Insights and Stories on Machinery

N.Y. sinks ‘unattainable’ rules for St. Lawrence traffic

Feb. 24, 2012 at 7:53 pm CST

State conservation officials in New York have deep-sixed proposals for rules that would have required vessels using the St. Lawrence Seaway to install treatment systems for their ballast water by next year. Thursday’s announcement comes as a relief to the Canadian government, as enforcement of such rules on transiting ships […]

Viterra to boost SE Sask. elevator’s capacity

Feb. 23, 2012 at 4:55 pm CST

Que. organic miller backed to double production

Feb. 21, 2012 at 6:04 am CST

CP wants conciliator in talks with crews’, controllers’ union

Feb. 17, 2012 at 5:35 pm CST

Manitoba to loosen spring trucking restrictions

Feb. 16, 2012 at 5:00 am CST

Equipment dealer, museum founder Stan Reynolds, 88

Feb. 15, 2012 at 5:38 am CST

Memorial services are expected to be held later this spring for the auto and ag equipment dealer whose collections of vintage iron were the basis for the Reynolds-Alberta Museum. Stan Reynolds of Wetaskiwin, Alta. died last Thursday in Edmonton at age 88, the provincial government reported Monday. Reynolds’ "lifelong interest […]

Lower ocean freight costs support grain exports

Feb. 13, 2012 at 7:27 pm CST

Soft ocean freight rates, which hit 25-year lows in early February, are helping cut into Canada’s grain freight disadvantage with some of its competitors, according to industry participants. The Baltic Dry Index, which is used as a guide for global shipping rates, is sitting at 715 points, up from a […]

By Adam Johnston

Robot milker firm, Ont. builder partner on dairy barns

Feb. 11, 2012 at 5:00 am CST

A southwestern Ontario construction and design firm specializing in ag buildings has struck a partnership with a major milking equipment supplier to offer a full-service dairy barn package. Post Farm Structures, based at Alma, Ont., and Dutch dairy equipment and robotics firm Lely on Thursday announced the launch of Integrated […]

ADM to shut North Dakota ethanol plant in April

Feb. 7, 2012 at 1:46 pm CST

Archer Daniels Midland on Monday said it will close a North Dakota ethanol plant near the Manitoba border, marking the first such closure for the agribusiness giant that last month announced the elimination of 1,000 jobs. The facility at Walhalla, N.D., about 30 km south of Winkler, Man., will permanently […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Ont. grain growers, ethanol lobby rip critical report

Feb. 7, 2012 at 3:43 am CST

A study painting a bleak picture for Canada’s livestock sector under a continued regime of ethanol subsidies and government incentives has drawn blowback from Ontario’s grain growers and the voice of the biofuel industry. The study, commissioned by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Canadian Pork Council and Canadian Meat Council and […]

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