Insights and Stories on Machinery

EQuipTV: New Zealand seeding technology heads north

Jul. 8, 2011 at 6:33 pm CDT

Growers in North Dakota were recently treated to a demonstration of New Zealand seed drill technology at work in Prairie growing conditions. Baker No-Tillage, the New Zealand manufacturer of the Cross Slot drill, has partnered with North American manufacturers to build units on this continent for farmers in the zero-till […]

Drozd: Main trend in crude oil still up, despite recent downturn

Jul. 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm CDT

By David Drozd

National cattle record-keeping system phase-in begins

Jul. 6, 2011 at 2:36 pm CDT

Nationwide biodiesel mandate to arrive Friday

Jun. 30, 2011 at 3:12 pm CDT

Floods add to Canadian Pacific’s weather woes

Jun. 27, 2011 at 11:30 pm CDT

By nicole-mordant

Que. cheesemaker to be fuelled by whey

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 […]

Buhler adds tillage to Farm King, Versatile lines

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” […]

Bin maker Meridian to offer aeration systems

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 […]

Westeel to add conveyor systems to product line

Jun. 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm CDT

Canadian steel grain bin maker Westeel has tapped a Swedish manufacturer to build Westeel-branded conveyor and elevator grain handling systems. Westeel on Monday announced it has contracted with Skandia Elevator, based at Arentorp, Sweden, about 100 km northeast of Goteborg, to manufacture conveyors and elevators for sale in Canada under […]

Lack of wheat drives up prices from ethanol plants

Jun. 9, 2011 at 4:01 pm CDT

Prices for feed wheat in Western Canada having seen a significant jump throughout the first half of 2011, thanks in large part to strong demand from the ethanol sector. In the middle of November, Husky Energy’s plants at Minnedosa, Man. and Lloydminster, Sask. were paying producers $4.25 and $4.55 per […]

By Brent Harder