Ontario’s Agricorp streamlines web delivery

Ontario’s farm program delivery agency will begin inviting farmers by email next month to register for its newly-consolidated online services. Agricorp announced Tuesday that farmers may now sign in at the agency’s main website to view program documents, download all program forms and update contact information, “all in one place” — and thus will only […] Read more

CP over, CN under revenue cap from Prairie grain

Canadian Pacific Railway will have to roll back its 2012-13 revenue from Prairie grain, worth over half a billion dollars, by about 0.03 per cent to get under its federally mandated limit. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Monday announced Calgary-based CP has come in just $177,961 over its “maximum revenue entitlement” of $544,044,916 for Prairie […] Read more


Michelin, Tereos aim to use crops to make rubber for tires

Michelin and Tereos have said they will join forces to develop a rubber derived from sugar beet, grain and waste that could replace some of the natural and oil-based synthetic rubber used in tires. They aim to build an industrial unit by 2020, said a spokesman for Tereos, the world’s fourth-largest sugar company. Michelin, one […] Read more

Morriss: Cell companies bad, railways good?

Just as there’s good stress and bad stress, there’s good excitement and bad excitement. There’s the good excitement you get when watching the Grey Cup, especially if you’re a Riders fan. Then there’s the other kind of excitement (as in riled up) you got watching this year’s Grey Cup commercials about how the Harper Government […] Read more


SW Ont. Case IH dealer joins local chain

A southwestern Ontario chain of Case IH and New Holland ag equipment dealerships has expanded its reach with a Case IH dealership in a town where it already sells the New Holland line. Delta Power Equipment, which operates Case IH dealerships at Exeter, Forest and Seaforth, Ont., and New Holland shops at Essex and Watford, […] Read more



Kubota makes play for Canadian hay tools market

Canadian hay growers in the market for new mowers, rakes or spreaders will see a new player on some dealer lots next year. The Canadian arm of Japanese ag equipment maker Kubota has announced it will launch a new line of Kubota-branded hay tools in Canada in 2014. Norwegian farm equipment manufacturer Kverneland, which Kubota […] Read more

Mississippi River reopens after fuel spill

The upper Mississippi River reopened to vessel traffic near Le Claire, Iowa, late on Tuesday following a day-long closure triggered by a fuel leak from a tow boat that struck an underwater object and sank, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. The river, which was closed late Monday from mile marker 493 to 501 about […] Read more


Mississippi River still shut after fuel spill

The Mississippi River remained closed to navigation along an eight-mile stretch near Le Claire, Iowa, on Tuesday after a boat containing up to 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel and lube oil struck a submerged object and sank late on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. One northbound towboat with no barges and two southbound towboats […] Read more

CWB takes direct stake in Prairie grain handling

The grain company formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board has made its first hands-on play in the Prairie grain handling game. Winnipeg-based CWB on Tuesday announced an agreement to buy the grain handling and port terminal assets from the Soumat arm of Toronto’s Upper Lakes Group Inc. (ULGI) for an undisclosed sum. The deal, […] Read more