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Farm Safety: Is your attitude a barrier to a safe farm?

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association September 23, 2016

I can’t.” “I don’t want to.” “You can’t make me.” If this came from a child talking about a math problem or a chore, adults would accuse that child of having a negative attitude. But children are not the only ones that can suffer from a negative attitude. Could a negative attitude be preventing you […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canada, China agree to tighten trade ties

By GFM Network News September 22, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China said Thursday they would start exploratory talks on a free trade pact, but gave few details about a possible extradition treaty for Chinese fugitives which has triggered criticism in Canada. Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, elected last year, is trying to improve ties and increase trade with […] Read more

We tested the trailer-towing ability of this Ford F150 , including the new Pro Trailer Backup Assist feature.

Machinery

Testing Ford’s Trailer Backup Assist

Does adding an auto-back up feature on to the package add value to this farm truck?

By Scott Garvey September 21, 2016

Just about every producer is used to backing up towed machinery and trailers. It’s an everyday occurrence on the farm. But not everyone with a driver’s licence is capable of easily navigating a truck and trailer through the rear-view mirror. To help those directionally challenged drivers and anybody who would just like reversing a trailer […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Guarding Wealth: Owning a piece of the business

Roller coaster or reliable investment? Consider both sides of the stock market

By Andrew Allentuck September 21, 2016

It is a fact of life that we need money to grease the wheels of commerce, to buy seed, machinery, trucks to move the grain, and so on. It is also a fact of life that the people wanting to do all of this stuff don’t have the money. How they get it is the […] Read more

A view from a promotional video for Z Tags’ Z2 product line. Sources tell Reuters that Z Tags’ Swiss parent, Datamars, is being prepared for sale. (ZTags.com)

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Z Tags owner Datamars reportedly up for sale

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Frankfurt | Reuters — Buyout group Columna Capital is preparing its Swiss animal tagging group Datamars for a sale in a potential deal that could be worth as much as over 300 million Swiss francs (C$404 million), two people close to the deal said. The private equity investor has asked investment advisory boutique Evercore to […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Farm Business Communications in online award running

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 15, 2016

The online arm of Winnipeg ag journal publisher Farm Business Communications (FBC) is representing at this fall’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs). The COPAs, to be presented Nov. 7 in Toronto, are a juried competition to promote and support Canada’s digital publishing industry, and are operated by Mississauga-based publishing sector magazine Masthead. Finalists for the […] Read more

Location of Class 2 and 3 lands in Alberta using the Agriculture Canada Land Suitability Rating System. Alberta has no Class 1 agricultural land. Alberta’s Class 2 land is mostly located in the vicinity of Calgary.

Columns, Crops

Loss of our prime agricultural lands

Agronomy Management: In Western Canada, we're losing our most productive lands

By Ross H. McKenzie September 8, 2016

Soil and water are the most important sustainable natural resources in Western Canada. Both are essential to produce food and sustain human life. We hear a lot about the dwindling quality and availability of freshwater supplies, but society does not recognize the importance of soil. We continue to lose more and more of our best […] Read more

Livestock

Cara to buy control of Original Joe’s chains

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 8, 2016

Chain restaurant firm Cara Operations is set to buy a bigger presence in Canada’s West, with a deal for control of the Original Joe’s, State + Main, and Elephant + Castle pub-style restaurant chains. Cara, whose other chains in North America include Swiss Chalet and Harvey’s, announced last week it will pay $93 million for […] Read more

The 428 horsepower Kirovets K744 will join the MTZ tractor line in Canada in June. Base price for this tractor is just U.S. $198,000.

Machinery

The Russians are coming!

MTZ Equipment Ltd. reintroduces the Kirovets four-wheel drive tractor

By Scott Garvey August 26, 2016

A few decades ago the former Canadian distributor of Belarus tractors included high-horsepower, four-wheel drive tractors in its product line, and they wore the Belarus brand name. But these machines weren’t built in the same factory in Minsk, Belarus that produced the front-wheel assist models that distributor sold here at the time, because the Minsk […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

By GFM Network News August 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in […] Read more

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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