Insights and Stories on Machinery

Sep. 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm CDT

The U.S. federal Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of Canadian crops such as canola and corn in U.S. biofuels Thursday, in a move that lifted Canadian canola prices and may help the U.S. meet its ambitious targets for biofuels. The EPA’s designation of Canadian crops as a renewable biomass […]

By Rod Nickel

Sep. 26, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

The economics of using camelina and carinata oils to brew up biofuel in Saskatchewan for jet aircraft will be the subject of a new study with federal backing. Ag-West Bio, a federally- and provincially-funded bioscience investment fund, will lead a study reviewing the possibilities for feedstock production, processing requirements and […]

Sep. 23, 2011 at 4:35 pm CDT

An eastern Saskatchewan company that’s been pumping out canola biodiesel for 10 years plans to quintuple its maximum output by year’s end. Milligan Bio-Tech, operating at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton, said Friday it’s completed a $4 million private placement of unsecured convertible debentures and lined up […]

Sep. 22, 2011 at 4:08 pm CDT

Saskatchewan will put up $3 million for needed improvements and maintenance on a grain- and forestry-dependent rail line in the province’s northwest, pending the line’s sale. The provincial funding will go to North Central Rail Line, the organization negotiating for the purchase of the line running about 340 km from […]

Sep. 21, 2011 at 4:25 pm CDT

Seeding equipment manufacturer Seed Hawk will again directly manage its sales to Australia after its export partner announced plans to exit that market. Seed Hawk, based at Langbank in southeastern Saskatchewan, said Wednesday it will take over the sales administration of its products in Australia starting Jan. 1, 2012. Swedish […]