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Maple Leaf profit beats as margins improve

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Reuters — Canadian pork processor Maple Leaf Foods posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as margins in its prepared meats business improved. Adjusted operating profit in the meat products group, which includes brands such as Schneiders and the company’s namesake Maple Leaf brand, was $54.6 million, compared with a year-ago loss of $19.1 million. The Mississauga-based […] Read more
Some speakers noted that when the U.S. dollar falls, the Canadian dollar is pushed higher. This won’t be good for grain prices.
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Market outlooks at Farm Tech 2016

Understanding Market Bulls and Bears: Two farm marketing experts were analyzing the markets in Edmonton in January

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I attended Farm Tech 2016 in Edmonton this January to see the latest in Ag technology. This three-day ag information show was an early sellout once again, which shows just how popular it is. Those those attending the show are getting younger. On the technology side there continues to be exponential development in the areas […] Read more
Farm life tension audit — time to fix your stress mess
FarmLife

Farm life tension audit — time to fix your stress mess

Complete this checklist to see how you could help fix your tension this year

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Recently Mike Lipkin offered me a checklist of champions, and it encouraged me to think about being more intentional about identifying how to be a champion. Here is another checklist of what might be creating tension on our farms when you don’t feel like a champion! Take a few moments for self-care and self-awareness to […] Read more
The trucks were required to navigate test courses both on and off road.
Machinery

How the 2016 pickup trucks stack up

Grainews helped out with the judging at the 2016 Canadian Truck King Challenge

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When it’s time to bring home a new farm pickup truck, there are a lot of things to consider. For example, every new pickup on a dealer lot has a window sticker showing Transport Canada fuel mileage ratings. Trouble is, those mileage figures may not really reflect what a truck’s actual consumption will be on […] Read more
A tool like this in-line ignition tester can help identify or rule out an electrical problem. It’s important to rule out other potential problems before deciding a carburetor is at fault.
Machinery

Finding the source when you have engine problems

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If an engine that has been sitting for several months fails to start, don’t automatically assume the carb is the problem. There are some other basic checks to make before tearing into a rebuild. Some old mechanics used to say “most carb problems are electrical.” What they meant was what people often assume is a […] Read more
PHOTOS: PHOTO GALLERY: A look back at pickup trucks
Machinery

PHOTOS: PHOTO GALLERY: A look back at pickup trucks

How manufacturers tried to convince farmers to buy trucks in the ’60s

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Stacked! Built!” are the first two words in the body of this Mercury Trucks advertisement from the early 1960s. Clearly, they have that nudge-nudge-wink-wink feel to them. I’m pretty sure those terms had the same double entendre meaning back then that they do today. No current marketing manager would ever let that kind of ad […] Read more
The Canadian unveiling of the 2017 Ford Super Duty took place in November at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina.
Machinery

Ford unveils the 2017 Super Duty

Trailer towing capability is a priority for the brand’s new Super Duty trucks

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Most of the new vehicle introductions in this country have typically taken place at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. But Ford didn’t choose to use that venue to unveil its 2017 line of Super Duty trucks. Instead, the brand picked the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina last November to show potential buyers what […] Read more
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork market looks to improve by spring

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CNS Canada — Canadian pork prices are feeling a modest bump upward as healthy U.S. exports clean up some excess North American pork supplies. Canadian slaughter-weight prices hit their lows in November and December — and since then, they have increased about 30 per cent, according to Brad Marceniuk, a livestock economist for Saskatchewan’s agriculture […] Read more

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