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Crops, Machinery

Jump in grain revenue helps CP to record gross

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Substantially higher freight revenue per carload of grain, compared to 2012, has played a part in helping Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to its highest-grossing fourth quarter and year-end in 2013. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday announced overall net income of $82 million on a quarterly-record $1.607 billion in revenues for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, […] Read more
Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

Ont. hog industry backed for added biosecurity measures

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Ontario hog producers can expect new public funding to help step up biosecurity at “critical points,” following the arrival of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the province on at least two farms. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged $2 million for Ontario Pork to back “industry-wide investments to improve biosecurity measures at critical […] Read more
Scott Garvey pressure washing Jeep frame.
Machinery

Frame-off restoration, part 1

We kick off a complete vehicle restoration project, starting with a full disassembly and clean up

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Here, in the Machinery and Shop section of Grainews, we regularly detail different kinds of equipment repairs, and we’ve even gone as far as taking a step-by-step look at how to give a farm truck a major facelift. But in this new series, we’re going to take that idea a step further. This time we’re […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

PED virus hits second SW Ont. hog farm

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Now also suspected on third farm; industry launches task force “The reality has changed” for Ontario’s hog industry with a second, and possibly third, case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus now found in the Chatham-Kent area. “Since the virus is highly contagious, its presence in Canada is not unexpected and more cases are expected in […] Read more
Merlo Turbofarmer 40.7 Hybrid
Machinery

Merlo introduces a hybrid telehandler

The Italian manufacturer takes home a gold Innovations Award for its industry-first, diesel-electric hybrid

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Beating out a field of 393 entrants vying for an Innovation Award at Germany’s Agritechnica in November, Merlo’s Turbofarmer 40.7 Hybrid telehandler was one of only four products deemed worthy of a gold medal, the show’s highest engineering accolade. The company’s president, Amilcare Merlo, made an emotional acceptance speech during the medal presentations at a special evening […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Ont. tillage firm Salford expands Iowa plant

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Ontario tillage, seeding and fertilizing implement maker Salford has expanded its Iowa manufacturing plant by over a third to boost production of its Independent line. Expanding Salford’s manufacturing space at Osceola, about 65 km south of Des Moines, boosts the company’s combined plant area in Canada, Russia and the U.S. to about 200,000 square feet, […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Japan’s Kubota eyes U.S. fields with larger tractors

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Osaka | Reuters — Japan’s Kubota Corp. plans to sell powerful, large tractors in North America and Europe next year, its president said on Wednesday, challenging farm equipment industry leader Deere and Co. Yasuo Masumoto, president of Japan’s biggest farm equipment maker, told Reuters Kubota was seeking a joint venture with a European or U.S. […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Weather

Minogue: Undercurrent of frustration pervades at CropSphere

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Just months after a record-setting harvest, delegates nodded as market analyst Larry Webber told Saskatchewan farmers at CropSphere in Saskatoon, “Everything is not rosy in the country.” Frustration is building as many farmers are taking large price discounts to sell their grain into a congested transportation system and other farmers are unable to sell their […] Read more

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