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Viterra to buy Esso’s Prairie farm fuel business

Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie farmers who normally fuel up their equipment through local Esso bulk dealers could soon expect to put some Viterra in their tanks. Canada’s biggest grain company on Tuesday announced a long-term agreement with Imperial Oil to act as a branded reseller, hauler and cardlock operator of Esso farm, industrial and commercial fuels in the […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

MRI test shows unopened vintage wine was spiked

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario researchers say the MRI technology they used to show an unopened Victorian-era bottle of wine was likely spiked with pure alcohol, to help add cocaine as an ingredient, could be a key to other non-invasive food analysis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is far better known for its uses in human and veterinary medicine, but […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Former Alta. treasurer named rail freight facilitator

Reading Time: 2 minutes Rail-reliant shippers in Canada are to sit down with railway officials during the next six months in talks to draft a boilerplate service agreement and dispute resolution process, refereed by a former Alberta finance minister. Federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel on Monday named Jim Dinning, then-premier Ralph Klein’s ‘s provincial treasurer from 1992 to 1997, […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Que. co-ops buy stake in bulk feed transport business

Reading Time: < 1 minute Quebec’s federation of co-operatives and one of its largest farm supply co-ops have bought a 50 per cent stake in a major Quebec feed company’s transport business. Coop Federee and Coop Comax on Friday announced a partnership deal with feed company Jefo for a stake in its Transbordement St-Hyacinthe and Transport Nalaco subsidiaries, for an […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Norac sheds livestock scale manufacturing business

Reading Time: 2 minutes Updated Nov. 3 — Opting to focus on its crop sprayer control systems, Saskatoon’s Norac Systems International has sold its livestock scale manufacturing business to a U.S. competitor. Wisconsin-based Rice Lake Weighing Systems on Monday announced it has bought Norac’s entire weighing division for an undisclosed sum. The business includes the rights to Norac’s patented […] Read more
General, Machinery

Major ag trade shows join Glacier Media

Reading Time: 2 minutes The owners of this website and its sister farm journals are branching out their ag information offerings from paper and cyberspace into the face-to-face world. Vancouver publishing firm Glacier Media announced Thursday it has bought Guelph-based Canada’s Outdoor Shows Ltd., operators of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and Canada’s Outdoor Equine Expo, for an undisclosed sum. […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Sask. straw chopper manufacturer’s plant destroyed

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Saskatoon-area manufacturer of straw choppers for combines is “searching for a temporary home” after its plant burned down in a Monday morning fire. Redekop Manufacturing “suffered a catastrophic fire” starting at about 8:30 a.m. Monday at its plant on the Yellowhead Highway just northwest of the city, general manager Dean Mayerle said that day […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Q3 grain handle up at CN, down at CP

Reading Time: 2 minutes The two main handlers of rail-dependent Prairie crops have moved slightly off their third-quarter mark in grain freight revenue, with CN’s rising and CP’s falling. Canadian National (CN) on Tuesday booked combined grain and fertilizer revenue of $336 million for its fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, up six per cent from the previous Q3. However, […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Schulte’s U.S. parent buys Que. snowblower maker

Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. owner of ag equipment and snowblower maker Schulte has gone east for its next acquisition in the Canadian market. San Antonio-area manufacturer Alamo Group last week announced it has bought all the assets of Tenco Group, based at St-Valerien-de-Milton, Que., north of Granby, for C$6 million plus the assumption of “certain specified liabilities.” […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Que. livestock tech brands to join Agco in GSI deal

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Montreal-area group of companies making electronic control systems and software for livestock barns can soon expect to see its brands join the ranks of Massey Ferguson and Challenger as part of Agco. The Atlanta-based ag machinery giant recently announced plans to buy GSI Holdings Corp. from affiliates of Manhattan private investment firm Centerbridge Partners […] Read more

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