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Old-Time Threshing Day

October 6, 2011

Frank and Linda Wilkinson welcomed everyone to their farm west of Onanole on September 10 for an old-time threshing day. With some help from friends and neighbours, the oat stooks were forked onto a wagon pulled by a team of Percheron horses, and then fed into the 1926 Advanced Rumely threshing machine. A 1953 W6

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Could Build Better Cars Or Improve Health

July 7, 2011

Researchers at the University of Alberta have deciphered the genetic code for flax using a highly efficient sequencing procedure developed by the Beijing Genomics Institute. Canadian researchers now have the genetic information to accelerate improvements for flax and to identify ways to adapt this ancient plant to modern uses, said Mike Deyholos, project researcher with

News

Brazil Farms Poised For Record Investment Boom

By Peter Murphy May 26, 2011

Brazilian farmers are spending like never before on farm equipment, fertilizer and other investments, a possible sea change in rural sentiment that could boost long-term output in a country that barely scratches the surface of its agricultural potential. An unprecedented $122 billion is expected to flow into the farm sector this year, up 12 per

News

Farmers Urged To Talk About Financial Woes

By Daniel Winters April 14, 2011

The prospect of bankruptcy is extremely scary – but hiding from financial problems is the worst thing you can do. “The first thing that I always hear from the creditor is, ‘The farmer quit talking to me. I don’t know what’s going on, so I have to do something,’” said Gerry Friesen, a “recovering farmer”

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Waters Remain Muddied For Seeding Predictions

April 14, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform were mixed during the week ended April 8, with old-crop months down and new-crop contracts posting advances. The sell-off of the nearby May and July canola futures reflected the ample old-crop supply situation and the absence of demand from the domestic and export sectors. Talk surfaced

News

Include Children In Your Farm Safety Plan

By Theresa Whalen March 17, 2011

Unlike most other industries, in farming, the workplace is also usually the home. Adults frequently work with their children nearby and that can increase the risk of children getting injured. “Farm life can put families in situations that are uncommon to the average household,” says Greg Stewart, president and CEO of Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

Crops

Forget Fuel Costs, U.S. Farmers Cheer Oil Surge

By Carey Gillam March 3, 2011

Not too long ago, a surge in oil prices would have caused a groan of misery from the U.S. farm belt, forced to pay higher prices for tractor fuel and fertilizer. Today, farmers are far more likely to cheer. The farm sector’s response to a surge in fuel costs has inverted for two important reasons:

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

By Reuters February 24, 2011

Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face

Country Crossroads

World’s First Rotary Thresher Has Survived — And So Has Its Story – for Aug. 5, 2010

By Kim Langen August 5, 2010

Unlike the first two which were unceremoniously drowned, it appears that the third (and last) prototype of the Hathaway Turbine Threshing Machine is all that remains of the world’s first rotary thresher. Created in the early 1920s by an eccentric farmer near Deloraine, the machine is currently on proud display in the Killarney Flywheel Club

Opinion

Consolidation Helps Potato Industry Grow

By Garry Sloik February 25, 2010

The potato industry, similar to most other businesses is constantly changing and contracting in numbers as aggressive, more efficient operations purchase some of the smaller operations. This same situation has happened to many of the industry suppliers – the chemical companies, fertilizer companies, farm machinery companies – the same phenomena that happens in the city

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip on global supply pressure; corn, soybeans fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip on global supply pressure; corn, soybeans fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

Tag Archives farm machinery — page 6

Old-Time Threshing Day

Flax Could Build Better Cars Or Improve Health

Brazil Farms Poised For Record Investment Boom

Farmers Urged To Talk About Financial Woes

Waters Remain Muddied For Seeding Predictions

Include Children In Your Farm Safety Plan

Forget Fuel Costs, U.S. Farmers Cheer Oil Surge

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

World’s First Rotary Thresher Has Survived — And So Has Its Story – for Aug. 5, 2010

Consolidation Helps Potato Industry Grow

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