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File photo of locks on the Welland Canal at Allanburg, Ont. (Jimfeng/iStock/Getty Images)

Seaway workers’ strike underway

Management awaiting CIRB ruling on grain traffic

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 22, 2023

Unionized workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway walked off the job just after midnight Sunday, shutting the waterway to all cargo vessels including grain traffic for now. Unifor, which represents about 360 Seaway workers across five locals in Ontario and Quebec, had served Seaway management with 72 hours’ strike notice on Wednesday. In a release

Crops, Markets

Seaway to seek order exempting grain traffic from strike action

Management, union say talks still ongoing

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 21, 2023

Facing a strike that would shut down traffic on the waterway as early as Sunday, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. has asked for an order confirming that grain would need to continue moving. Unifor, the union representing over 360 seaway workers across five union locals in Ontario and Quebec, on Wednesday served the corporation

Senate committee pulls barn, greenhouse heating from carbon exemption bill

Groups expressed disappointment over the amendment, which will also slow the bill’s progress

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 20, 2023

Groups expressed disappointment over an amendment to Bill C-234, which will not only remove barn and greenhouse heating from a proposed exemption from the carbon price but will also delay the bill’s progress.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola futures sit on the couch

Expert's Radar: Wheat responds to escalating hostilities

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 17, 2023

My step-counting watch is very good at reminding me to get up and move if I haven’t taken at least 250 steps in the past hour. That subtle vibration is usually enough to get me out of my chair to stretch my legs, although I sometimes miss the reminder. Agricultural futures rarely have a problem

A DryAir central heating system feeds aeration fans for a row of grain bins. (Assie.ca)

Crops

Investment firm buys Saskatchewan drying system maker

EIC buys DryAir for $60 million

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 16, 2023

A Winnipeg investment firm with ownership stakes in Canadian manufacturing and airlines has bought a Saskatchewan company that makes heating and drying systems for grain growers and other sectors. Exchange Income Corp. (EIC) announced Oct. 5 it has bought DryAir Manufacturing of St. Brieux for about $60 million in cash and EIC stock. DryAir, in

News

ACC ag school brand gets revamped

The school, which was renamed last year, now has a new logo to match

By Staff October 7, 2023

Assiniboine Community College’s agriculture school has a new look. On Sept. 26, the college unveiled the new brand for its Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment. ACC renamed the school last fall in honour of Edwards, the founder of WGI Westman Group. Companies under that corporate umbrella include grain handling and storage equipment firm

Rob Painter (l) and Eric Hansotia, CEOs of Trimble and Agco respectively, agreed on Sept. 28, 2023 to combine their precision ag arms into a new joint venture. (Trimble via PRNewswire)

Crops

Trimble Ag, Agco’s JCA link up for new precision ag venture

Agco gets majority control of a new precision ag and autonomy firm; Agco's GSI brand and others now under separate review

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 28, 2023

Global positioning tech firm Trimble is set to sell its precision ag business into a new joint-venture company that will include farm machinery maker Agco’s made-in-Manitoba autonomy arm. From farmers’ perspective, the two companies say their combined technology offering is expected to offer “seamless integration and connectivity across geographies, equipment brands and the crop life

A Brandt manufacturing facility in Moose Jaw, Sask.

News

Brandt adds to New Zealand holdings

Deal brings North Island construction, forestry and ag equipment market under one umbrella

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 8, 2023

Saskatchewan equipment firm Brandt Group of Companies has added another arm to its international reach. The Regina-based manufacturer of grain handling and tillage equipment and John Deere distributor said Aug. 31 that it had acquired New Zealand equipment company Wairarapa Machinery Services Ltd. The acquired company is 100 kilometres northeast of the country’s capital, Wellington. The dealership will

Container ships pass through locks on the Panama Canal in this file photo. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Weather

Panama Canal water levels at historic lows, restrictions to remain

Lake feeding canal low on rainfall

By GFM Network News September 6, 2023

Panama City | Reuters — The Panama Canal’s water levels have not recovered enough as the end of the rainy season approaches and limits on daily transit and vessel draft will stay in place for the rest of the year and throughout 2024, the waterway’s authority said on Tuesday. The restrictions, implemented earlier this year

Buhler Industries’ Versatile Nemesis 235 tractor. (Versatile-ag.com)

Buhler books bigger profit as supply chain issues pass

Company now seeking 'long-term investment partner'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 2, 2023

The maker of Versatile tractors and Farm King equipment says the supply chain issues that have pressured its quarterly bottom line have begun to clear. Winnipeg-based Buhler Industries on Aug. 14 reported net income of $16.1 million on $67.6 million in revenue for its second quarter ending June 30, up from $1.1 million on $57.8

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle sink ahead of semi-annual inventory report

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures firm on recent dollar slide, winter weather

Feed Grains Weekly: More consideration being given to U.S. corn

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