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Canada, U.S. reach deal to update NAFTA, sources say

Sep. 30, 2018 at 9:49 pm CDT

Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — The U.S. and Canada reached a deal to update NAFTA and keep it a trilateral pact with Mexico, beating a midnight deadline with agreements to boost U.S. access to Canada’s dairy market and protect Canada from possible U.S. autos tariffs, two Canadian sources with direct knowledge […]

Canada sticks to plan to stay at NAFTA talks despite Trump attack

Sep. 27, 2018 at 4:42 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Canada not making concessions needed for NAFTA deal, says U.S.

Sep. 25, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

By David Lawder

Mexico says will seek deal with Canada if NAFTA talks fail

Sep. 21, 2018 at 11:09 pm CDT

By Reuters

NAFTA talks grind on with little sign of deal

Sep. 20, 2018 at 3:39 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Ottawa budgets $117 million to reconnect Churchill

Sep. 15, 2018 at 11:13 am CDT

The federal government’s latest commitment to restore and maintain rail service from the eastern Prairies up to Hudson Bay will involve $117 million over the next 10 years. Ottawa’s pledge follows the Aug. 31 announcement of a deal for a private/public partnership group to buy the Hudson Bay Railway line, […]

By GFM Staff

Trucker shortage troublesome for Prairie cattle industry

Sep. 15, 2018 at 3:42 am CDT

CNS Canada — As large volumes of cattle make their way to western Canadian auction marts this fall, buyers are having problems finding truckers to haul them. Those problems may get worse in the future, as federal regulations for cattle hauling could possibly change. “I would say it’s worse this […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

The legal mess of data ownership

Sep. 14, 2018 at 3:43 pm CDT

Worldwide, more and more farmers are using big-data software systems to increase farm productivity and profitability. A major and often-cited barrier to more widespread adoption, however, is the lack of farmer trust when it comes to data ownership. That lack of trust can be warranted. According to some data law […]

By Matt McIntosh

Valley hybrid X-Tec motor for center-pivot irrigation

Sep. 13, 2018 at 4:49 pm CDT

Valley Irrigation has introduced a new hybrid machine configuration for its X-Tec center drive motor. The new X-Tec motor operates at up to twice the speed of ordinary center drive motors. The new hybrid X-Tec pivot configuration uses the high-speed Valley center drive motors on the inner drive units and […]

By Staff

ADM ramps up ethanol sales in Chicago, irking rivals

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland has sold unusually high volumes of ethanol into the Chicago market since late last year as export markets dried up, driving down prices in the U.S. Midwest and angering the company’s rivals, according to traders and regulatory data. The Illinois-based global commodities […]

By Jarrett Renshaw Michael Hirtzer