Machinery & Production Tips

Two new UTVs from Bobcat

The 3400 and two-seat 3400XL models are designed for typical farm work

By Scott Garvey March 11, 2015

Bobcat is introducing two new UTVs for 2015, the three-passenger 3400 and six-passenger 3400XL. They feature improved suspensions, higher payload and towing ratings, faster travel speed and more integrated accessories, according to the company. Both models are available with either a 40 horsepower, 570cc, fuel-injected, gas engine or a 24 horsepower, 1120cc, diesel mated to […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Manitoba Case dealerships to join Rocky Mountain chain

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 10, 2015

Predicting a “challenging environment” ahead for revenue growth as crop prices slip, Case IH dealership mega-chain Rocky Mountain Equipment is set to expand further into Manitoba. Calgary-based RME on Tuesday announced its fourth-quarter and year-end results plus a deal to buy southern Manitoba dealership chain Chabot Implements for $6.8 million. Family-owned Chabot includes dealerships at […] Read more

Machinery

Familiar brands at work in Ukraine

Ukrainian farmers are increasingly choosing Western and even Canadian-built machinery

By Igor Pavlyuk March 10, 2015

Ukraine is potentially one of the largest markets for high-quality agricultural machinery. It’s a huge country, at least by European standards, with varied soil and climatic conditions. And the equipment Ukrainian farmers often opt for includes brands familiar to Canadians, such as Versatile, Bourgault, Kello-Bilt, Schulte and Massey Ferguson. Two months ago I was on […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Prince Rupert to boost container handling capacity

By GFM Network News March 10, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Maher Terminals Holding Corp. said Tuesday it would boost container-handling capacity by more than half at the Port of Prince Rupert, under an expansion of its container terminal at the northern British Columbia port. The Fairview Container terminal will be expanded to more than 1.3 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP’s shopcraft staff ratify new labour deal

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 9, 2015

Repair, maintenance and locomotive and rail car inspection staff at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted to ratify the last-minute deal that kept them off the picket line. The 1,625 unionized workers, represented by Unifor’s CP shopcraft bargaining unit, voted 79 per cent in favour of their four-year deal at membership meetings over the past […] Read more

Machinery

One tractor, with one owner

This restored 55 Massey-Harris  spent all its  life working  for one family... until now

By Scott Garvey March 9, 2015

Frank Paul of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, and his restored 55 Massey-Harris tractor were quietly waiting in the corner of a local gas station parking lot when I first noticed them. The tractor was idling smoothly as Paul scanned the nearby highway. He was waiting for the truck that would come and pick up his tractor. He […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN building bypass around derailed oil cars

By GFM Network News March 9, 2015

Reuters/Staff –– Canadian National Railway’s westbound and eastbound trains are taking wide detours around a derailed train on its main line in northern Ontario while the company builds a bypass for traffic near the crash site. The CN train carrying crude oil that derailed early Saturday near Gogama, Ont., about 100 km south of Timmins, […] Read more

Machinery

Michelin’s Ultraflex ag tires

The brand showed off the benefits of its IF and VF radials during an event in France

By Scott Garvey March 5, 2015

Today’s ag tires may not be able to exactly match the reduced levels of compaction and floatation tracks offer, but Increased Flexion (IF) and Very High Flexion (VF) radial tires have narrowed the performance gap between tracks and tires considerably. IF tires are capable at operating at up to 20 per cent reduced air pressures […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Vancouver port resumes most operations after container fire

By GFM Network News March 5, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Port Metro Vancouver said Thursday that operations had resumed at most port facilities shut down by a shipping container fire the day before, but that its Centerm container terminal was still closed. The chemical fire, which prompted a massive emergency response late on Wednesday and shut down a large portion of […] Read more

Machinery

The slowest Lamborghini ever

The Lamborghini 1C crawler may have been the most interesting “classic” farm machine on display at the German farm show, Agritechnica

By Scott Garvey March 4, 2015

Typically, Germany’s Agritechnica machinery show concentrates on looking toward the future rather than the past when it comes to technology, so it doesn’t devote a lot of space to displays of historic farm equipment. But 2013 was the 100th anniversary of the diesel engine in agriculture, according to DLG’s (The German Agricultural Society’s) research, and […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Machinery

Two new UTVs from Bobcat

Manitoba Case dealerships to join Rocky Mountain chain

Familiar brands at work in Ukraine

Prince Rupert to boost container handling capacity

CP’s shopcraft staff ratify new labour deal

One tractor, with one owner

CN building bypass around derailed oil cars

Michelin’s Ultraflex ag tires

Vancouver port resumes most operations after container fire

The slowest Lamborghini ever

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