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Westeel buys Italian grain conveyor maker

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-23
Winnipeg grain storage and handling equipment maker Westeel plans to offer customers worldwide a "more comprehensive" product line by buying further into the grain conveyor business.


FREE to good home: FARM PROGRESS tickets

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-23
Haven't got your tickets yet for Canada's Farm Progress Show? Again this year, we might.


Pearce: Ruling over Ont. wind farm does more to confuse

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-17
Many a battle over rural resources and farm development has been waged between rural neighbours in the past 15 years -- ranging from legal challenges surrounding hog barn constructions to the development of gravel pits beneath arable land.


McMillan: Aim high on seeding density, canola expert says

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-16
Seeding is now active across most of the Prairies, but is running one to three weeks behind normal, leaving farmers eager to get seed in the ground as soon as possible.


CP to speed up Prairie track 'enhancements'

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-07
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has pledged up to an extra $100 million to its previously planned capital budget for track "enhancements" in its Prairie network.


Ammonium nitrate triggered Texas blast, state agency says

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-07
Investigators have confirmed ammonium nitrate was the trigger for the explosion at a West, Tex. fertilizer plant last month that left 14 people dead and some 200 injured, according to the Texas state fire marshal's office.


WeatherFarm aims to boost service under new ownership

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-07
Prairie farmers can expect to see an "enhanced selection" of online weather and agronomic tools from WeatherFarm.com, following the recent transfer of the program to new owners.


Pearce: Planter row unit's launch helps boost growers' spirits

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-06
Commodity prices are higher than 10 years ago, but growers are still looking for that competitive edge -- that one parameter that boosts their production on a per-bushel basis. In the past year, one theme that has popped up repeatedly is...


Allflex sale cashes in on livestock control boom

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-03
British private-equity firm Electra Partners is selling out of animal tagging company Allflex after 14 years, banking the rewards from ever stricter livestock controls prompted by a string of food scares.


Lower diesel prices trim grain freight rate index

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-03
A price index that helps set how much Canada's big two railways can make per year hauling Prairie grain will be pared back, based on lower-than-expected diesel fuel costs.


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