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Mandatory minimum grain handle extended

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 30, 2014

A new order-in-council will extend the federal government’s mandatory minimum weekly grain handle for Canada’s big two railways through March, just as the previous order expires. Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Saturday announced the mandatory minimums, which expired Saturday, are extended until March 28, 2015. The new order, however, adjusts the […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Drop in oil values a double-edged sword for Canadian ag

By GFM Network News November 29, 2014

CNS Canada — As oil prices plunge across North America, the impact on Canadian farmers is starting to be felt in several conflicting, but noticeable ways, according to Prairie farm leaders and market-watchers. As of Friday afternoon the price of oil had fallen to just above C$66 a barrel, with some analysts predicting it would […] Read more

Machinery

In the field with SeedMaster’s new corn meter

Grainews was at SeedMaster’s research farm to look at the company’s new air drill corn seeding capability

By Scott Garvey November 28, 2014

The expansion of corn production into non-traditional growing regions has been one of the hottest topics of conversation in prairie agriculture for some time now. But for many producers, the cost of purchasing additional equipment to grow that crop has been one of the reasons they haven’t yet tried it. Air drill manufacturer SeedMaster believes […] Read more

Machinery

SeedMaster introduces tow-between grain cart

By Scott Garvey November 28, 2014

At Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, Seed-Master pulled the wraps off the first tow-between model in its Nova XP Smart Cart Series. The brand claims the new model comes with all the same “smart” technology available in the Nova tow-behind models. With two 260-bushel main compartments and a third 110-bushel tank, the cart has […] Read more

Machinery

Morris introduces plastic seed opener on C2 drill shank

A new C2 Contour drill opener and shank design along with a double-shoot option on the Razr took the spotlight at the company’s display during this year’s CFPS in Regina

By Scott Garvey November 27, 2014

Once again, Morris Industries had new features on display this year at Canada’s Farm Progress Show to entice visitors into its display. But seeing a plastic seed opener on the updated C2 Contour drill shank might have been an unexpected sight for many of those who stopped by. The injected polymer material on Morris’ new […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Deere sees equipment sales falling further as farm incomes drop

By GFM Network News November 26, 2014

Reuters — Deere and Co. said it expected equipment sales to fall further as lower grain prices discourage farmers from buying tractors, harvesters and other machinery. Shares of the world’s largest farm equipment maker fell as much as four per cent in premarket trading Wednesday. Deere’s sales have been hit as bumper corn harvests drive […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Machinery

Dreyfus unsure when Sask. canola plant will reopen

By GFM Network News November 25, 2014

CNS Canada –– A month after an explosion crippled the Louis Dreyfus Commodities canola crushing plant at Yorkton, Sask., it’s still unclear when operations will resume. LDC Canada’s vice-president Brian Conn issued a statement Tuesday outlining its “preliminary assessment” of the situation. While the investigation is ongoing, Dreyfus’ assessment so far indicates the Oct. 24 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Rail engineers, conductors seek mediation with CP

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 25, 2014

With just over a month before their contract expires, rail engineers and conductors represented by the Teamsters Union want a mediator to restart “stalled” bargaining with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) said Friday it has filed a mediation request with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). “The negotiations have […] Read more

General, Machinery

Minogue: Silicon Valley, Saskatchewan style

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News November 21, 2014

Jordan Dutchak is bringing Silicon Valley’s working style to Saskatchewan agriculture. This weekend software developers, engineers, students and entrepreneurs will team up with farmers and ag professionals in Saskatoon at Emerging Agriculture, the first Canadian agricultural hackathon, where they hope to develop cutting-edge solutions to agricultural problems. The idea of a “hackathon” originated in the […] Read more

Machinery

How to install U-joints

We now need to refurbish the driveshafts on our ongoing Jeep restoration project. That includes  new U-joints

By Scott Garvey November 20, 2014

Project CJ3A is now well into the reassembly phase. It’s taken a long time getting to this point. With our attention now turned to finalizing driveline components, it’s time to take a look at the driveshafts. Before installing them, we decided to replace all the U-joints (otherwise known as universal joints). We took out the […] Read more

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Machinery

Mandatory minimum grain handle extended

Drop in oil values a double-edged sword for Canadian ag

In the field with SeedMaster’s new corn meter

SeedMaster introduces tow-between grain cart

Morris introduces plastic seed opener on C2 drill shank

Deere sees equipment sales falling further as farm incomes drop

Dreyfus unsure when Sask. canola plant will reopen

Rail engineers, conductors seek mediation with CP

Minogue: Silicon Valley, Saskatchewan style

How to install U-joints

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