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Sask. begins removing winter weight allowances

By GFM Network News March 1, 2012

Allowances for winter weights for grain trucks and other heavy vehicles on a number of Saskatchewan roads will begin to be removed starting just after midnight Thursday (March 1). "Operators are advised to monitor their loads and watch for restrictions during this sensitive time period," provincial Highways Minister Jim Reiter said in a release late […] Read more

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N.Y. sinks ‘unattainable’ rules for St. Lawrence traffic

By GFM Network News February 25, 2012

State conservation officials in New York have deep-sixed proposals for rules that would have required vessels using the St. Lawrence Seaway to install treatment systems for their ballast water by next year. Thursday’s announcement comes as a relief to the Canadian government, as enforcement of such rules on transiting ships would have blocked grain and […] Read more

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Viterra to boost SE Sask. elevator’s capacity

By GFM Network News February 23, 2012

A high-throughput Viterra elevator in Saskatchewan’s southeast corner is set to get expansions of both its storage and rail car capacity. The Calgary company on Wednesday announced it will double the rail car spot at its concrete elevator at Fairlight, Sask., about 55 km west of Virden, Man., and boost its storage capacity by about […] Read more

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Que. organic miller backed to double production

By GFM Network News February 21, 2012

A $2.7 million expansion project at an organic flour mill in Quebec’s Estrie region has picked up a federal loan to help cover the bills. La Meunerie Milanaise, based at Milan, about 70 km northeast of Sherbrooke, will get up to $814,393 in a "repayable contribution" from the federal Agricultural Flexibility Fund’s AgriProcessing Initiative. The […] Read more

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CP wants conciliator in talks with crews’, controllers’ union

By GFM Network News February 17, 2012

The union for Canadian Pacific Railway’s train crews and rail traffic controllers isn’t yet in a strike position, but the railway already wants Ottawa to drop a conciliator into their contract talks. Calgary-based CP said Friday it has been in talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) since early October toward a new contract […] Read more

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Manitoba to loosen spring trucking restrictions

By GFM Network News February 16, 2012

Springtime restrictions on truck weights on various Manitoba roads will now be based on actual road conditions instead of hard dates on the calendar. The provincial government on Wednesday announced a new policy in which it "will take changing weather conditions into account in determining when spring road restrictions must be put in place, instead […] Read more

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Equipment dealer, museum founder Stan Reynolds, 88

By GFM Network News February 15, 2012

Memorial services are expected to be held later this spring for the auto and ag equipment dealer whose collections of vintage iron were the basis for the Reynolds-Alberta Museum. Stan Reynolds of Wetaskiwin, Alta. died last Thursday in Edmonton at age 88, the provincial government reported Monday. Reynolds’ "lifelong interest in machines of all types […] Read more

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Lower ocean freight costs support grain exports

By Adam Johnston, GFM Network News February 14, 2012

Soft ocean freight rates, which hit 25-year lows in early February, are helping cut into Canada’s grain freight disadvantage with some of its competitors, according to industry participants. The Baltic Dry Index, which is used as a guide for global shipping rates, is sitting at 715 points, up from a 25-year low of 647 points […] Read more

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Robot milker firm, Ont. builder partner on dairy barns

By GFM Network News February 11, 2012

A southwestern Ontario construction and design firm specializing in ag buildings has struck a partnership with a major milking equipment supplier to offer a full-service dairy barn package. Post Farm Structures, based at Alma, Ont., and Dutch dairy equipment and robotics firm Lely on Thursday announced the launch of Integrated Agritect, a partnership offering custom-designed […] Read more

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ADM to shut North Dakota ethanol plant in April

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News February 7, 2012

Archer Daniels Midland on Monday said it will close a North Dakota ethanol plant near the Manitoba border, marking the first such closure for the agribusiness giant that last month announced the elimination of 1,000 jobs. The facility at Walhalla, N.D., about 30 km south of Winkler, Man., will permanently close in April, resulting in […] Read more

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Sask. begins removing winter weight allowances

N.Y. sinks ‘unattainable’ rules for St. Lawrence traffic

Viterra to boost SE Sask. elevator’s capacity

Que. organic miller backed to double production

CP wants conciliator in talks with crews’, controllers’ union

Manitoba to loosen spring trucking restrictions

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Lower ocean freight costs support grain exports

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