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Study Finds Biodiesel Blend Can Handle Prairie Winter

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Anew study on biodiesel performance has found you can go green – even on a frosty winter day. Tractors and other farm equipment using fuel containing as much as 10 per cent biodiesel operated normally even when the temperature dipped to -36 C, according to a study conducted by the Saskatchewan Research Council. “The study
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Biofuel Standards Will Affect Farmers

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The Renewable Fuel Standards will have an effect on farmers. The federal mandate is that there is a renewable fuel quantity that must be added to fossil fuel, for gasoline a five per cent ethanol blend will be added and for biodiesel a two per cent blend will be added to diesel. These amounts are
Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 10, 2011

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Cash for clunkers:Russia will spend an extra four billion rubles from this year’s budget to subsidize farm equipment leasing and may look into a “cash for clunkers” scheme to boost tractor purchases, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. “I hope it will help reap a good harvest and stabilize the situation with food prices,” he told
Opinion

It’s Different This Time — Just Like The Other Times?

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As we write this column, March 2011 corn futures closed at $6.87/bu., wheat at $8.53/bu., soybeans at $14.33/ bu., rice at $15.80/cwt, and cotton at $1.67/lb. We are seeing a second wave of a general price increase for commodities that began in late 2006 and saw its first peak in 2008, followed by a retrenchment.
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Crossing Regulations Inked, Abandonment Still Undecided

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Aprotocol for crossi ng pipelines has been established, but the contentious issue of pipel ine abandonment is still undecided, members of the Manitoba Pipeline Landowners Association (MPLA) heard at a meeting last week. Dan Hacault, an MPLA director, said that the new regulations that were hammered out by the National Energy Board late last year
Crops, Oilseeds

Farmers Support GE Crops, Saskatchewan Researcher Says

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A poll conducted among Prairie farmers has found widespread support for herbicide- tolerant crops, says a University of Saskatchewan researcher. The poll also showed arguments from groups opposed to genetically engineered varieties don’t ring true with producers, Stuart Smyth, who was raised on a Saskatchewan farm, told the Grow Canada conference. Farmers are using less
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Diesel Engine Prices Will Jump

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As of January 2011, diesel engines over 175 horsepower installed in new farm equipment destined for the U. S. market must comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Interim Tier 4 emissions standards, which is the next step in further reducing exhaust pollutants in off-road vehicles. Tractors arriving on dealers’ lots in Canada will be
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Farmers With Disabilities Group Plans Safety Centre

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The Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities organization now has a permanent home with an open invitation to all farm families and groups to visit – and often. The farmer-led safety organization plans to convert space in a large building it purchased this fall to become Manitoba’s first agricultural safety training centre. The Elm Creek location is
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Tory Resolve Stiffens To Cancel Bipole Route

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Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives say they are determined to prevent the proposed western route for the Bipole III transmission line, following a recent protest meeting by local residents. The Oct. 1 rally in St. Claude drew over 160 people worried about what the line will mean for them, said local MLA Blaine Pedersen, who hosted the

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