Insights and Stories on Machinery

CN boosts profit, grain handle in Q1

May. 5, 2011 at 11:00 am CDT

A larger grain handle and higher grain revenue have helped boost Canadian National Railway’s (CN) first-quarter bottom line. Montreal-based CN last week booked profit of $668 million on $2.084 billion in gross revenue for the three months ending March 31, up from $511 million on $1.965 billion in the year-earlier […]

It’s too soon to broadcast canola: CCC

May. 4, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Cattle tracking won’t slow sale process: Alta. study

Apr. 27, 2011 at 5:47 pm CDT

Cost index for Prairie grain freight rises with fuel bill

Apr. 25, 2011 at 6:26 am CDT

Canpotex to build Sask. railcar facility

Apr. 21, 2011 at 12:55 pm CDT

The rise of iFarmer

Apr. 20, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Three generations ago Canadian farmers got their market information from the local elevator and their weekly farm paper. A generation on, they shushed the kids and strained to hear the markets on the CBC’s noon-hour farm report. Just a generation ago, a handful took the electronic plunge and bought a […]

By Gord Gilmour

Flood forces CN, CP to close Man. rail lines

Apr. 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm CDT

Flooding caused by the Red River’s steady rise has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute trains on one Manitoba branch line and to close another, while Canadian National Railway has closed a secondary line. The Manitoba government was building dikes Wednesday across two of CP’s lines to protect the towns […]

By Rod Nickel

Don’t drive across flooding roads

Apr. 19, 2011 at 5:42 am CDT

The only sure way for drivers not to drown when crossing flooded rural roads is not to cross them, says Gordon Giesbrecht, associate dean at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation. Even if a road isn’t washed out — something drivers can’t see — it takes just […]

By Allan Dawson

CN adds more containers for grocery goods

Apr. 11, 2011 at 6:19 pm CDT

Aiming to boost its share of Canada’s domestic grocery and consumer goods shipping business, Canadian National Railway (CN) has bought over 1,000 new containers to cater to that market segment. About 80 per cent of the new containers are heated to carry “temperature-sensitive” goods year-round, while the remainder are standard […]

Man. equipment maker back at work after fire

Apr. 8, 2011 at 5:57 pm CDT

A southwestern Manitoba company making loader attachments for the farm market is back to normal operations at a temporary site after its shop burned in mid-March. Agromec Industries, a manufacturer of front-end loader, telehandler and skid-steer loader attachments, has set up temporary space at the Glendale Industries building on the […]

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