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Smoother grain flow points to Ottawa lifting rail regulations

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 28, 2014

Winnipeg | Reuters — Barring a sudden pile-up of grain across Western Canada in the next five weeks, Ottawa will lift requirements that railways move minimum volumes of crops, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in an interview. While Ritz says he is not ruling out any options before the rules expire Nov. 29, government data […] Read more

Machinery

Prototype John Deere 9RX four track hits the limelight

Management still mum on tractor's release date to dealers

By Scott Garvey October 22, 2014

Up until now, John Deere’s prototype, four-track, articulated tractor designated the 9RX (at least for the time being) has had a lot in common with the infamous bigfoot. A lot of people believe it exists. A few even swear they’ve seen one. And the Internet is full of grainy pictures showing what might be it […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

PotashCorp fined for mine worker’s death

By GFM Network News October 22, 2014

Reuters — A Saskatchewan court has fined PotashCorp $280,000 following a mine worker’s death in 2012 when a machine used to move ore to conveyor belts backed over him. A Provincial Court judge in Saskatoon fined PotashCorp on Tuesday after the world’s biggest fertilizer company pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to comply with […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CP CEO says unlikely to pursue hostile bid for CSX

By GFM Network News October 21, 2014

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is still open to a merger with one of the two bigger eastern U.S. carriers even after talks with CSX Corp. failed, though a hostile bid is unlikely, CEO Hunter Harrison said Thursday. CP, Canada’s No. 2 railway with extensive operations in the U.S., said on Monday […] Read more

Machinery

Introducing the T8 “halftrack” tractor

NH now offers rear tracks on its modified T8s as an option straight from the factory

By Scott Garvey October 21, 2014

One of the biggest trends in ag equipment in recent years has been the rise in interest in tracked equipment. All the major brands have introduced high-horsepower tractors equipped with tracks over the past years, but now New Holland has pulled the wraps off an all new T8 “halftrack.” Combining rear tracks with larger diameter […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Larger grain handle helps boost CN’s Q3

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 21, 2014

A markedly larger grain and fertilizer handle in the three months ending Sept. 30 has helped pump up the third-quarter bottom line for Canadian National Railway (CN). Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $853 million on $3.118 billion in total revenue, up from $705 million on $2.698 billion in the year-earlier period. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Prairie grain revenue up as CP books record Q3 profit

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 21, 2014

An increased grain handle for the three months ending Sept. 30 has helped boost Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to its highest third-quarter profit ever. Calgary-based CP released its Q3 results Tuesday, reporting record net income of $400 million on record total revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, up from $324 million on $1.534 billion […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP, CSX no longer talking merger

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 20, 2014

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has shut down last week’s media buzz about any possibility of a merger with the third biggest railway in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal and other media recently reported Calgary-based CP and Jacksonville-based CSX had held “exploratory talks” about combining their operations. [Related story] CP on Monday confirmed it had […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. senator raises concerns over potential CP, CSX deal

By GFM Network News October 17, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — The head of a U.S. Senate subcommittee raised concerns in a letter Thursday to the U.S. Attorney General and head of the top U.S. rail regulator about a potential merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and CSX Corp., and called on them both to fully review the antitrust implications of any such […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Shortlines shortchanged in Western Canada

By GFM Network News October 17, 2014

CNS Canada — Western Canada’s shortline railways are getting the short end of the stick as they struggle to meet their own commitments moving grain and other products along their tracks. A backlog of grain on the Prairies over the past winter, linked in part to poor rail movement, prompted the federal government to implement […] Read more

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Machinery

Smoother grain flow points to Ottawa lifting rail regulations

Prototype John Deere 9RX four track hits the limelight

PotashCorp fined for mine worker’s death

CP CEO says unlikely to pursue hostile bid for CSX

Introducing the T8 “halftrack” tractor

Larger grain handle helps boost CN’s Q3

Prairie grain revenue up as CP books record Q3 profit

CP, CSX no longer talking merger

U.S. senator raises concerns over potential CP, CSX deal

Shortlines shortchanged in Western Canada

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