Insights and Stories on Machinery

Aug. 12, 2011 at 11:51 pm CDT

Agriprocessing companies and startups in British Columbia’s Central Interior can expect access to new testing and product research equipment through federal funding for the region’s university. Kamloops-based Thompson Rivers University has picked up about $890,000 in Western Diversification Program (WDP) funding for equipment which until now “has not been available […]

Aug. 12, 2011 at 3:30 pm CDT

A 137-year-old flour mill and museum in Nova Scotia’s Colchester County will close for a $1.1 million maintenance project from Monday (Aug. 15) until next June. The Balmoral Grist Mill, one of 27 sites in the province’s museum system and still functioning as a flour mill, will shut for the […]

Aug. 10, 2011 at 11:01 am CDT

A livestock tracking plan introduced on Tuesday aims to improve the United States’ ability to combat disease outbreaks faster, marking the U.S. government’s second attempt on such a system after an earlier plan fizzled out over cost and privacy concerns.  The plan introduced by the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) could […]

By christopher-doering

Aug. 9, 2011 at 4:11 pm CDT

Managers of crop operations with employees can use a new program, to be distributed by Cargill on behalf of Canada’s main ag safety organization, to develop safety plans for their businesses. The program, dubbed SafetySense, is geared toward Canadian crop producers who may also have “multiple enterprises” such as cattle, […]

Aug. 4, 2011 at 5:00 am CDT

With harvest upon us, a video available at Grainews.ca takes a look at ways in which Prairie farmers can get the most out of their combines this summer and fall. In the short EQuipTV video posted in June, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey takes us to a Prairie Agricultural Machinery […]