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Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, shown here last month at Carleton University, says she doesn’t yet plan to mandate minimum grain traffic levels in specific rail corridors. (TC,gc.ca)

Raitt won’t tell railways where to ship grain for now

By GFM Network News March 25, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government will not, for now, start telling railways where to ship farmers’ grain but it will decide within days whether to extend its requirements on how much grain they must haul, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Wednesday. In an interview in her parliamentary office, Raitt said farmers and shippers […] Read more

Machinery

John Deere upgrades its digital product offerings

The brand’s online Operations Centre gets enhancements  to expand functions and make it more user friendly

By Scott Garvey March 25, 2015

In February, John Deere announced some improvements to its suite of digital products. Among those were a software update for GreenStar 3 2630 monitors that provides a 20 per cent boost in processing speed. And the Machine Sync application gets expanded functionality, allowing two machines working in the same field to better share prescription map […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Transport Canada seeks CN safety plan after derailments

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 25, 2015

Toronto | Reuters — Regulator Transport Canada has issued a notice to Canadian National Railway (CN) requesting a plan to ensure safety along its main line’s Ruel subdivision, where three trains derailed in fewer than 30 days in February and March, the railway said Wednesday. The notice, given on March 12 but not previously reported, was […] Read more

Machinery

Grainews surveys used tractor selling prices

What's it worth? This time we take a look at a couple of Case IH four-wheel drives, one from the '80s and another from the '90s

By Scott Garvey March 24, 2015

In this instalment of our ongoing survey of used equipment auction prices we look at a pair of Case IH four-wheel drive tractors, each from a different decade: the 9370 from the 1990s and the smaller 4494 from the 1980s. Once again, we used Ritchie Bros. posted online auction results as our information source. Those […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

CN says harsh winter one reason for spike in 2014 accidents

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 24, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — An unusually harsh winter is one of the reasons Canadian National Railway (CN) suffered a sharp increase in the number of train accidents in 2014, a top official said Tuesday. Chief operating officer Jim Vena told a committee of federal legislators that deep cold can cause rails and wheels to crack. […] Read more

Machinery

John Deere’s “nimble” sprayer

A new, smaller model joins the green brand’s 4 Series sprayer family

By Scott Garvey March 23, 2015

Producers have become pretty used to seeing ag equipment brands introduce consistently larger machines over the past few years. In February, however, John Deere announced a new, smaller and “nimble” self-propelled sprayer. The new R4023 fits in at the low end of the brand’s redesigned 4 Series models, and it replaces the older 4623. This […] Read more

Machinery

AGCO’s new pre-owned program

AGCO offers a warranty on selected used equipment from participating dealers

By Scott Garvey March 23, 2015

With a large volume of late-model, used equipment on the Canadian and U.S. market right now, some manufacturers have begun backing incentive programs to help dealers sell machines before they grow roots in dealership lots. AGCO has just announced it has taken its limited Certified Pre-owned Program to a national level, as well as expanding […] Read more

Sales of older Versatile tractors remained relatively common at prairie auction sales through 2014.

Machinery

Used Versatile tractor selling prices

What's it worth? Here's a look at 2014 auction sale results for a couple of popular, older Versatile models, the 835 and 875

By Scott Garvey March 20, 2015

If you’re in the market for some older, lower-cost horsepower, one of these Versatile tractors may fit the bill. The 835 offers 230 engine horsepower, and the 875 was rated at 280. Even though these models haven’t been in production for three decades, they were popular tractors in their day, and there were still quite […] Read more

P.E.I. Transportation Minister Alan McIsaac and John Jamieson of the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture on Thursday announced a new one-time registration option for farm trucks’ plates. (Government of P.E.I. photo by Brian Simpson)

Crops, Machinery

P.E.I. to offer one-time farm truck registration fee

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 19, 2015

Prince Edward Island’s farmers, starting next month, will be able pay a one-time fee to register their farm trucks for as long as they own them. The province until now has charged a cut-rate annual registration fee of $10 on trucks weighing at least one ton (10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more), if the trucks […] Read more

Machinery

How to install an overhead garage door

Installing an overhead garage door may not be the easiest project you’ll ever tackle,  but doing it yourself can save a hefty installation fee. Here’s a hands-on account

By Scott Garvey March 18, 2015

There’s more to it than you’d think,” commented a friend who used to be a contractor and building supplies retailer. We were discussing what’s involved when installing an overhead garage door in farm workshop. After just finishing my own installation, I had to wholeheartedly agree with him. But getting a quality overhead door installed may […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

Machinery

Raitt won’t tell railways where to ship grain for now

John Deere upgrades its digital product offerings

Transport Canada seeks CN safety plan after derailments

Grainews surveys used tractor selling prices

CN says harsh winter one reason for spike in 2014 accidents

John Deere’s “nimble” sprayer

AGCO’s new pre-owned program

Used Versatile tractor selling prices

P.E.I. to offer one-time farm truck registration fee

How to install an overhead garage door

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