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Tile drainpipe supplier AccuPipe changes hands

Pipe manufacturer back with previous Manitoba owner

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News 4 days ago

Winkler drain tile manufacturer AccuPipe is back with its previous owners after a six-year stint under U.S. management. Precision Land Solutions (PLS) announced Friday it has bought the AccuPipe business — which makes HDPE tubing for the farm, commercial and construction tile drainage markets — from Minnesota-based manufacturer Prinsco for an undisclosed sum. AccuPipe had […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Garneau re-adjusts train speed limits

New limits in place for 'key trains' with dangerous goods

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News February 18, 2020

Having cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods following a fiery derailment earlier this month, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is adjusting those limits for a “more targeted” approach. Garneau announced Sunday he has pulled his Feb. 6 ministerial order on speed limits and replaced it with a new one affecting so-called “key trains” […] Read more

General, Machinery & Shop

Xplornet buys Ontario’s Silo Wireless

Deal includes rural wireless, fibre services

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News February 16, 2020

Canada’s biggest rural broadband company has expanded its space in the southwestern Ontario market by buying internet and fibre-to-home provider Silo Wireless. New Brunswick-based Xplornet Communications, whose client list already includes over a million rural customers in all provinces, announced it has closed its deal to buy Silo for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Subsidy for grain dryer upgrades in Alberta draws critics

By D.c. Fraser, GFM Network News February 14, 2020

Concerns are being raised over a new program for grain drying being offered to Alberta residents. The federal and Alberta governments recently announced Alberta farmers seeking to make grain dryer improvements will have access to funding through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The Efficient Grain Dryer Program aims to cover costs for energy efficiency improvements to […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Alberta program to cost-share grain dryer upgrades

Applicants under previous FEAP plan eligible

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 12, 2020

Alberta plans to use federal and provincial funding to help grain growers cut the energy bills from grain drying with more fuel-efficient equipment. The provincial government on Friday announced what it’s dubbed the Efficient Grain Dryer Program, backed by $2 million from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership federal/provincial funding framework. Applicants can get 50 per cent […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters, Weather

Drones to be tested against Africa’s locust swarms

U.N.'s FAO testing drones to detect, spray pests

By Nita Bhalla, GFM Network News February 11, 2020

Nairobi | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The United Nations is to test drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa battling an invasion of desert locusts that are ravaging crops and exacerbating a hunger crisis. Hundreds of millions of the voracious insects have swept across Ethiopia, Somalia and […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

New curb follows another Saskatchewan crash, fire

By David Ljunggren, Rod Nickel February 6, 2020

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — The federal government said Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) crude oil train derailed and caught fire. The accident, which happened in the early hours of Thursday near Guernsey, Sask., about 40 km south of Humboldt, was the second […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Weather

Carbon tax an eight per cent hit on net income, APAS says

By GFM Staff February 6, 2020

The average Saskatchewan farmer can expect to lose about eight per cent of his or her annual net farm income to the federal carbon tax to 2020 — and 12 per cent in 2022, the province’s general ag group says. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan on Monday released new estimates on the financial impacts […] Read more

General, Machinery & Shop, Reuters, Weather

Ford says emissions certification process under federal probe

By David Shepardson February 5, 2020

Washington | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday Canadian officials have opened a preliminary investigation into the automaker’s emissions certification process. Ford said in its annual report Environment and Climate Change Canada has opened a probe into the matter after the automaker disclosed early last year that the U.S. Justice Department had opened a […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Machinery costs driving up fixed farming expenses

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm February 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Fixed costs on farms continue to rise year-over-year, a statistic largely attributed to increasing land values and interest rates. At the beginning of 2019, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) reported farmland values across Canada increased by an average of 6.6 per cent during the previous year. But that’s not the main driver of fixed […] Read more

Klassen: Calves remain firm while yearlings falter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat plunge on coronavirus worries

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs dive as coronavirus rattles markets

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Klassen: Calves remain firm while yearlings falter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat plunge on coronavirus worries

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs dive as coronavirus rattles markets

Machinery & Shop

Tile drainpipe supplier AccuPipe changes hands

Garneau re-adjusts train speed limits

Xplornet buys Ontario’s Silo Wireless

Subsidy for grain dryer upgrades in Alberta draws critics

Alberta program to cost-share grain dryer upgrades

Drones to be tested against Africa’s locust swarms

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

Carbon tax an eight per cent hit on net income, APAS says

Ford says emissions certification process under federal probe

Machinery costs driving up fixed farming expenses

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