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OAC’s Kemptville campus funded for skills training

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 22, 2014

The Ontario government has put up $2 million to extend skills training programs at the Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) soon-to-be-shuttered Kemptville campus for the coming academic year. The province announced the funding Tuesday for the campus to continue to host skills training programs that “support the agricultural sector in eastern Ontario,” including the agricultural equipment […] Read more

The White 9550 combine used a centre-feed header

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The combine that never was, part two

White’s 9550 was to be its first rotary pull-type combine. Moving it from concept to prototype pushed engineers to come up with new solutions

By Scott Garvey April 22, 2014

To retain a foothold in the pull-type combine market in the 1980s, White Farm Equipment needed to create an all-new model with rotary threshing technology. The 9550 was to be that model. It would “out spec” International Harvester’s 1482, which dominated the pull-type market in Western Canada at the time. That meant it would be […] Read more

The snow covering this field of corn stubble on Tuesday (April 15) is now mostly gone. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Pearce: Weather not the only story in Ont. fields

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News April 17, 2014

The planting season always seems that much closer when the first meeting of extension staff with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and local retailers and advisers is held. It provides a first glimpse of the region’s wheat crop as it comes out of dormancy, and an assessment of local field activity, including planting […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Scientists make ethanol without corn or other crops

By Will Dunham, GFM Network News April 10, 2014

Washington | Reuters — Scientists said Wednesday they have developed a new way to make liquid ethanol efficiently without using corn or other crops needed in the conventional method for producing the biofuel. The scientists said their process turns carbon monoxide gas into liquid ethanol with the help of an electrode made of a form […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

New interswitching rules more punishment than policy: CN CEO

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News April 9, 2014

Given recent federal moves to regulate Canada’s major railways into moving more grain, Claude Mongeau came to Winnipeg Wednesday feeling “a little bit like a general who lost the battle.” Speaking to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, the CEO of Canadian National Railway (CN) said he was in town to make the case that “regulation […] Read more

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In the field evaluating a Capello header

Grainews climbs into a combine cab to check out how a Capello-brand corn header performs in tough field conditions

By Scott Garvey April 9, 2014

I looked at all the headers out there,” said Kellen Huber, owner of Tri Star Farm Services in Emerald Park, Saskatchewan. “I decided this one is best suited for our conditions.” He made those comments on the edge of a field as his dealership was demonstrating the Capello corn header in a test plot near Regina. […] Read more

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One brand, one system

With just one brand, this farmer can push the limits

By Scott Garvey April 9, 2014

I don’t want to pretend we’re on the very cutting edge, but we do try and adopt newer technologies,” says Jordan Kambeitz, who farms more than 20,000 acres near Regina. “We’re working right now with variable rate seeding and fertilizer. We’re working on inter-row seeding in canola with RTK. We’re using sectional control on our drill.” […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Bill to force railways to pay for poor service bound for Commons

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 7, 2014

Reuters — Federal legislators on Monday amended a bill designed to ensure grain moves smoothly by rail by allowing the government to order railways to compensate shippers for poor service. The Canadian Transportation Agency currently has authority only to arbitrate matters on which the parties mutually agree. Railways can avoid paying compensation simply by refusing […] Read more

Grain that’s gone mouldy in storage. (Photo courtesy AAFC Cereal Research Centre/U of M)

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Get grain piles safely binned before May, expert warns

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 7, 2014

One of the Prairies’ top experts in stored grain’s circle of life is warning farmers to get piled or bagged crops up off the ground before next month. Last fall’s bumper harvest and this winter’s grain rail freight backlog have together left Prairie farmers without sufficient bin space storing crops in Silobags or Quonsets or […] Read more

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AGCO’s Fuse Technologies strategy

The company is working on its plan to create a digital infrastructure capable of integrating data from a wide variety of ag systems

By Scott Garvey April 7, 2014

Is the number of computers and digital systems in use on your farm continuing to grow? If it is, you’re part of a growing trend in agriculture. And the value of being able to control all those systems and transfer data seamlessly between them using a common infrastructure is likely becoming pretty apparent to you. […] Read more

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Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

Machinery

OAC’s Kemptville campus funded for skills training

The combine that never was, part two

Pearce: Weather not the only story in Ont. fields

Scientists make ethanol without corn or other crops

New interswitching rules more punishment than policy: CN CEO

In the field evaluating a Capello header

One brand, one system

Bill to force railways to pay for poor service bound for Commons

Get grain piles safely binned before May, expert warns

AGCO’s Fuse Technologies strategy

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