In Brief… – for Sep. 9, 2010

Contractor dies in fall at greenhouse:An electrical contractor has died of injuries in a fall at Vanderveens’ Greenhouses, a major bedding plant and potted plant operation west of Carman, RCMP reported. The contractor, a 58-year-old man, was on a ladder propped up against a pole where he was unhooking hydro lines on the morning of

In Brief… – for Apr. 22, 2010

Get real: A new report released by Canadian undergraduate student leaders urges the food systems sector to institute “real cost” pricing for food. “We want to see food prices more accurately reflect their full economic, environmental, and social costs,” said Environmental Life Sciences graduate student Alison McDonald of Trent University. “This would result in carbon


In Brief… – for Jun. 18, 2009

Ag Growth’s gone corporate: Winnipeg-based Ag Growth, owner of grain-handling equipment makers including Rosenort auger firm Westfield Industries, has wrapped up its conversion from an income trust to a publicly traded corporation. The common shares of what will be named “Ag Growth International Inc.” were expected to begin trading on the TSX around about June

Buhler Launches New Grain Vac

After offering farmers a sneak peek during Ag Days in Brandon (shown here), Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries gave its new Conveyair 6640 Grain Vac a full debut at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. Buhler – which has rebranded the Conveyair line it markets under licence from Winnipeg’s Thor Manufacturing and given it a