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Vancouver container truckers reject deal

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CNS Canada — Unionized container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver are set to take strike action after rejecting a tentative agreement over the weekend. Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers’ Association (VCTA) members voted unanimously in favour of taking strike action on March 1, after being without a contract for 18 months. Federally-appointed mediator Vince Ready had […] Read more
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Railways expect to meet government’s order on grain

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Canada’s big two railways expect to be able to meet the federal government’s new mandatory requirements for Prairie grain movement — but warn it will take further commitments all along the supply chain. Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway responded Friday to Transport Minister Lisa Raitt’s order-in-council, which immediately sets out minimum volumes […] Read more
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Machinery

A new spin on mud scrapers

A Manitoba farmer has come up with a tool that will keep mud from building up on packer wheels

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Gordon Sharp of Riceton, Sask. and Henning Wubbe of La Riviere, Man. have completely different soil conditions, but both say any tool that can keep mud from building up on packer wheels at seeding is almost worth its weight in gold. Both grain and oilseed producers have become solid believers in the Devloo Roto Mud […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Markets

Ottawa slaps Prairie grain volume quotas on railways

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The federal government has imposed an immediate schedule of increasing mandatory minimum volumes of Prairie grain on Canada’s big two railways, subject to fines. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt on Friday announced an order-in-council, effective immediately, which sets out minimum volumes of grain that Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) are each required to […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Vancouver truckers reach tentative deal

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CNS Canada –– Container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest port, reached a tentative agreement on Thursday, avoiding a strike by 400 members of Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers’ Association (VCTA). The drivers had been set to join 1,200 non-unionized truckers, represented by the United Truckers Association, who have already been taking job action since […] Read more
Machinery

Putting penetrating fluids to the test

We compare four common brands and rate their effectiveness in a Grainews workshop test

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It was clear from the beginning of Project CJ3A (which debuted in the February 4 issue) that disassembly of that 61-year-old Jeep was going to be difficult. It had to be fully dismantled at the start of its restoration, but decades of corrosion buildup was battling our efforts to separate nuts from bolts. We knew […] Read more
Soil tilling shanks.
Machinery

What to look for in a deep ripper

The shape of your shank depends on your type of soil

If you’re considering the purchase of a deep ripper implement to remove compaction in your fields, there are a few basic differences to keep in mind. First, there are a couple of basic shank shapes on the market. The curved shape on the front of some shanks reduces their draft load, making them easier to […] Read more
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Machinery

Till-N-Plant implement offers benefits to western growers

A strip-tilling implement provides advantages in areas with short growing seasons

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Just as corn production gains popularity with western farmers, this year’s delayed spring seeding season left some varieties without enough heat units to reach maturity. But one equipment manufacturer, U.S.-based Schlagel Manufacturing, believes their Till-N-Plant, Series Two, strip-tilling implement might have helped prevent that by effectively extending the growing season. “One of the advantages of strip till is you […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

More grain cars now would be ‘wrong thing,’ CP CEO says

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Canadian Pacific Railway’s CEO has warned readers of Canada’s two national newspapers that adding more rail cars and locomotives now on CP track would serve only to worsen the grain backlog on the Prairies. Writing in full-page CP advertisements in Thursday’s Globe and Mail and National Post, Hunter Harrison said adding more cars to a […] Read more

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