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Prairie producer car loadings at near-record high: CWB

Reading Time: 2 minutes The use of producer cars to ship wheat off the Canadian Prairies rose to near-record levels in 2010-11, the Canadian Wheat Board reports. Prairie farmers loaded 12,784 producer cars, overwhelmingly with board grains, during the crop year that ended July 31, down from the 2008-09 record of 12,934 but up from 11,903 in 2009-10. The […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Ont. rural development fund backs Maple Leaf turkey plant

Reading Time: 2 minutes A $2.6 million investment in new equipment and expansions at one of Maple Leaf’s turkey processing plants in southwestern Ontario is the latest on a long list of rural development grants to the province’s meat sector. The provincial Rural Economic Development program on Wednesday pledged $2,617,656 to Maple Leaf Consumer Foods’ Cold Springs Farm, a […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

CropWatch: Young lygus may still harm late canola

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reports of high numbers of lygus bugs in the Peace region and other areas of Alberta may have some farmers wondering if they should spray, the Canola Council of Canada says in Grainews’ CropWatch. It’s normal to see a flush of young lygus bugs at this time of year, but it’s usually harmless as they […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Grape demand seen rising on Ont. winery upgrades

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s largest wine producer and marketer expects to have need of an extra 4,000 tonnes of Niagara grapes with provincially-backed upgrades at its plant in the area. Vincor International, which owns the Jackson-Triggs, Sawmill Creek and Inniskillin wine brands, will get $750,000 from Ontario’s Rural Economic Development program for new grape pressing equipment at at […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Alta. biodiesel maker fined over waste dumping

Reading Time: 2 minutes A release of flammable wastewater from a now-shuttered southern Alberta biodiesel plant will set the cash-strapped company back $160,000 and spells house arrest for a former employee. Western Biodiesel was fined for a breach of provincial environmental law over the October 2008 dumping of wastewater containing methanol out on the ground at the back of […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

EQuipTV: Bourgault seeder cart aims to make bigger better

Reading Time: < 1 minute This year’s Western Canada Farm Progress Show saw Canadian seeder manufacturer Bourgault Industries roll out three configurations of its new 3320 drill and offer a peek at next year’s rollout of its biggest seeder cart yet. In this episode of EQuipTV, also available at the Grainews site here, the magazine’s machinery editor Scott Garvey pays […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

B.C. university backed for food research equipment

Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriprocessing companies and startups in British Columbia’s Central Interior can expect access to new testing and product research equipment through federal funding for the region’s university. Kamloops-based Thompson Rivers University has picked up about $890,000 in Western Diversification Program (WDP) funding for equipment which until now “has not been available regionally,” the government said in […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Historic N.S grist mill to shut for repairs

Reading Time: < 1 minute A 137-year-old flour mill and museum in Nova Scotia’s Colchester County will close for a $1.1 million maintenance project from Monday (Aug. 15) until next June. The Balmoral Grist Mill, one of 27 sites in the province’s museum system and still functioning as a flour mill, will shut for the remainder of its summer and […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery, Markets

U.S. rolls out second bid at livestock tracking plan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes A livestock tracking plan introduced on Tuesday aims to improve the United States’ ability to combat disease outbreaks faster, marking the U.S. government’s second attempt on such a system after an earlier plan fizzled out over cost and privacy concerns.  The plan introduced by the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) could reduce the time it takes […] Read more
General, Machinery

Ag safety program launched for farm managers

Reading Time: < 1 minute Managers of crop operations with employees can use a new program, to be distributed by Cargill on behalf of Canada’s main ag safety organization, to develop safety plans for their businesses. The program, dubbed SafetySense, is geared toward Canadian crop producers who may also have “multiple enterprises” such as cattle, processing, trucking or manufacturing as […] Read more

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