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CN to shorten trains during ‘extreme cold’ snap

By GFM Network News January 17, 2012

Expected "extreme cold weather conditions" over the next five or six days may cut into transit times for goods moving on Canadian National Railway (CN) track. In an advisory to shippers on Monday, CN listed specific corridors that could be affected including track from Winnipeg to Edmonton; from Toronto to Winnipeg via Thunder Bay, Ont.; […] Read more

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Sask. proposes halt on spreading domestic sewage

By GFM Network News January 13, 2012

Saskatchewan’s proposed new "results-based" Environmental Code, now up for public review, calls for an eventual clampdown on the spreading of municipalities’ liquid domestic waste on farmland. The draft code — which overall would require amendments on three pieces of provincial environmental law and passage of a new Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Act — would […] Read more

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Safety standards upgraded for Canadian grain augers

By GFM Network News January 11, 2012

Canadian manufacturers of portable grain augers have a new national standard for equipment safety to work into their product designs. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) on Monday reported the release of a new standard, developed over "several years" by the iconic Canadian Standards Association (CSA) through its agricultural machinery technical committee. Most of the […] Read more

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No extra tax for Ont. farms’ small-scale power plants

By GFM Network News January 6, 2012

Ontario farmers generating power for the provincial grid through roof-mounted solar panels, small ground-mounted panels or biogas digesters won’t face added property taxes on those installations. The province on Wednesday announced "additional categories" of property tax assessment based on the size and location of privately-owned systems generating and selling power through its FIT and microFIT […] Read more

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Farmers going mobile at same rate as others, survey says

By GFM Network News December 29, 2011

Canada’s farmers are investing in smartphones and tablets at the same rate as the rest of the population, Farm Credit Canada reports. The federal farm lending agency last week released a survey of its FCC Vision Panel, finding 29 per cent of farmers now own smartphones, compared to 30 per cent for other Canadians. Six […] Read more

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Outgoing Man. cattlemen’s chief Major Jay Fox, 32

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 28, 2011

Funeral services are to be held Wednesday at Eddystone, Man. for one of Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers and a former president of Manitoba Beef Producers. Major Jay Fox died Friday in Winnipeg from injuries he suffered after being pinned Thursday evening by a tractor’s front-end loader bucket on his farm at Eddystone, about 75 km […] Read more

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Alta. sheep producers backed for RFID readers, software

By GFM Network News December 24, 2011

A new program to help Alberta’s 1,900-odd sheep producers cover the cost of RFID readers, software, installation and training will complement an earlier program to help cover the cost of RFID tags. The province and federal government on Tuesday rolled out their Sheep RFID Technology Assistance Program, aiming to encourage use of radio frequency identification […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Alta. biodiesel maker backed to process animal fats, oils

By GFM Network News December 24, 2011

In a way, the federal government plans to pour funding into Kyoto for reduction of greenhouse gases. The government on Wednesday announced it will invest up to $31.14 million over six years in Lethbridge, Alta.-based Kyoto Fuels Corp. to produce biodiesel from converted vegetable oil, cooking oil and/or animal fat. Funding for Kyoto will come […] Read more

Canadian Pacific Railway is over its limit for Prairie grain revenue, the Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled. (Dave Bedard photo)

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CP over limit on Prairie grain revenue

By GFM Network News December 23, 2011

Canadian Pacific Railway will have to give as well as receive this winter, by way of a $1.31 million contribution to Prairie grain research, federal officials have ordered. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Thursday found Calgary-based CP’s total grain handle for the 2010-11 crop year came in at $443,822,775, or $1,252,034 above the railway’s CTA-imposed […] Read more

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Inquest launched in B.C. mushroom farm deaths

By GFM Network News December 22, 2011

A long-sought public inquest is now set to begin in May examining the deaths of three workers in 2008 at a Langley, B.C. mushroom farm. The B.C. Coroners Service said Tuesday it will begin its inquest May 7 in Burnaby on the deaths of Ut Tran, 35, Han Pham, 47 and Jimmy Chan, 55. The […] Read more

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CN to shorten trains during ‘extreme cold’ snap

Sask. proposes halt on spreading domestic sewage

Safety standards upgraded for Canadian grain augers

No extra tax for Ont. farms’ small-scale power plants

Farmers going mobile at same rate as others, survey says

Outgoing Man. cattlemen’s chief Major Jay Fox, 32

Alta. sheep producers backed for RFID readers, software

Alta. biodiesel maker backed to process animal fats, oils

CP over limit on Prairie grain revenue

Inquest launched in B.C. mushroom farm deaths

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