Insights and Stories on Machinery

Jun. 30, 2011 at 3:12 pm CDT

Nationwide regulations requiring two per cent biofuel in Canada’s diesel and heating oil will take effect as planned on Canada Day. Environment Minister Peter Kent on Wednesday announced the amended Renewable Fuels Regulations, which were published for public comment in February, will come into force on their expected start date […]

Jun. 27, 2011 at 11:30 pm CDT

Canadian Pacific Railway has shut a key cross-border track for up to 10 days because of flooding in Saskatchewan and North Dakota, dashing its hopes of putting a recent deluge of bad weather behind it. The company said Thursday the rapidly rising Souris River forced the shutdown on Monday night […]

By nicole-mordant

Jun. 18, 2011 at 3:46 pm CDT

A Quebec cheese producer has picked up a federal loan for equipment to use its own whey to help power and heat its manufacturing plant. Federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel on Tuesday announced $300,000 in “repayable funding” for Laiterie Charlevoix to become the first Quebec company to use such a […]

Jun. 16, 2011 at 5:48 pm CDT

The owner of the Farm King and Versatile farm equipment brands has added tillage equipment to both product lines. Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, which in February bought seeding equipment maker Ezee-On Manufacturing, said Wednesday it will produce its new tillage lines at the Ezee-On plant at Vegreville, Alta. A “complete range” […]

Jun. 16, 2011 at 3:57 pm CDT

Canadian hopper-bottom bin maker Meridian Manufacturing Group plans to expand its product offering in 2012 to include aeration systems. Meridian’s AirMax system, announced Wednesday at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show in Regina, is billed as a “flexible” system designed for retrofit installation in farmers’ existing hopper bins. The system […]