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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.


McMillan: U.S. drought area down, but very dry areas drier

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-23
Total U.S. farmland under drought edged lower over the week ending May 21, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's Thursday update.


Tight feed forces some Prairie cattle to pasture early

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-22
Some producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are having to put cattle out to pasture earlier than they should because they don't have enough feed supplies to nourish them.


U.S. corn falls after record planting pace

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
U.S. corn futures dropped 1.5 per cent, to their lowest since early April, on Tuesday as investors unwound bull spreads following a record planting pace last week that encouraged farmers to sell some old-crop supplies to ease cash market...


CropChatter: Should I be cancelling my soybean seed?

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
If you're a soybean grower in Manitoba, before you considering cancelling your soybean seed for this spring, Manitoba's CropChatter website lists a few points you should consider.


Prairie farmers take advantage of planting window

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
Weather conditions were good for spring seeding across much of Western Canada over the past week, with producers in the Prairie provinces getting in about a third of the crop in the past seven days alone, according to a CWB official.


McMillan: Northern Plains planting grinds to a halt

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
Planting problems resume for northern U.S. farmers. In what was already a very slow start to seeding, farmers were stopped by rains so heavy that flash flood warnings were issued for southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota.


McMillan: Prairie crop insect pressure light, so far

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
With warming weather come weeds and pests. So far insect pest numbers on the agricultural Prairies have been light -- although that can change quickly.


New alliance to focus wheat research in Saskatoon

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
The federal government has joined with the Saskatchewan government and University of Saskatchewan to form a new Canadian Wheat Alliance, dedicated to improving yields and profitability of wheat.


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.


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