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CP books record profit, more grain revenue in 2014

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 22, 2015

Increased revenue from Canadian and U.S. grain traffic alike helped boost Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to a record full-year profit in 2014. Calgary-based CP on Thursday reported net income of $1.476 billion on $6.62 billion for the year ending Dec. 31, up from $875 million on $6.133 billion in 2013. For its fourth quarter, the […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

N.S. puts feed-in-tariff program on hold

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 16, 2015

Nova Scotia will stop taking applications for its local-level renewable electricity program pending a review. The province on Thursday announced seven new approvals under its Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) program, but also that it will “pause and evaluate” the program. The pause, the province said, is meant to see that COMFIT “continues to be community-based, […] Read more

The owners of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, shown here, are setting up a sister event for the western Canadian farm audience. (OutdoorFarmShow.com)

Crops, Machinery

Outdoor Farm Show owner sets sights on Saskatchewan

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 14, 2015

The owners of the biggest outdoor farm show in Canada have announced plans to put the business model to work northwest of Saskatoon. Farm publishing house Glacier FarmMedia, owners of the Woodstock, Ont.-based Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and this website, on Wednesday announced its chosen site and date for the inaugural edition of what it’s dubbed Ag in […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

St. Lawrence floated ‘blowout’ grain volumes in ’14

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 12, 2015

Having shut its locks for the season on New Year’s Day, the operators of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway system report moving a “blowout volume” of grain during the 280-day 2014 shipping year. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC) on Monday reported having moved a total cargo volume of 40 million tonnes during the season, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP to appeal federal fine on September grain handle

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 12, 2015

Citing post-Labour Day pains at the West Coast, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) plans to appeal a $50,000 federal fine over the company’s Prairie grain handle. Transport Canada said last week it had issued notices of violation and administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of $50,000 each against CP and Canadian National Railway (CN) for falling short of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN, CP face fines for summer grain handle

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 8, 2015

Both of Canada’s big two railways have been slapped with fines for missing the federal government’s mark this summer on weekly Prairie grain handling. A Transport Canada spokesperson confirmed by email Thursday that Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway (CN, CP) have been served notices of violation including administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of $100,000 and $50,000 […] Read more

In this photo of a wilt-affected plant’s stem at harvest, black microsclerotia can be seen just below the surface layer. (Gov.mb.ca/agriculture)

Canola, Crops, Machinery

Verticillium wilt makes jump to Canadian canola

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 6, 2015

A Manitoba canola field has been confirmed as the first in North America with Verticillium wilt, a fungal disease well known to northern Europe’s canola and vegetable growers. With no seed treatments or foliar fungicides yet registered against it — and with no resistant canola varieties available — the disease, if here to stay, may […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. drone rules remain in hangar in 2014

By Alwyn Scott, Roberta Rampton December 31, 2014

New York | Reuters — The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward using drones in everything from farming to package delivery. Businesses have been clamouring for rules to allow commercial drone flights, fearing the U.S. is falling behind other countries in developing […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Que. Caterpillar dealer to shed ag equipment arm

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 31, 2014

Caterpillar’s dealer for Quebec and the Maritime provinces is set to sell its Quebec farm equipment business to a chain of Agco dealerships. Hewitt Equipment — the authorized Cat dealer for Quebec and western Labrador and, through its Atlantic Tractors and Equipment arm, for the Maritimes — announced recently it will sell its ag division […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Buhler books near-record sales

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 30, 2014

Winnipeg tractor and farm equipment maker Buhler Industries logged 2014 as its third-biggest sales year ever, but expects lower commodity prices to weigh on next year’s results. Buhler last Wednesday reported year-end profit of $12.5 million on $325.5 million in sales, down from its record net ($19.9 million on $340.3 million in sales) in 2013 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

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NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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CP books record profit, more grain revenue in 2014

N.S. puts feed-in-tariff program on hold

Outdoor Farm Show owner sets sights on Saskatchewan

St. Lawrence floated ‘blowout’ grain volumes in ’14

CP to appeal federal fine on September grain handle

CN, CP face fines for summer grain handle

Verticillium wilt makes jump to Canadian canola

U.S. drone rules remain in hangar in 2014

Que. Caterpillar dealer to shed ag equipment arm

Buhler books near-record sales

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