Just in time for flooding that's led to evacuation notices for what's reported as up to a quarter of the city's population, Viterra has bought a pulse-crop processing business at Minot, N.D. Regina-based Viterra, Canada's largest grain handler, said Monday it had bought the assets and inventory of Premier Pulses International for an undisclosed sum.[...]
Viterra buys U.S. pea, lentil processor
Supply-managed sectors join call for trade “coherence”
A clutch of farm organizations from 66 countries, calling for allowance of greater “policy space” in global ag trade talks, now includes the groups representing Canada’s supply-managed dairy, egg and poultry farmers. Groups including the Dairy Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada and Egg Farmers of Canada on Monday signed onto a joint declaration […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle prices bounce off lows
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices appear to be stabilizing with values steady to $3 higher on average last week. A larger group of feeder heifers averaging 880 pounds sold for $104 per hundredweight (cwt) in central Alberta; 640-lb. steers sold for $149/cwt delivered to Feedlot Alley in southern Alberta. Strength in the feeder market was[...]
Some S. Ont. farms get extension on soybeans
Ontario's provincial crop insurance and ag program delivery agency has spotted a few southern areas' growers some extra time to plant soybeans. Agricorp said Saturday it has extended the planting deadline for soybeans to June 30 from June 20 for the Niagara Region, Haldimand County and Tuscarora Township. To maintain their crop insurance coverage, producers[...]
Bill due Monday to end Canada Post service disruption
Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is booked to introduce back-to-work legislation Monday morning (June 20) in Ottawa to halt the latest labour disruptions at Canada Post. Raitt's bill, which the government on Wednesday dubbed the Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act, would end a work stoppage that began June 3 with rotating strikes by members[...]
CropWatch 2011: Harvest allowed for volunteer RR canola
Taking off a crop of volunteer Roundup Ready canola will be allowed this year, but only if certain conditions are met, Monsanto's spokeswoman tells us in Friday's CropWatch. "This is a special case exception for the 2011 crop year and is directed at allowing those farmers to harvest a volunteer canola crop if they are[...]
Buhler adds tillage to Farm King, Versatile lines
The owner of the Farm King and Versatile farm equipment brands has added tillage equipment to both product lines. Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, which in February bought seeding equipment maker Ezee-On Manufacturing, said Wednesday it will produce its new tillage lines at the Ezee-On plant at Vegreville, Alta. A “complete range” of offset discs, tandem discs, […] Read more
CropWatch 2011: Peace could use some rain
Crops in Alberta’s Peace River region are “variable” with most areas in need of moisture, according to reports in Wednesday’s CropWatch. Later-seeded canola fields are just germinating now with recent showers, according to the Peace crop report posted by Dunvegan AG Solutions. Grasshopper pressure is “moderate to high” in some areas. Also in Wednesday’s CropWatch, […] Read more
Ont. pet food firm funded for deadstock disposal
A pet food supply firm and major deadstock renderer in southwestern Ontario has picked up provincial funding for a new gasification system to boost its processing capacity. Atwood Pet Food Supplies, operating in Perth County at Atwood, about 60 km northwest of Kitchener, will get $3.653 million from the province's rural economic development program toward[...]
Wetness to push Man. unseeded acres to record
Unseeded crop acres in Manitoba will likely reach a record high this year due to excessive wetness, a provincial government official told Reuters on Monday. The province is working to calculate an estimate, and it appears Manitoba will exceed the record of nearly 1.4 million unplanted acres set in 2005, said David Koroscil, manager of[...]
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