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Back to basics: Tractor operation 101

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 15, 2017

Tractors are essential to farm operations. From field work to feeding livestock to cleaning snow, tractors are the most used machine on the farm. As simple and as commonplace as these machines are, the fact remains that the majority of agriculture machinery-related fatalities involve tractors. Reminders on basic safety while operating tractors can help everyone […] Read more

Animal welfare research is becoming about the emotional state of the animal rather than its health, Dr. Ed Pajor says. (John Greig photo)

Livestock

Greig: Animal welfare research focusing more on emotional states

By GFM Network News May 15, 2017

Animal welfare research is moving beyond identifying what keeps an animal healthy, to focus more on their state of being and their happiness. For years, farmers have justified the way they manage and house animals based on objective measures of their health: disease prevalence, growth rates and feed consumption. Consumer research, however, shows that’s not […] Read more

Columns

Managing your farm’s biggest risk

For long-term stability, farm transition planning is key. Take control of your biggest risk

By Brian Wittal May 10, 2017

The marketing risk management issues I usually write about are focused on improving marketing results while reducing marketing risk. I would say this falls under the category of production management. What I would like to talk about in this article comes under the category of business management: farm transition planning. You may wonder why I […] Read more

The new 5R Series tractors from John Deere offer four models in the 90 to 125 engine horsepower range.

Machinery

John Deere introduces the 5R Series tractor

The green brand offers yet more choices in the utility tractor segment

By Scott Garvey May 9, 2017

The number of tractor models John Deere has been offering in the utility and mid-horsepower tractor classes has been large, to say the least. It already offers more model choices there than any other brand. At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February, the green brand introduced even more models that land in the utility segment. The all-new 5R […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

On the upside, no plucking necessary

Hart Attacks: Get ready for designer chicken, and cultured steaks. Meat technology has arrived

By Lee Hart May 8, 2017

I knew when Case IH rolled out that robotic tractor that didn’t need a driver, it was only a matter of time before technology produced meat without an animal. And here we have it — Memphis Meats, a food science company with headquarters in Transylvania has just launched “the world’s first Clean Poultry”… that’s chicken […] Read more

General

Farm sales to co-ops to count for small business deduction

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 8, 2017

Changes to federal tax law that were meant to block “multiplication” of the small business deduction for corporations won’t apply to farmers’ sales to co-operatives. The federal government on Friday released draft amendments to the Income Tax Act, which would allow qualifying farmers and fishers selling to agricultural and fisheries co-operatives to be eligible for […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Putting farm safety into practice every day

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 5, 2017

For Dave Brand, safety is a core belief that’s evident not only in the way he talks but also in how he runs his farming operation. Brand, the newest member of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s (CASA) board of directors, farms not far from Red Deer, Alta, where he, his fiancée and their four kids […] Read more

Two-wheel drive tractors with 116 to 145 horsepower  get added to Case IH’s Maxxum line this year.

Machinery

Case IH brings back two-wheel drive Maxxums

By Scott Garvey May 4, 2017

Following the lead of its sister brand New Holland, Case IH announced it is bringing back two-wheel drive tractors to the high end of its utility class models this year. The brand will offer buyers a choice of Maxxum tractors in the lower-cost two-wheel drive configuration with horsepower ranging from 116 to 145. “By popular […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Pacific trade pact nations meet to discuss future without U.S.

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 2, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — Negotiators from the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) gathered in Canada on Tuesday seeking ways to boost free trade in the region after the U.S. pulled out of the 12-nation pact. The withdrawal killed off years of negotiations and left the region looking for ways to deepen economic ties […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Guarding Wealth: Keeping your financial portfolio stable

How much risk do you want in your portfolio, and will risk bring you higher returns?

By Andrew Allentuck May 1, 2017

Choosing stocks and bonds is in some ways like picking the petals off a daisy. The choice: will it be regular income or capital gains (hopefully)? Some investment assets pay regular income. In this category are conventional bonds that promise annual or semi-annual interest payments and dividend-paying stocks that make no firm promises but that […] Read more

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

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