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Sask. biodiesel maker to ramp up capacity

Reading Time: 2 minutes An eastern Saskatchewan company that’s been pumping out canola biodiesel for 10 years plans to quintuple its maximum output by year’s end. Milligan Bio-Tech, operating at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton, said Friday it’s completed a $4 million private placement of unsecured convertible debentures and lined up a $4 million credit facility […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Sask. backs northwestern rail line for needed repair

Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan will put up $3 million for needed improvements and maintenance on a grain- and forestry-dependent rail line in the province’s northwest, pending the line’s sale. The provincial funding will go to North Central Rail Line, the organization negotiating for the purchase of the line running about 340 km from Meadow Lake southeast to Shellbrook, […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Seed Hawk to directly handle Australian sales

Reading Time: < 1 minute Seeding equipment manufacturer Seed Hawk will again directly manage its sales to Australia after its export partner announced plans to exit that market. Seed Hawk, based at Langbank in southeastern Saskatchewan, said Wednesday it will take over the sales administration of its products in Australia starting Jan. 1, 2012. Swedish farm equipment maker Vaderstad Verken, […] Read more
General, Machinery

Deere eyes expanding Honda deal to Canada

Reading Time: < 1 minute A marketing deal which will see John Deere dealerships in the U.S. add Honda equipment to their product offerings, starting in 2012, may expand to Canada. Deere and Co. on Tuesday said it will offer all its active U.S. dealerships a sign-up period, starting late this year, to enter agreements to sell the Honda Power […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Is vertical tillage right for your farm?

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Reading Time: 4 minutes From the September issue of Grainews Over the last few years, the term vertical tillage has slowly crept into many farmers’ vocabulary. And while many have recently made a leap of faith and purchased one of these machines, others are still trying to understand just exactly what vertical tillage is all about. To give farmers […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Feds back B.C. beef carcass tracking system

Reading Time: < 1 minute Software to help ship information about the carcass quality of British Columbia’s slaughter cattle back down the production chain will get federal funding toward its development. Vancouver South MP Wai Young last week pledged over $276,000 in Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) funding to help set up the B.C. Carcass Tracking and Quality Information System. […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

P+H to double storage at E. Sask. elevator

Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain and agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started work on upgrades that are expected to double storage at one of its elevators in eastern Saskatchewan. The Winnipeg company on Tuesday said it will put up seven large steel bins at its terminal at Quill Lake, about 60 km east of Humboldt, which will “more […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Pioneer backed for Ont. canola seed processing plant

Reading Time: 2 minutes DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred seed business has picked up $1 million in provincial funding toward the cost of building a “state of the art” parent seed processing facility in southwestern Ontario. Pioneer announced in September last year that it planned a “multi-million-dollar” facility in the Morris-Turnberry area south of Wingham, about 100 km west of Guelph. […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

One live “pineapple” harvested in Manitoba

Reading Time: 2 minutes A southern Manitoba man tilling his land Tuesday came up with a bit more than just the usual black soil, RCMP at Portage la Prairie report. RCMP in a release Tuesday said a 43-year-old man from the RM of Portage la Prairie came to the detachment office at about 3 p.m. with what appeared to […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Renewable energy program launched for B.C. farmers

Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers in British Columbia can now apply for federal/provincial funding to help sort out how to fit renewable energy technology in their farm or food processing operations. The two levels of government last week released application forms for their Renewable Energy Technology (RET) Feasibility program, under which “in-depth” assessments are run on the viability of […] Read more

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