Insights and Stories on Machinery

Livestock transport regulations up for comment

Dec. 5, 2016 at 7:52 pm CST

The public can comment until mid-February on proposed new livestock transport regulations which the government says will help Canada line up with international standards and limit how long livestock can go unfed during shipping. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced amendments to the federal Health of Animals Regulations […]

Rise of the ag-robots

Dec. 2, 2016 at 9:48 am CST

By Scott Garvey

Farmer interest sought in Saskatchewan commodity hub

Nov. 29, 2016 at 8:52 pm CST

By Staff

Farming work exempt from proposed Alberta helmet law

Nov. 28, 2016 at 8:28 pm CST

By Staff

Ritchie Bros. buys Saskatchewan’s Kramer Auctions

Nov. 15, 2016 at 5:16 pm CST

By Staff

New Holland buying into tillage equipment market

Nov. 1, 2016 at 7:12 am CDT

U.S. ag equipment giant New Holland is set to enter the tillage equipment business and stretch out its space in the hay and forage market, with a deal for Danish manufacturer Kongskilde Industries. New Holland’s parent CNH Industrial on Monday announced it will buy Kongskilde’s agricultural “grass and soil” business […]

By Staff

Precision ag tech’s link to broadband under study

Oct. 31, 2016 at 12:56 am CDT

Crop growers in southwestern Ontario are being asked how their access to high-speed internet, or lack thereof, has helped or hindered their adoption of precision ag tools. Researchers at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), as part of the Regional and Rural Broadband (R2B2) project, are studying how […]

By Staff

CN feels Prairie harvest delays in Q3 revenues

Oct. 25, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

Weather-related stalls in this fall’s Prairie grain harvest have chipped away at Canadian National Railway’s (CN) third-quarter financials, as the railway booked lower profits and revenues on “shifting traffic demands.” Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported overall net income of $972 million on $3.014 billion in revenue for the quarter ending […]

By Staff

Saskatchewan presses for rail interswitching, revenue cap

Oct. 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm CDT

Farm stakeholder groups and Prairie provincial agriculture ministers got their chance Thursday to bring their concerns about grain transportation by rail to the federal minister responsible. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay held a roundtable meeting with grain sector representatives Thursday in Saskatoon, and met also […]

By Staff

CP trims outlook on delayed Prairie harvest

Oct. 19, 2016 at 7:11 pm CDT

Rain delays in this year’s Prairie grain harvest have bit into third-quarter revenues and earnings expectations for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). The Calgary company on Wednesday booked overall net income of $347 million on revenues of $1.554 billion for its quarter ending Sept. 30. While net income was up seven […]

By Staff