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Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

Sympathy for jailed ranchers, anger at occupiers in Oregon town

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Burns, Ore. | Reuters — Residents of the Oregon town thrust into the spotlight after self-styled militiamen took over a U.S. wildlife refuge voiced sympathy for the jailed ranchers whose plight inspired the action but were critical of the armed protesters. Saturday’s takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside the town of Burns, Ore., […] Read more

Machinery

Lemken stretches the Heliodor

The compact  disc now available in  a 52-foot working width

By Scott Garvey January 5, 2016

Lemken reps were proud to display the latest version of the Heliodor high-speed, compact disc at Canada’s Farm Progress Show last June. The company has now increased the maximum working width of the Heliodor from 40 to 52 feet, which company reps say is a direct result of feedback from Canadian broad-acre farmers who have high-horsepower […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

El Nino seen declining, to return to neutral by Q2

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — The 2015-16 El Nino weather event, one of the three strongest in the past 50 years, has peaked in recent weeks and will likely return to “ENSO neutral” by the second quarter of this year, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. The El Nino phenomenon is driven by warm […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Reuters — Self-styled militia members who seized federal property in rural Oregon in an effort to galvanize opposition to the U.S. government appear to have made a tactical error — potential allies say they picked the wrong battle. As armed anti-government activists occupied a snowy wildlife refuge for a third day to call attention to […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge as rangeland dispute flares

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By GFM Network News January 4, 2016

Princeton, Ore. | Reuters — A group of self-styled militiamen occupied the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon to protest the imminent jailing of two ranchers, officials said Sunday, in the latest skirmish over federal land management in the U.S. West. The occupation, which began on Saturday, followed a march in Burns, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Korea’s temporary ban on Canadian beef lifted

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 31, 2015

South Korea’s temporary ban on imports of Canadian beef and veal, imposed after Canada’s discovery of a 19th case of BSE in February, has been lifted as of Wednesday. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the Korean government’s decision Thursday. South Korea had re-imposed its ban on Canadian beef after the […] Read more

John Deere introduces TruSet adjustment feature to its 2730 Combination Ripper.

Machinery

John Deere introduces TruSet on its 2730 Ripper

New feature allows implement adjustment on the go, right from the tractor cab

By Scott Garvey December 30, 2015

John Deere has bumped up the technology level on its 2730 Combination Ripper by allowing operators to make tillage adjustments on the fly, right from the brand’s GreenStar 3 2630 in-cab display. Want to adjust packing pressure on the rolling baskets or work a little shallower on hilltops? Then just make the adjustment on the […] Read more

DuPont’s headquarters in Delaware. (DuPont.com)

Crops, Reuters

DuPont cuts jobs in Delaware ahead of Dow merger

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 29, 2015

Reuters — Chemical maker DuPont said it would cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware, as part of a previously announced plan to reduce its workforce before combining with Dow Chemical in a US$130 billion megamerger. The job cuts in the state, which has been its home for more than 213 years, will take place in the […] Read more

Officials from SALIC and Minerva Foods, shown here in a SALIC photo, signed a deal Wednesday for the Saudi firm to take a 19.95 per cent stake in the beef export company. (Salic.com)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Saudi’s SALIC looking for land in Sudan for fodder

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 24, 2015

Dubai | Reuters — Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co. (SALIC), an arm of the state-owned Public Investment Fund, is looking to buy land in Sudan to grow fodder, chief executive Abdullah Aldubaikhi said in an interview on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV on Thursday. He was speaking the day after the company announced it had signed […] Read more

The I-2200 vertical tillage implement (shown here) and the I-4200 hybrid are new designs. They have heavier frames and more discs per foot than the company’s existing models to provide a finer field finish.

Machinery

Salford introduces new tillage implements

By Scott Garvey December 23, 2015

Among Salford’s several new-product launches at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina were two new tillage implement models, the 1-2200 and I-4200. According to Anson Boak, Salford’s marketing manger, these two machines are the result of several years of R&D with the existing I Series vertical tillage models. “It started in 2011 and culminated in […] Read more

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Pasture

Sympathy for jailed ranchers, anger at occupiers in Oregon town

Lemken stretches the Heliodor

El Nino seen declining, to return to neutral by Q2

Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

Protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge as rangeland dispute flares

Korea’s temporary ban on Canadian beef lifted

John Deere introduces TruSet on its 2730 Ripper

DuPont cuts jobs in Delaware ahead of Dow merger

Saudi’s SALIC looking for land in Sudan for fodder

Salford introduces new tillage implements

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