Insights and Stories on Machinery

Mar. 11, 2011 at 12:01 am CST

Cattle producers, feedlots and packers are up for federal funding to help keep their information technology (IT) systems BIXS-compatible. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Thursday budgeted $5.3 million from the AgriFlexibility fund for the project, to be spearheaded by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), as part of a larger $8.16 […]

Mar. 8, 2011 at 4:00 pm CST

A Calgary group managing and buying Case IH dealerships across the Prairies plans to “slow down on acquisitions” in fiscal 2011. Publicly-traded Rocky Mountain Dealerships operates 37 full-service ag and construction dealerships across the West, mostly selling Case IH and Case machinery. The company on Tuesday reported 2010 year-end profit […]

Mar. 8, 2011 at 2:08 pm CST

Two John Deere dealerships in southern Ontario have announced plans to merge in May, bringing 10 separate shops under one banner. AgraTurf Equipment Services, which operates at Ayr, Courtland, Simcoe, Smithville and Tavistock, will combine with Elmira Farm Service and its stores at Elmira, Listowel, Mount Forest, Ospringe and Alliston […]

Feb. 24, 2011 at 4:29 pm CST

Unionized mechanical services staff at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted in favour of labour peace with the company through to the end of 2014. About 2,100 shopcraft staff, represented by the Canadian Auto Workers, voted 82 per cent in favour of a new four-year collective agreement at membership meetings […]

Feb. 16, 2011 at 5:55 pm CST

Quebec’s maple syrup producers’ federation will have over $110,000 in federal funding to study the use of RFID chips as a traceability tool. The Federation des producteurs acericoles du Quebec (FPAQ) on Tuesday got a pledge of up to $110,620 from the federal Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative (CIFSI) for […]