Machinery

A Calgary group managing and buying Case IH dealerships across the Prairies plans to “slow down on acquisitions” in fiscal 2011. Publicly-traded Rocky Mountain Dealerships operates 37 full-service ag and construction dealerships across the West, mostly selling Case IH and Case machinery. The company on Tuesday reported 2010 year-end profit of $15.5 million on $633.4 […] Read more

Two John Deere dealerships in southern Ontario have announced plans to merge in May, bringing 10 separate shops under one banner. AgraTurf Equipment Services, which operates at Ayr, Courtland, Simcoe, Smithville and Tavistock, will combine with Elmira Farm Service and its stores at Elmira, Listowel, Mount Forest, Ospringe and Alliston effective May 2 under the […] Read more

Quebec’s maple syrup producers’ federation will have over $110,000 in federal funding to study the use of RFID chips as a traceability tool. The Federation des producteurs acericoles du Quebec (FPAQ) on Tuesday got a pledge of up to $110,620 from the federal Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative (CIFSI) for its feasibility study. The study […] Read more

Federal requirements for diesel and heating oil to contain at least two per cent renewable content are expected to take effect this summer. The federal government announced Thursday it plans to publish amendments to its Renewable Fuels Regulations in the “coming weeks” for a 60-day public comment period, with a proposed coming-into-force date of July […] Read more

A group of Case IH dealerships in expansion mode across the Prairies has made its first move into western Saskatchewan. Publicly-traded Rocky Mountain Dealerships of Calgary on Tuesday announced it has a deal in place to buy the shares of J+B Equipment, a Case IH ag dealership based at Kindersley, Sask., for an undisclosed sum. […] Read more

Winnipeg ag equipment maker Buhler Industries, best known for Versatile tractors and Farm King implements, has bought its way into the seeding equipment business. The company on Monday announced it has paid $14.5 million for Ezee-On Manufacturing, which makes equipment such as air drills, air carts, offset and tandem discs, post pounders and front-end loaders […] Read more

Unionized locomotive and rail car repair staff and inspectors at Canadian Pacific Railway have reached a labour deal with the company, less than three days before a scheduled strike. The 2,100 affected shopcraft staff, represented by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Local 101, will vote over the next three weeks on the tentative settlement, CP […] Read more