Insights and Stories on Machinery

Feb. 7, 2017 at 3:59 pm CST

Vancouver | Reuters — Police stopped a “well-intentioned” farmer on Vancouver Island on Monday night after he tried to clear a snowed-in neighbourhood street with a Zamboni, a vehicle for cleaning ice rinks and a fixture in arenas across Canada. Central Saanich police spokesman Dan Cottingham said on Tuesday the […]

By Reuters

Feb. 2, 2017 at 7:21 pm CST

Members of Quebec’s general farm organization plan to revoke permission for snowmobilers to use their land starting Monday, in protest over the province’s planned reforms to its farmland property tax credit. L’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) said Wednesday it had been planning such a move in late 2016 but on […]

By Staff

Jan. 31, 2017 at 6:51 pm CST

A U.S. firm with multiple brands in the utility vehicle market is set to add Minneapolis-based ATV and snowmobile maker Arctic Cat to its roster. Providence, R.I.-based Textron Inc. announced Wednesday it has signed an all-cash merger deal to buy NASDAQ-traded Arctic Cat for $18.50 a share, or about $247 […]

By Staff

Jan. 25, 2017 at 3:20 am CST

Traffic in Prairie grain and U.S. soybeans got credit Tuesday for helping Canadian National Railway (CN) to a record profit for its fourth fiscal quarter. Montreal-based CN booked net income of $1.018 billion on revenue of $3.217 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 31, up from $941 million on $3.166 […]

By Staff

Jan. 24, 2017 at 3:10 pm CST

At the recent Manitoba Ag Days, which wrapped up on Jan. 19, Scott Garvey of Grainews took a walk through the Inventor’s Showcase and took a look at a few inventions that caught his eye.