Jennifer Case had big plans for expansion of her small San Diego plant that turns used restaurant cooking oil into biodiesel fuel after it sold out its entire production of about 1.5 million gallons in 2011. By the end of the year, business had taken a "devastating turn," Case told lawmakers at a Capitol Hill […] Read more
Biodiesel fraud roils U.S. industry
Health Canada to probe wind turbine noise
Health Canada plans its own primary research to paint “a more complete picture” of the potential health impacts on rural Canadians from life near wind turbine farms. The federal department on Tuesday announced it will work with Statistics Canada on a new peer-reviewed study, for completion sometime in 2014, on “the relationship between wind turbine […] Read more
Pearce: New front-boom sprayers offer several benefits
Until now, there are those in the sprayer business who’d say the industry can be something of a pain in the neck. But that notion is set to change with the launch of the Guardian self-propelled front boom sprayer from New Holland. Technicians, specialists and sales staff from the Great Lakes New Holland dealerships at […] Read more
Morris pilots new leasing program
Saskatchewan farm equipment maker Morris Industries has rolled out a pilot program offering leases on its bale carriers and heavy harrows. The Morris Leasing program, announced last week at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, will be available on the company’s Field Pro heavy harrows and ProAg hay hauling products — and only for its […] Read more
Pearce: Salford planting seeds for expansion
In a sector dominated by U.S. name brands in farm equipment, and an increasing number of European players coming to the market, Salford Tillage and Seeding Systems is practically in a class by itself. Easily one of the most successful Canadian farm equipment manufacturers, the company recently cut the ribbon on its latest plant expansion, […] Read more
Pearce: Fendt aims for broad definition of ‘efficiency’
A two-day demonstration event brought roughly 300 producers to a farm near here to see the latest line of tractors from German manufacturer Fendt. The Ontario events are the second in a series of field demonstrations being organized across various parts of the continent. Admittedly, organizers with Fendt have chosen specific sites for their concentrations […] Read more
Versatile enters North American combine market
A well-known Canadian name in Prairie farm machinery has become the first new brand of agricultural combine on this continent in 14 years. Versatile, a division of Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries best known for its farm tractors, launched its RT490 rotary combine Wednesday at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina. The combines, made in Russia by […] Read more
Cross-country combine “Prairie Belle” retired
After travelling 4,000 kilometres across Canada, and four years helping harvest crops and raise funds at the Big Quill Canadian Foodgrains Bank Community Growing Project, the Prairie Belle has been retired. The 1980 Massey Ferguson 860 combine became well known in 2000, when owner Nick Parsons drove it from his farm in Dawson Creek, B.C. […] Read more
Deere dealer chain to build new at Calgary
Canada’s biggest group of John Deere ag equipment dealerships plans to build rather than buy for its next outlet. Cervus Equipment Corp. announced last Thursday that it’s bought 21.6 acres of land just north of Calgary’s city limits for $8.52 million. The land was bought from an "arm’s length party," Cervus said, with the plan […] Read more
Man. manure pile heated up by hot tractor
A couple from Manitoba’s Interlake will face charges later this summer after a Steiger tractor, stolen over 17 months ago, was found under a massive manure pile. The 2009 Case IH Steiger 485, valued at about $300,000, had been reported missing from a business in the RM of Rosser, just northwest of Winnipeg, on Dec. […] Read more
