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Ottawa moves to extend expanded rail interswitching

By Dave Bedard April 22, 2016
Prairie crop growers hoping that changes in federal rail freight rules will continue past their expiration date are about to get their wish. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

CP pulls more grain for less in first quarter

By Farmtario Staff April 22, 2016
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) hauled more carloads of Canadian grain in its first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year — but for less revenue per car. […] Read more

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Crops

Flax expected to lose a third of acres

By Jade Markus April 21, 2016
CNS Canada — Canada’s flax acres are expected to fall about a third from last year’s levels, according to Statistics Canada data. One market participant says weaker prices have influenced farmers, […] Read more

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Crops

Doomsday Vault keepers move to lock up more funding

By Alister Doyle April 17, 2016
Oslo | Reuters — The Crop Trust, which runs a so-called doomsday seed vault in the Arctic, secured a doubling of its core funds on Friday and urged the private […] Read more

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Post-CWB review flags grain trade ‘inefficiency’

By Farmtario Staff April 13, 2016
WITHDRAWN, April 15, 2016: A historian’s review of the Prairie grain trade, commissioned by supporters of the former single marketing desk for wheat and barley, suggests history is repeating itself […] Read more


The CRTC’s map of broadband internet availability in the Prairie provinces, at the end of 2014. Green areas denote fixed wireless service; yellow denotes LTE; purple and blue denote cable and DSL/fibre connections respectively. (CRTC.gc.ca)
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Prairie farmers look to increase tech use, but face obstacles

By Jade Markus April 11, 2016
CNS Canada — As spring approaches, some producers are searching for new technology to integrate into their operations — while others have opted out of the ag tech sector, whether […] Read more

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CP scraps plans to buy Norfolk Southern

By Reuters April 11, 2016
Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway said on Monday it had scrapped efforts to buy Norfolk Southern, almost six months after it launched its unsolicited US$28 billion bid for the fourth-largest […] Read more

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U.S. Justice Dept. urges rejection of CP voting trust

By Nick Carey, Tim Ahmann April 9, 2016
Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a regulator to reject a voting trust Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has proposed as part of its takeover bid for U.S. […] Read more


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Monsanto cools on large-scale M+A outlook

By Karl Plume April 6, 2016
Chicago | Reuters –– Monsanto on Wednesday effectively pulled itself out of the mergers-and-acquisitions flurry in the seeds and agrochemicals industry, nearly a year after making a bid for rival […] Read more

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Glencore sells 40 per cent of agribusiness to CPP

By Dmitry Zhdannikov April 6, 2016
London | Reuters –– Commodity miner and trader Glencore has agreed to sell 40 per cent of its agricultural unit to Canada’s state pension fund for US$2.5 billion, the company’s […] Read more

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