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S. Sask. roads not cold enough for heavy trucks

Reading Time: < 1 minute Truckers using secondary highways in a "large portion" of southern Saskatchewan won’t be allowed to load up to full winter weights yet. The province is usually able to open its applicable highways to heavier winter weights any day after Nov. 16 and no later than Dec. 1. However, the province said Wednesday it will not […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Canada chops tariffs for apple juice concentrate

Reading Time: < 1 minute The import duties Canadian food processors pay to get apple juice concentrate are to be axed by the federal government. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Sunday announced shipments of apple juice concentrate from foreign suppliers are on a list of 70 items for which the tariffs will now be eliminated, to the benefit of Canadian […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

CWB directors fire parting shot over contingency fund

Reading Time: 3 minutes In what they described as likely meeting for the "last time before being fired," the Canadian Wheat Board is demanding Ottawa compensate Prairie farmers for assets it’s claimed they’re about to lose. The CWB’s board, which today consists of eight farmer-elected directors, five federal appointees and two vacancies, passed a resolution Thursday that farmers "must […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

N.Y. rules could halt St. Lawrence traffic: Feds

Reading Time: 3 minutes Grain and other freight hauled on the St. Lawrence Seaway could be forced to a halt starting in 2013 under New York state’s planned standards for treatment of ships’ ballast water, the federal government says. Ballast water is pumped onboard vessels to increase draught, change trim, regulate stability or maintain stress loads within acceptable limits. […] Read more
General, Machinery

We’re at the world’s biggest ag machinery show

Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews’ machinery editor Scott Garvey is blogging this week from the largest exhibition of new farm machinery on the planet. Reporting from AgriTechnica at Hanover in northern Germany, Garvey notes that while the show’s 2,700 exhibitors from 48 countries are displaying their newest and best iron, manufacturers at this show also offer "a glimpse of […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Sask. to allow winter weights for trucks Dec. 1

Reading Time: < 1 minute Saskatchewan’s highways department will hold off as long as possible on allowing heavier truck weights to travel the province’s secondary highways. The province can open applicable highways to heavier winter weights starting any day between Nov. 16 and Dec. 1, but due to the mild fall, the roads’ structures aren’t yet cold enough to allow […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

ADM confirms biodiesel plant for Lloydminster

Reading Time: 2 minutes Revised, Nov. 15 — Agrifood giant Archer Daniels Midland has stopped studying and started moving on plans for a biodiesel production plant next door to its canola crushing plant at Lloydminster, Alta. ADM on Monday confirmed it will build a 265 million-litre capacity plant at the Alberta/Saskatchewan border city, having studied the idea since April […] Read more
Machinery

ADM confirms biodiesel plant for Lloydminster

Reading Time: 2 minutes Agrifood giant Archer Daniels Midland has stopped studying and started moving on plans for a biodiesel production plant next door to its canola crushing plant at Lloydminster, Alta. ADM on Monday confirmed it will build a 265 million-litre capacity plant at the Alberta/Saskatchewan border city, having studied the idea since April 2009 with joint-venture partner […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Feds invite 13 ag players to join rail working group

Reading Time: 3 minutes The guest list has now been drawn up for a federally-convened working group to discuss ways of improving the grain transportation chain in Western Canada. The Crop Logistics Working Group, announced Monday by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz but unnamed until Wednesday, will see representatives from 13 industry bodies convene a forum to "consider the […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery, Markets

BIXS sets up online cattle classifieds for members

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) has rolled out an online cattle sales listing service for the system’s registered participants. The new BIXS Cattle-Classifieds system is expected to provide registered producers with an additional free-of-charge platform for "building potential business relationships to bolster their marketing program for their BIXS cattle," the CCA said […] Read more

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