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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, shown here in April 2016. (Dave Bedard photo)

Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News October 26, 2017

Farm fuel will be exempt from a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said in an interview Thursday on the eve of announcing his government’s Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. “It does exempt some farm costs — farm fuel, for example,” he said. “I know we’ll get pushback from some industry groups that are not […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Climate FieldView data system ready for Prairies

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 25, 2017

In beta testing in the region for much of this year, the Climate FieldView crop data system from Monsanto’s Climate Corp. has gone live on the Prairies. The Climate Corp. announced Wednesday the Climate FieldView platform is available for purchase in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta on a per-acre basis, allowing farmers to start using it […] Read more

General, Machinery

Xplornet to buy NetSet

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 23, 2017

A rural broadband provider serving over 500 Manitoba municipalities and communities is set to be absorbed into one of Canada’s biggest rural operators. Xplornet Communications announced Monday it has signed a deal to buy the internet access business of Brandon-based NetSet Communications. Financial terms of the deal for the privately-held Manitoba company weren’t disclosed, except […] Read more

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. EPA abandons changes to biofuel program

By GFM Network News October 20, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has backed off a series of proposed changes to the nation’s biofuels policy after a massive backlash from corn-state lawmakers worried the moves would undercut ethanol demand, according to a letter from the agency to lawmakers seen by Reuters. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in […] Read more

Machinery

How to rebuild a transmission, Part 1

By Scott Garvey October 20, 2017

With the chassis work completed on the latest vehicle restoration project in the Grainews Garage, it was time to take a detailed look at the drivetrain components. The most obvious problem was the gearshift lever on the three speed manual transmission was stuck. Hoping to find just a minor problem, we pulled the top cover […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Soybeans, Weather

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

By GFM Network News October 19, 2017

Health Canada will not be further regulating the use of dicamba herbicide sprayed on growing crops, as has happened in the U.S. The government agency that regulates pesticides issued a statement to Glacier FarmMedia reiterating its support for the current Canadian labels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week increased restrictions on the use […] Read more

Keith Ayres picking up a nice wheat crop with his MF 750 in the 1970s.

Columns, Machinery

Combines I have known, Part 2

In the 60s, Les Henry spent most  of his combining hours in  Massey combine cabs

By Les Henry October 18, 2017

Harvest seems to be moving along better this year so now may be the time to talk about combines. This is No. 2 in an irregular series about combines I have operated. The first piece went back to the old Oliver 30 pull type that was the first combine I ran and to Cockshutt 132 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP’s third-quarter grain handle down

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 17, 2017

“Volume momentum” in its third quarter has Canadian Pacific Railway looking forward to a rosier year-end ledger, though its grain traffic for the quarter dragged on that momentum. Calgary-based CP on Tuesday reported net income of $510 million on $1.595 billion in revenues for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $347 million on […] Read more

Machinery, News

Case IH introduces the Trident 5550

This applicator is designed for  quick-change between liquid  and dry product

By Scott Garvey October 17, 2017

At a product debut event in Boone, Iowa, marketing staff from Case IH pulled the wraps off the brand’s all-new, multi-product applicator, the Trident 5550. It was designed specifically to accommodate a relatively quick body change, converting from a sprayer to a dry spreader and back again with minimum effort. “We had three guys working on it […] Read more

The new Trident 5550 is capable of a quick body changeover, allowing it to be both a liquid and dry product applicator.

Machinery, News

PHOTOS: Case IH Trident 5550

By Scott Garvey October 17, 2017

Case IH’s Trident 5550 is a 390 horsepower, 8.7 litre diesel mated to a hydrostatic IVT drive. And it all rides on a completely new suspension system designed to accommodate changing loads during field use. The Trident can be ordered with factory duals to fit 20-, 22- or 30-inch row crop spacing. A 710-millimetre floater […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News