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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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Strahl Rules Out Costing Review Until Service Study Complete

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Transport Minister Chuck Strahl will wait for the final recommendations from the Rail Service Review Panel before deciding on requests for an examination of railway costing. “We want to see if the panel’s recommendations resolve shipper complaints about the quasi-monopolistic status of the railways before the government decides on another review,” Strahl told the Commons
Opinion

Managing Excess Water Should Be About More Than Drainage

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As we pack the machinery away in the back of the shed for winter, I can’t help but think there is one tool that almost every farmer has stored away somewhere in the bottom of his tool box. Known as the crescent wrench (often with several other expletives), it’s the tool that nobody wants to
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More Shippers Rap Freight Service Panel Report

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Shipper frustration with the idea of waiting until 2013 at the earliest to get better treatment from CN and CP is heating up. The Coalition of Rail Shippers has sent a memo to all MPs calling on the federal government “to act decisively now to address shortcomings in rail service.” The Rail Freight Service Review
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Bayer Settles U. S. Rice Contamination Case

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Germany’s Bayer AG has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of Texas rice growers over claims the company’s experimental biotech rice contaminated the U. S. supply four years ago and decimated exports. Bayer said it had agreed to pay $290,000 to settle the case, involving eight plaintiffs from three farming operations. The
Livestock

A Primer On UHF And RFID Tag Readers

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EAR TAG RULES: Required for all cattle, sheep, and bison leaving the herd of origin in Canada. The national livestock identification program is administered by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency in cooperation with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS: Several low-frequency RFID tags are approved for use in Canada; all operate
Livestock

RFID May Go The Way Of Bar Codes If New Technology Catches On

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What does the cattle industry have to learn from Walmart? When it comes to ear tags, the answer is “more than you might think,” said David Moss, chief operating officer of Livestock Identification Services Ltd. Moss is a passionate supporter of replacing the radio frequency identification (RFID) cattle ear tags with passive (non-battery-equipped) Ultra-High Frequency
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Food Safety Review Slowly Getting Underway

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The committee has been struck, but any revamp of food safety regulations is still a ways off. “We’re in early days,” said Anna Romano, executive director of the Food Safety Review Committee at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The group of government, agriculture and food industry officials has met once and agreed on six themes they
Livestock

The Pas Incinerator Supported

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Berscheid Meats of The Pas is receiving more than $360,000 for the purchase and installation of an incinerator and handling equipment for the disposal of specified risk material (SRM) both from its own slaughter facilities and from nearby communities. Federal and provincial officials made the announcement Oct. 8. The new equipment, which operates at temperatures

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