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
Versatile enters North American combine market
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
Prairie equipment dealer chain expands Alta. reach
An east-central Alberta farm equipment dealer is poised to become the latest member of the Rocky Mountain Dealerships group. The Calgary company said Monday it’s signed a deal to buy all shares of Camrose Farm Equipment, which sells Case IH, New Holland, MacDon, Seed Hawk, Renn, RiteWay and other brands at its two dealerships in […] Read more
New dairy expo built to be national industry showcase
The stage is set and a new large-scale dairy tradeshow is scheduled for Ontario in February 2013, with an eye on attracting a national following. The inaugural Canadian Dairy XPO (CDX), scheduled to take place in Stratford Feb. 6-7, is billed as a first-time event for Canada, where the width and breadth of the dairy […] Read more
Back-to-work bill’s assent restarts CP Friday
Canadian Pacific Railway will be online Friday following quick passage of a back-to-work law Thursday through Canada’s Senate and governor general’s office. The Senate, during a five-hour meeting Thursday afternoon, fast-tracked the Conservative government’s Bill C-39 through second reading, committee stage and third reading. The Conservatives’ Senate majority allowed the bill to pass third reading […] Read more
Back-to-work law introduced to end CP strike
Canadian Pacific Railway’s striking engineers, conductors, yardmen and trainspersons can expect to be ordered back to work later this week. Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt on Monday introduced Bill C-39, which would require an end to the CP strike and the appointment of an arbitrator 12 hours after the law receives royal assent, expected before […] Read more
Talks ‘stalled’ between CP, union
Talks to reach a new labour deal for Canadian Pacific Railway’s striking engineers and conductors are now "stalled." The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 4,800 of CP’s engineers, conductors, yardmen, trainspersons and rail traffic controllers, said Sunday that the federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is "no longer involved" in talks between CP […] Read more
Back-to-work law prepped for striking CP staff
The federal government has filed notice that it could table back-to-work legislation as early as next week against a strike by engineers and conductors at Canadian Pacific Railway. Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said in a release Wednesday that the proposed Restoring Rail Service Act is on notice for when the House of Commons resumes sitting […] Read more
