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Versatile increases air cart capacity

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The number one thing we did was make it bigger,” says Trevor Jubinville, Versatile’s product marketing manager for seeding equipment. “We took what we had and made it bigger.” With the introduction of a new, three-compartment air cart for 2014, the company’s line grows to three models, with the existing 315 and 400, and now […] Read more
Machinery

Award winning drill incorporates new technology

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Some of the features on the Great Plains Centurion drill, which is designed for European fields, may find their way onto North American models

There are some really nice technological features on this machine,” said Daniel Rauchholz, president of Great Plains International, as he sat at a table inside the Great Plains display at Ag Connect Expo in Kansas City in January. He was discussing the features on the firm’s new Centurion small-grains drill. But the Downtown Convention Centre […] Read more
Machinery

Adapting planter design

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A Prairie retailer and distributor team up with manufacturers to create â€Ļa unique seeding implement designed specifically to meet western needs

We always want to keep advancing,” said Kellen Huber, owner of short-line retailer Tri Star Farm Service at Regina, as he described the modified Monosem planter with attached Morris 650 air cart on display at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in June. “There are new (seeding) ideas and new products coming to the table,” he added. […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

Robotic milkers, so why not robotic herders?

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Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have developed a robotic herder which they say does a better job than humans or dogs. A four-wheeled device nicknamed Robotic Rover has successfully herded dairy cows in tests on the university’s dairy herd. “Removing human judgment from trafficking speed will allow us to ensure that cows […] Read more
General, Machinery

Farm Business Communications earns online honours

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The web arm of Canadian Cattlemen magazine and the mobile app for Grainews were among the winners at the fifth annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards announced Wednesday in Toronto. CanadianCattlemen.ca earned a silver award for best overall companion website in the Blue (business-to-business, professional association, farm, scholarly) division at the COPA show. Grainews Mobile, meanwhile, […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Ritz sees railways doing ‘adequate’ job moving huge crop

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Canada’s two main railways, Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), have done an “adequate” job moving this year’s record harvests to port, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. Prairie farmers produced the biggest grain and oilseed harvests on record this year, according to government estimates, straining the system of moving crops from […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Chinese demand for coal supports ocean freight market

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The global ocean freight market is seen as generally good this year, with strong demand for coal from China providing support. “China is importing more coal and rebuilding stockpiles, which is giving strength to freight markets,” Christopher Nolan of Summit Maritime Corp. said during a presentation at the Cereals North America global grain conference in […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

Co-ops seal deal for Viterra stores, will shut two

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Updated, Nov. 8 — Fifteen Viterra crop retail outlets on the Prairies will soon fly the banners of their communities’ local co-ops, while operations at two others will be wound down. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) announced Thursday it has closed its deal to buy the fertilizer, seed and agriculture chemical supply centres from Viterra, the […] Read more

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