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CN conductors, yardpeople vote to reject deal

January 31, 2014

Conductors, trainpersons, yardpersons and traffic co-ordinators on Canadian National Railway (CN) lines in Canada have voted to reject a proposed collective agreement that averted a work stoppage last fall. Montreal-based CN and the affected workers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), had reached a tentative three-year agreement in late October. The deal last […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Grain revenue offsets CN’s slightly lower year-end profit

January 30, 2014

Small improvements in grain revenue, on slightly fewer carloads, has helped offset slightly lower profits on record-level overall revenue in Canadian National Railway’s (CN) year-end ledger. Montreal-based CN on Thursday reported overall net income of $635 million on $2.745 billion in revenues for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, up from $610 million on $2.534 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

Decision time for cattle tag dealers as CCIA reboots distribution

By Dave Bedard January 30, 2014

Your local retailer of CCIA-approved cattle tags has until the end of this week to decide whether to continue selling under a new dealer agreement starting Monday. Previous agreements, under which local veterinary offices and other eligible retailers have sold CCIA (Canadian Cattle Identification Agency) radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to producers, are terminated effective Feb. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Jump in grain revenue helps CP to record gross

January 30, 2014

Substantially higher freight revenue per carload of grain, compared to 2012, has played a part in helping Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to its highest-grossing fourth quarter and year-end in 2013. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday announced overall net income of $82 million on a quarterly-record $1.607 billion in revenues for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

Ont. hog industry backed for added biosecurity measures

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 29, 2014

Ontario hog producers can expect new public funding to help step up biosecurity at “critical points,” following the arrival of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the province on at least two farms. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged $2 million for Ontario Pork to back “industry-wide investments to improve biosecurity measures at critical […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

PED virus hits second SW Ont. hog farm

By Dave Bedard January 27, 2014

Now also suspected on third farm; industry launches task force “The reality has changed” for Ontario’s hog industry with a second, and possibly third, case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus now found in the Chatham-Kent area. “Since the virus is highly contagious, its presence in Canada is not unexpected and more cases are expected in […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Ont. tillage firm Salford expands Iowa plant

January 23, 2014

Ontario tillage, seeding and fertilizing implement maker Salford has expanded its Iowa manufacturing plant by over a third to boost production of its Independent line. Expanding Salford’s manufacturing space at Osceola, about 65 km south of Des Moines, boosts the company’s combined plant area in Canada, Russia and the U.S. to about 200,000 square feet, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Japan’s Kubota eyes U.S. fields with larger tractors

January 23, 2014

Osaka | Reuters — Japan’s Kubota Corp. plans to sell powerful, large tractors in North America and Europe next year, its president said on Wednesday, challenging farm equipment industry leader Deere and Co. Yasuo Masumoto, president of Japan’s biggest farm equipment maker, told Reuters Kubota was seeking a joint venture with a European or U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Feds, grain groups back project to gauge grain traffic flow

January 22, 2014

Faced with a massive grain backlog on the Prairies, a clutch of grain and oilseed shipper groups and the federal government are putting cash into a project they hope will turn up new efficiencies in the grain supply chain. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz dropped into Winnipeg Tuesday to pledge over $1.5 million from the […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Machinery, Markets

Rail congestion stymies Man. company’s U.S. crusher

January 16, 2014

A Manitoba company’s new canola processing plant on the U.S. West Coast has locked in demand from the biofuel sector for its canola oil — but has run up against a supply logjam. Pacific Coast Canola (PCC), the U.S. arm of Winnipeg-based Legumex Walker, on Wednesday announced a six-month contract to provide Seattle-based Imperium Renewables […] Read more

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

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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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CN conductors, yardpeople vote to reject deal

Grain revenue offsets CN’s slightly lower year-end profit

Decision time for cattle tag dealers as CCIA reboots distribution

Jump in grain revenue helps CP to record gross

Ont. hog industry backed for added biosecurity measures

PED virus hits second SW Ont. hog farm

Ont. tillage firm Salford expands Iowa plant

Japan’s Kubota eyes U.S. fields with larger tractors

Feds, grain groups back project to gauge grain traffic flow

Rail congestion stymies Man. company’s U.S. crusher

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