Canada’s two main railways have both come in less than 0.1 per cent over their nine-figure limits on the annual revenue they’re allowed to keep from hauling Prairie farmers’ grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency, which has set the railways’ revenue caps on domestic grain handling revenue since the end of the Crow Rate freight subsidy […] Read more
CN, CP slightly over limits on Prairie grain revenue
Arrests made in Quebec maple syrup heist
Updated, Dec. 18 — This summer’s disappearance of six million pounds of Quebec maple syrup from the province’s “strategic reserve” has led to charges against three people, with more arrests pending. Quebec’s provincial police, la Surete du Quebec, said Richard Vallieres of Loretteville, Avik Caron of St. Wenceslas and an unnamed third person arrested will […] Read more
Dry Ont., Que. farms needing feed get AgriRecovery
Livestock producers in parched regions of Ontario and Quebec will get AgriRecovery funding to help cover the costs of hauling feed to their animals or vice-versa. The federal and Ontario government on Friday announced a $2.4 million AgriRecovery budget for what’s dubbed the Ontario Forage and Livestock Transportation Assistance Initiative. For producers in designated drought […] Read more
Sugarcane has Agco optimistic on 2013
Farming equipment maker Agco Corp. expects its 2013 profit to be in a range mostly above Wall Street’s forecast, citing growing sales of tractors to harvest sugarcane in South America. The company, which competes fiercely with rival Deere and Co., expects 2013 earnings per share of $5.50 to $5.75 per share (all figures US$). Analysts […] Read more
Grain farmers hail rail freight service enforcement
Prairie crop growers relying on the rails to get their wares past Canada’s geography are hailing federal legislation tabled Tuesday, which, if needed, would enforce levels of service between rail freight shippers and railways. Bill C-52, the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, would give companies shipping goods by rail the right to set up a […] Read more
Grain farmers hail rail freight service enforcement
Law tabled Tuesday may impose arbitrated service pacts, fines for violations
Ottawa to unveil bill to improve rail service Tuesday
Canada’s federal government will unveil long-awaited legislation on rail freight service on Tuesday in Winnipeg, the heart of the country’s grain sector. The legislation, as an amendment to Canada’s Transportation Act, has pitted shippers like grain handlers, miners and movers of commercial goods, against railways Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway. The shippers want […] Read more
Alta. livestock groups roll out ‘livestock ER’ trailers
Alberta’s livestock organizations have rolled out a new fleet of livestock handling equipment trailers for use in emergency situations. The trailers are to be stationed in four "key areas" of the province based on animal movement volumes and the groups’ co-ordination plans, along with a "roaming" unit for use provincewide. A new training course is […] Read more
Sask. road loads raised for winter on Dec. 1
Grain and livestock truckers using Saskatchewan’s secondary-weight highways will be able to haul the same weights as on its primary highways starting Dec. 1. When highway roadbeds freeze, both primary and secondary weight highways have the same strength and can handle heavier loads without damage. Farmers and other rural-based businesses are thus among the shippers […] Read more
CNH, Fiat Industrial to merge
International farm and construction equipment manufacturer CNH, itself formed from the merger of Case IH, New Holland and Steyr, is poised to merge with its majority owner in a new, yet-to-be-named company. Fiat Industrial, which spun off last year from automaker Fiat and is the 88 per cent majority owner of CNH Global, on Monday […] Read more
