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Sask. proposes halt on spreading domestic sewage

Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan’s proposed new "results-based" Environmental Code, now up for public review, calls for an eventual clampdown on the spreading of municipalities’ liquid domestic waste on farmland. The draft code — which overall would require amendments on three pieces of provincial environmental law and passage of a new Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Act — would […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Safety standards upgraded for Canadian grain augers

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian manufacturers of portable grain augers have a new national standard for equipment safety to work into their product designs. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) on Monday reported the release of a new standard, developed over "several years" by the iconic Canadian Standards Association (CSA) through its agricultural machinery technical committee. Most of the […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

No extra tax for Ont. farms’ small-scale power plants

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario farmers generating power for the provincial grid through roof-mounted solar panels, small ground-mounted panels or biogas digesters won’t face added property taxes on those installations. The province on Wednesday announced "additional categories" of property tax assessment based on the size and location of privately-owned systems generating and selling power through its FIT and microFIT […] Read more
General, Machinery

Farmers going mobile at same rate as others, survey says

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s farmers are investing in smartphones and tablets at the same rate as the rest of the population, Farm Credit Canada reports. The federal farm lending agency last week released a survey of its FCC Vision Panel, finding 29 per cent of farmers now own smartphones, compared to 30 per cent for other Canadians. Six […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Outgoing Man. cattlemen’s chief Major Jay Fox, 32

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Funeral services are to be held Wednesday at Eddystone, Man. for one of Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers and a former president of Manitoba Beef Producers. Major Jay Fox died Friday in Winnipeg from injuries he suffered after being pinned Thursday evening by a tractor’s front-end loader bucket on his farm at Eddystone, about 75 km […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Alta. sheep producers backed for RFID readers, software

Reading Time: < 1 minute A new program to help Alberta’s 1,900-odd sheep producers cover the cost of RFID readers, software, installation and training will complement an earlier program to help cover the cost of RFID tags. The province and federal government on Tuesday rolled out their Sheep RFID Technology Assistance Program, aiming to encourage use of radio frequency identification […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Alta. biodiesel maker backed to process animal fats, oils

Reading Time: < 1 minute In a way, the federal government plans to pour funding into Kyoto for reduction of greenhouse gases. The government on Wednesday announced it will invest up to $31.14 million over six years in Lethbridge, Alta.-based Kyoto Fuels Corp. to produce biodiesel from converted vegetable oil, cooking oil and/or animal fat. Funding for Kyoto will come […] Read more
Canadian Pacific Railway is over its limit for Prairie grain revenue, the Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery

CP over limit on Prairie grain revenue

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Pacific Railway will have to give as well as receive this winter, by way of a $1.31 million contribution to Prairie grain research, federal officials have ordered. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Thursday found Calgary-based CP’s total grain handle for the 2010-11 crop year came in at $443,822,775, or $1,252,034 above the railway’s CTA-imposed […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Inquest launched in B.C. mushroom farm deaths

Reading Time: 2 minutes A long-sought public inquest is now set to begin in May examining the deaths of three workers in 2008 at a Langley, B.C. mushroom farm. The B.C. Coroners Service said Tuesday it will begin its inquest May 7 in Burnaby on the deaths of Ut Tran, 35, Han Pham, 47 and Jimmy Chan, 55. The […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Feds back Quebec R+D for SRM removal equipment

Reading Time: < 1 minute A southern Quebec manufacturer of slaughter, cutting and deboning equipment has picked up over $400,000 in federal funds to develop new ways of removing specified risk materials (SRMs) from carcasses at abattoirs. Industries Riopel, based at Vallee-Jonction, about 65 km southeast of Quebec City in the Chaudiere-Appalaches district, will get over $404,000 from the federal […] Read more

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