Insights and Stories on Machinery

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 […]

Jul. 28, 2011 at 4:06 pm CDT

City folks like that new-car smell, but for farmers, it’s the aroma of a new pickup that has the most appeal, and some of our writers recently had the opportunity to sniff around some new offerings. Ford was somehow able to pry away Manitoba Co-operator editor Laura Rance from her […]

Jul. 12, 2011 at 4:24 pm CDT

Quebec meat packing giant Olymel has picked up a $2 million federal loan for three new bacon slicing and packing lines for its Aliments Prince food service operations. Aliments Prince, which makes precooked bacon products for the foodservice, retail, restaurant and fast food sectors at St-Hyacinthe, will be able to […]