Machinery

Grain and fertilizer traffic rose 13 per cent in Canadian National Railway’s fourth fiscal quarter, toward a small full-year increase in an otherwise record year on CN track. Canada’s largest rail network on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $610 million on a record $2.53 billion in revenues, up from $592 million on $2.38 billion […] Read more

A pair of farm equipment dealerships in western Manitoba are set to become the latest links in a Prairiewide chain of equipment outlets by next month. Rocky Mountain Equipment, a Calgary-based "consolidator" of 39 equipment dealers across the Prairies, mostly handling Case IH, New Holland and Case Construction brands, said Friday it will buy Murray’s […] Read more

A well-known southwestern Saskatchewan company making portable belt conveyors for the grain, seed and fertilizer markets plans to retrofit a recycled paper processor’s building as its new and expanded factory. Batco Manufacturing, the founding company of grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth International (AGI), plans to spend $8.7 million to buy and renovate the former […] Read more

In a machinery market with fewer farmers interested in handling their own spraying, farm equipment giant Agco plans to close the history book on another of its storied brands. The Atlanta-area manufacturing firm announced Monday it will discontinue production of SpraCoupe compact self-propelled sprayers for the North American market, effective this spring. Production of all […] Read more