Insights and Stories of Staff

Feed manufacturers to retool recipes under vitamin shortage

Dec. 22, 2017 at 8:53 pm CST

Feed manufacturers up against a global shortage of vitamins A and E will be able to temporarily reformulate their products for sale in Canada without a complete rewrite of their product labels. The shortage stems from an Oct. 31 fire during the startup of an aroma chemicals plant operated by […]

CN, CP roll over revenue caps for 2016-17

Dec. 22, 2017 at 4:06 am CST

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Aricks row cleaners for John Deere 50/60/90-series no-till drills

Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:31 pm CST

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Bovine TB probe’s on-farm testing work complete

Dec. 19, 2017 at 8:22 pm CST

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Vancouver port space secured for pulse processor AGT

Dec. 18, 2017 at 9:22 pm CST

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Richardson buys Winnipeg-area input retailer

Dec. 18, 2017 at 5:54 pm CST

An independent crop input retailer is being merged into one of its neighbours near Winnipeg as grain firm Richardson International continues on a retail expansion track. Privately-held Richardson announced Dec. 11 it has closed a deal to buy the retail assets of Bestland Air Ltd. at Starbuck, Man., about 30 […]

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No prison for Saskatchewan rancher over stolen farm equipment

Dec. 15, 2017 at 8:31 pm CST

A western Saskatchewan rancher who pleaded guilty in August to charges over the discovery last year of missing tractors, balers and other farm equipment will serve time outside the prison system, Saskatoon media reported Friday. Iain Stables, now 40, was sentenced Friday in Provincial Court in Saskatoon to a conditional […]

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Agri-food supercluster announces board, CEO

Dec. 15, 2017 at 4:47 pm CST

The new Smart Agri-Food Supercluster (SASC) will field a team of 11 innovation and corporate leaders from across Canada as its interim board of directors. The board (see below), which will be chaired by Doug Beever of Agrium, has also appointed Rob Davies as its interim CEO. Davies brings more […]

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Harvestec owner Linamar set to buy MacDon

Dec. 14, 2017 at 5:42 pm CST

Canadian harvesting equipment company MacDon is set to join the ag arm of industrial equipment and parts manufacturer Linamar. Guelph-based Linamar Corp., which markets the Harvestec brand of corn harvesting headers in North America, on Thursday announced a “definitive” agreement to buy 100 per cent of Winnipeg-based MacDon and its […]

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New guidance, machine data sharing technology from John Deere

Dec. 14, 2017 at 3:56 pm CST

John Deere has new guidance and machine data sharing technology with the addition of three new AutoTrac applications and a new In-Field Data Sharing application for its Generation 4 Displays. AutoTrac Turn Automation makes end turns smooth, consistent and comfortable for operators during tillage, planting, seeding or other pre-emerge applications when using straight-track […]

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