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The Western Producer

The Fendt 600 Vario Series is a new mid-horsepower line of tractors

Fendt, Agco’s premium tractor brand, was given a new addition in late August with the introduction of the all-new mid-horsepower 600 Series. 
 The new model line, which was first shown to the world during the Agritechnica show in Germany last November, has now come to North American shores.
 The four tractors in the 600...

September 27, 2024

Farmtario

Cranberry beans sowing new ground in Grey County

Fifteen-inch cranberry beans are unheard of in southwestern Ontario, but things are done differently in Grey County. Wayne Metzger, co-owner of Highland Custom Farming (HCF), fielded questions on the Etna variety cranberry bean he planted on May 27 during the Grey County Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s July 16 crop walk and elevator tour. Why...

August 8, 2024

The Western Producer

Group aims to fill need for world class millers

Norbert Cabral agreed to go, but it wasn’t easy.
 “He was away from his family for six months,” said Elaine Sopiwynk, vice-president of technical services for Cereals Canada. 
 Being packed off to Switzerland for an intensive and competitive course in high-level milling wasn’t ideal for Cabral or Cereals Canada, but it was the only...

April 4, 2024

The Western Producer

Combine to customer - photo essay

For years, Cereals Canada’s Combine to Customer program has given farmers an inside look at the complex processing technologies and industries that take farmers’ grains and turn them into premium food products. Western Producer reporter Ed White joined a group of farmers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island to see what they...

March 7, 2024

The Western Producer

Producers must be prepared to take on new competition

The Russians are coming. It might not be in the form of refurbished T-62 tanks, buzzing Iranian drones and hopeless waves of convict conscripts, but Russia is continuing its assault upon global grain markets in which we were once comfortably numb to competition. “We hear from customers, ‘Russian quality is getting better,’ ” Cereals Canada’s...

March 7, 2024

The Western Producer

Combine to Customer at Cereals Canada

For the next couple of days I'm following along a group of farmers as they take part in the Combine to Customer program. I'm going to update this post throughout, so check back here to see what's new. Don't tell me the industrial tooling of pasta-making isn't beautiful. (But don't drop these heavy brass molds...

February 21, 2024