Machinery

A major ammonia and urea fertilizer production plant near Edmonton will be shut down until Nov. 20 for repairs on a failed waste heat boiler. Agrium’s Redwater 2 plant at Redwater, about 45 km northeast of Edmonton, was shut down Oct. 15 due to the boiler failure, the company said in a release Thursday. “Reduced […] Read more

The Quebec government’s economic development lender has put up $900,000 in loans and guarantees for a Massey Ferguson dealership to consolidate its ownership. Investissement Quebec will provide Dany Lafrance and Martin Nolin, the sales and service managers respectively at Champoux Machineries, with a $650,000 loan and a guarantee for another $250,000 loan. The financing is […] Read more

A small hamlet in southeastern Saskatchewan will be the base for a prominent Swedish planting and tillage equipment maker to set itself up in the North American ag market. Vaderstad-Verken AB on Thursday announced it will buy full ownership of Seed Hawk, the Langbank, Sask.-based air seeder manufacturer in which it’s held a minority stake […] Read more

Canada’s government is closely monitoring a dispute between Canadian National Railway and its conductors’ and yardmen’s union and is urging both parties to continue talking, a spokeswoman for Labour Minister Kellie Leitch said Tuesday. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) said Monday talks had broken down, raising the possibility of a strike or a lockout […] Read more