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A Zamboni machine at work. (Zamboni Co. via YouTube)

B.C. police stop farmer clearing snowy street with Zamboni

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 7, 2017

Vancouver | Reuters — Police stopped a “well-intentioned” farmer on Vancouver Island on Monday night after he tried to clear a snowed-in neighbourhood street with a Zamboni, a vehicle for cleaning ice rinks and a fixture in arenas across Canada. Central Saanich police spokesman Dan Cottingham said on Tuesday the man told them he had […] Read more

The TM320 is the largest machine in JCB’s two-model articulated,  telescopic material handler line.

Machinery

JCB updates its ag materials handling equipment

New features designed to improve performance and operator comfort on loaders

By Scott Garvey February 6, 2017

The Bamford family that owns equipment manufacturer JCB also runs a large farming operation in England, not far from the brand’s World Headquarters facility at Rocester. (JCB is actually company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford’s initials.) So the farm is a handy place to test and prove the machines the company puts its name — or, […] Read more

John Deere expects to offer light weight carbon fibre booms on its 4 Series sprayers in the not-to-distant future.  It displayed this model at its Des Moines Works plant in August.

Machinery

New sprayer features from John Deere

John Deere’s “intelligent” nozzle control and new booms for 4 Series models

By Scott Garvey February 3, 2017

John Deere gave ag equipment journalists a glimpse into the future in August. At a media event held at its Des Moines Works assembly plant, the brand displayed one of its 4 Series sprayers equipped with a prototype carbon fibre boom. “We’re very excited to show you an innovation we’re working on,” said Deere’s Jason […] Read more

The UPA mounted a public campaign to put pressure on the provincial government to reconsider its plans for the farmland tax credit program. (UPA.qc.ca)

Livestock, Machinery

Quebec farmers to shut snowmobile trails in tax dispute

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 2, 2017

Members of Quebec’s general farm organization plan to revoke permission for snowmobilers to use their land starting Monday, in protest over the province’s planned reforms to its farmland property tax credit. L’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) said Wednesday it had been planning such a move in late 2016 but on Dec. 20 had asked members […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Textron to buy Arctic Cat

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 31, 2017

A U.S. firm with multiple brands in the utility vehicle market is set to add Minneapolis-based ATV and snowmobile maker Arctic Cat to its roster. Providence, R.I.-based Textron Inc. announced Wednesday it has signed an all-cash merger deal to buy NASDAQ-traded Arctic Cat for $18.50 a share, or about $247 million (all figures US$). Arctic […] Read more

The 2017 competitors in the Canadian Truck King Challenge.

Machinery

How do the newest pickups compare?

Judges at the 2017 Canadian Truck King Challenge rate the competition

By Howard J. Elmer January 27, 2017

The Canadian Truck King Challenge is an annual event where automotive journalists get together to evaluate the current pickup truck offerings from all brands. This year we had a field of 11 pickup trucks, falling into four classes: midsize, half ton, three-quarter ton and one-ton trucks. All pickups are tested in the same way, by […] Read more

All trucks were driven along the same predetermined route so judges could more accurately compare them.

Machinery

PHOTOS: The competitors: 2017 truck lineup

By Howard J. Elmer January 27, 2017

The Canadian Truck King Challenge is an annual event where automotive journalists get together to evaluate the current pickup truck offerings from all brands. This year offered a field of 11 pickup trucks, falling into four classes: midsize, half ton, three-quarter ton and one-ton trucks.

Crops, Machinery

Grain handle helps lift CN to record Q4

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 25, 2017

Traffic in Prairie grain and U.S. soybeans got credit Tuesday for helping Canadian National Railway (CN) to a record profit for its fourth fiscal quarter. Montreal-based CN booked net income of $1.018 billion on revenue of $3.217 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 31, up from $941 million on $3.166 billion in the year-earlier period. […] Read more

Kosher Mehadrin, operating a federally inspected plant in Montreal, today bills itself as Canada’s largest kosher meat processor. (Mehadrin.ca)

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Exporters, fearing border tax, scramble to shift production

By GFM Network News January 19, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian exporters are scrambling to find ways to avoid a potential 10 per cent import tax promised by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, including the possible shifting of production or supply lines south of the border. Amid warnings from the Bank of Canada on Wednesday that protectionist policies brought in by Trump […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP’s revenue, Prairie grain handle down for year

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 19, 2017

A reduced Prairie grain handle has taken a bite out of the year-end gross for Canadian Pacific Railway in what’s turned out to be CEO Hunter Harrison’s last year on the job. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday announced full-year net income of $1.599 billion on $6.232 billion in gross revenues, up from $1.352 billion on $6.552 […] Read more

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Machinery

B.C. police stop farmer clearing snowy street with Zamboni

JCB updates its ag materials handling equipment

New sprayer features from John Deere

Quebec farmers to shut snowmobile trails in tax dispute

Textron to buy Arctic Cat

How do the newest pickups compare?

PHOTOS: The competitors: 2017 truck lineup

Grain handle helps lift CN to record Q4

Exporters, fearing border tax, scramble to shift production

CP’s revenue, Prairie grain handle down for year

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