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Country Guide in 2014 profiled Milligan Biofuels, whose Foam Lake, Sask. facility is shown here with the company’s first executive manager, local farmer Zenneth Faye. (Photo for Country Guide by Carol’s Photography)
Canola, Crops, Machinery

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

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An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers’ heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton. Alberta’s Crown lending agency […] Read more
This series of early Holt combine images was supplied courtesy of Caterpillar Inc.
Machinery

The era of pull-type combines: Part 1

Grainews looks back at the evolution of today's combine, from 1886 to 1991

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In the beginning the harvester thresher or combine as it came to be known was strictly “pull type” — and pulling was hard. It’s generally believed the Holt Company of Stockton, California, sold the first commercial combine in North America in 1886. It was a 14-foot cut, ground drive machine pulled by up to 14 […] Read more
The sign (written in German) above John Deere’s exhibit at Agritechnica in Germany in November reads, “More affordable, guaranteed.”
Machinery

John Deere offers performance guarantees in Europe

Maintenance agreements help owners in Europe stabilize machinery costs

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What do you think the average field size is in Western Europe,” Thomas Höglmeier, segment manager for John Deere, asked the group of North American journalists clustered around him. A moment later he answered his own question: “Two hectares (about five acres) is the average field size,” he said. Höglmeier was leading a media tour through […] Read more
This tire has been customized with Trelleborg’s new YourTire feature. Blunk, the company featured on this tire, is a German agricultural contracting firm.
Machinery

Trelleborg tires: Tracks, tech and tailor-made

Italy-based Trelleborg execs announced new tire products at Agritechnica

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The Italy-based Trelleborg may not be the first company Western Canadian farmers think of when it comes to tractor tires. However, Trelleborg’s subsidiary, Mitas (based in the Czech Republic), is a major tire supplier to John Deere, Case New Holland and AGCO and has opened two U.S. factories. Overall, Trelleborg bills itself as the “world […] Read more
John Deere’s new XUV 835 and XUV865 Gators won an AE50 award this year for outstanding engineering.
Machinery

John Deere Gators eat up engineering award

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Last December, the ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) awarded John Deere one of the coveted AE50 Awards for its new XUV835 and XUV865 Gators. Every year the ASABE hands out engineering awards to most innovative designs to appear in new ag equipment. The full list of AE50 award recipients is released along […] Read more
(Photo courtesy CN)
Crops, Machinery

CN’s Q4 grain handle down in ‘challenging conditions’

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U.S. income tax reform more than offset “challenging” conditions, including reduced grain handle, in Canadian National Railway’s fourth fiscal quarter. Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported net income of $2.611 billion on total revenues of $3.285 billion for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, up from $1.018 billion on $3.217 billion in the year-earlier Q4. The […] Read more

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