Machinery

The economics of using camelina and carinata oils to brew up biofuel in Saskatchewan for jet aircraft will be the subject of a new study with federal backing. Ag-West Bio, a federally- and provincially-funded bioscience investment fund, will lead a study reviewing the possibilities for feedstock production, processing requirements and “potential commercial partners,” and “seamless” […] Read more

An eastern Saskatchewan company that’s been pumping out canola biodiesel for 10 years plans to quintuple its maximum output by year’s end. Milligan Bio-Tech, operating at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton, said Friday it’s completed a $4 million private placement of unsecured convertible debentures and lined up a $4 million credit facility […] Read more

Saskatchewan will put up $3 million for needed improvements and maintenance on a grain- and forestry-dependent rail line in the province’s northwest, pending the line’s sale. The provincial funding will go to North Central Rail Line, the organization negotiating for the purchase of the line running about 340 km from Meadow Lake southeast to Shellbrook, […] Read more

Seeding equipment manufacturer Seed Hawk will again directly manage its sales to Australia after its export partner announced plans to exit that market. Seed Hawk, based at Langbank in southeastern Saskatchewan, said Wednesday it will take over the sales administration of its products in Australia starting Jan. 1, 2012. Swedish farm equipment maker Vaderstad Verken, […] Read more

Grain and agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started work on upgrades that are expected to double storage at one of its elevators in eastern Saskatchewan. The Winnipeg company on Tuesday said it will put up seven large steel bins at its terminal at Quill Lake, about 60 km east of Humboldt, which will “more […] Read more

DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred seed business has picked up $1 million in provincial funding toward the cost of building a “state of the art” parent seed processing facility in southwestern Ontario. Pioneer announced in September last year that it planned a “multi-million-dollar” facility in the Morris-Turnberry area south of Wingham, about 100 km west of Guelph. […] Read more

A southern Manitoba man tilling his land Tuesday came up with a bit more than just the usual black soil, RCMP at Portage la Prairie report. RCMP in a release Tuesday said a 43-year-old man from the RM of Portage la Prairie came to the detachment office at about 3 p.m. with what appeared to […] Read more