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Farmers seldom retire but the risk of a serious accident soars in the golden years

By Lorraine Stevenson March 16, 2013

Portage farmer says his tragic tale should be a lesson to older farmers  to think safety and take simple precautions

Roy Vust suspects it was his foot slipping off the clutch that probably caused the tractor he was driving to rear up and tip over backwards. But he’s certain that if his Allis Chalmers D19 had a rollover protection structure on it, he wouldn’t have been pinned between the tractor and the 10-foot Woods mower

Opinion

Letters, Jan. 3, 2013

January 4, 2013

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Province adjusts highway weight allowances

By Manitoba Government Release November 30, 2012

Proposed amendments to the Highway Traffic Act would permit businesses and farmers to carry heavier loads sooner when weather permits and would allow the province to implement detours for heavy vehicles more efficiently when disaster strikes, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton announced today. “These proposed amendments will help drive rural economic growth by allowing

Hogs, Livestock, News

Maple Leaf to buy Puratone

By Shannon VanRaes November 15, 2012

Maple Leaf Food’s agreement to purchase the Niverville-based Puratone Corporation is good news for Manitoba hog producers, according to Manitoba Pork Council. “We’re happy to see that a Canadian company has purchased Puratone,” said council chairman, Karl Kynoch. “We want to see plants here that can compete with their American counterparts.” With two of the

News

Rail bill still coming, minister insists

November 9, 2012

Transport Minister Denis Lebel says long-promised legislation to balance the market power of the railways and their customers will be introduced this fall. Shippers have expressed concern that a deputy minister shuffle will delay the legislation until next year, when it could be sidelined by a rail costing review already scheduled for 2013. They’re pushing

News, Opinion

Bureaucratic shuffle may mean continued delay of rail bill

By Alex Binkley October 26, 2012

A shuffle at the top rank of Transport Canada has shippers worried that long-promised legislation to balance the market power of the railways and their customers will be delayed. Louis Levesque will move from deputy minister for international trade to the same post at Transport Canada Nov. 12, replacing Yaprak Baltacioglu, who will become secretary

Cereals, Crops, News

Richardson’s Vancouver terminal maxed out

By Allan Dawson October 17, 2012

Richardson International plans to expand its 108,000-tonne Vancouver grain export terminal by 65 per cent to keep up with its growing business, the Winnipeg-based company announced last week. “Obviously with the changes to the Canadian Wheat Board it’s a much more competitive landscape, but there are also a lot more opportunities,” Tracey Shelton, Richardson International’s director of corporate

News

Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics

By Barbara Lewis, Ivana Sekularac September 18, 2012

Drought-stricken crops and record-high grain prices have strengthened critics of the European Union biofuel industry, adding fears of a food crisis to their claims that it does not ultimately reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The renewed anxiety adds to pressure on the EU’s executive commission to forge a deal this year to help ensure that EU

Cereals, Crops, News

CDC Falcon shifts to general purpose class Aug. 1, 2014

September 17, 2012

CDC Falcon, Manitoba’s most popular winter wheat, will be shifted to the Canada Western General Purpose wheat class next August as long as there’s enough suitable replacement seed available. Moats and Flourish have performed as well as CDC Falcon in trials and meet the quality standards for the Canada Western Red Winter wheat class. There’s

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Raw power on display

By Daniel Winters August 10, 2012

There’s horsepower and then there’s horse power. On the final day of the North American Belgian Championships, a small crowd at the main arena of Brandon’s Keystone Centre witnessed a stunning display of men and heavy drafts testing the outer limits of muscle, bone and blood. In the end, it was a combination of youth,

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Transport

Farmers seldom retire but the risk of a serious accident soars in the golden years

Letters, Jan. 3, 2013

Province adjusts highway weight allowances

Maple Leaf to buy Puratone

Rail bill still coming, minister insists

Bureaucratic shuffle may mean continued delay of rail bill

Richardson’s Vancouver terminal maxed out

Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics

CDC Falcon shifts to general purpose class Aug. 1, 2014

Raw power on display

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