds-Alberta Museum. Stan Reynolds of Wetaskiwin, Alta. died last Thursday in Edmonton at age 88, the provincial government reported Monday. Reynolds’ "lifelong interest in machines of all types […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Lower ocean freight costs support grain exports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Soft ocean freight rates, which hit 25-year lows in early February, are helping cut into Canada’s grain freight disadvantage with some of its competitors, according to industry participants. The Baltic Dry Index, which is used as a guide for global shipping rates, is sitting at 715 points, up from a 25-year low of 647 points […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Robot milker firm, Ont. builder partner on dairy barns

Reading Time: 2 minutes A southwestern Ontario construction and design firm specializing in ag buildings has struck a partnership with a major milking equipment supplier to offer a full-service dairy barn package. Post Farm Structures, based at Alma, Ont., and Dutch dairy equipment and robotics firm Lely on Thursday announced the launch of Integrated Agritect, a partnership offering custom-designed […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

ADM to shut North Dakota ethanol plant in April

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer Daniels Midland on Monday said it will close a North Dakota ethanol plant near the Manitoba border, marking the first such closure for the agribusiness giant that last month announced the elimination of 1,000 jobs. The facility at Walhalla, N.D., about 30 km south of Winkler, Man., will permanently close in April, resulting in […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Ont. grain growers, ethanol lobby rip critical report

Reading Time: 3 minutes A study painting a bleak picture for Canada’s livestock sector under a continued regime of ethanol subsidies and government incentives has drawn blowback from Ontario’s grain growers and the voice of the biofuel industry. The study, commissioned by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Canadian Pork Council and Canadian Meat Council and authored by the George Morris […] Read more

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