Insights and Stories on Machinery

May. 17, 2011 at 1:56 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers who aren’t able to get enough acres seeded this spring to qualify for their “F” (farm) plates will get to keep their designation for another year. SGI, the province’s Crown auto insurer, had granted a farm plate eligibility exemption in 2010, set to expire next month, on June […]

May. 17, 2011 at 10:04 am CDT

If you’ve tried to get past a washout or get a truck down a dirt road that looked dry at the time, we’d like to hear your cautionary tale. Springtime driving on the Prairies can often lead to a few extra minutes in the ruts, a truck of unknown colour, […]

By Manitoba Co-operator staff

May. 15, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Seeding still appears to be off to a flying stop in some cropland on the Prairies, while field reports in Eastern Canada suggest much better luck with planting. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) on Monday (May 16) reported “favourable weather” last week had allowed a “dramatic” increase in seeding progress, […]

By Dave Bedard

May. 11, 2011 at 11:28 am CDT

Sandor Arendse can see and hear the big equipment preparing to breach the dike separating him and his family farm from the surging Assiniboine River, but as of Tuesday afternoon he hadn’t had any official word that he could be flooded. “It looks like I’m going to lose my home […]

By Allan Dawson

May. 11, 2011 at 10:32 am CDT

Manitoba’s provincial government plans to designate and open up specific Crown lands to house livestock and store farm machinery — and open up otherwise restricted roads to move them — in areas at serious risk of flooding. Provincial Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers on Tuesday declared a “livestock emergency,” during which […]