Two John Deere dealerships in southern Ontario have announced plans to merge in May, bringing 10 separate shops under one banner. AgraTurf Equipment Services, which operates at Ayr, Courtland, Simcoe, […] Read more
Southern Ont. Deere dealerships to merge
DDGS market still solid, but demand easing
Prices for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have been holding steady and in most cases trending higher, but with those values strong, demand for the ethanol byproduct has been easing. Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading in Kelowna, B.C., said lower cattle numbers in the country have meant less DDGS being used,[...]
Ont. packers named for interprovincial pilot program
The Ontario government has named its three provincially-inspected meat packing firms set to take part in pilot projects aimed at boosting interprovincial meat trade. Farmer-owned beef processor VG Packers of Simcoe, pork and deli meat processor Schinkel's Legacy of Chatham and pork, turkey and deli meat processor Sikorski Sausages of London will get funding for[...]
Drozd: Soybean market turns down on long liquidation
Downward corrections in a bull market are inevitable and technical analysis is a proven and reliable means of identifying changes in direction. Technical analysis is the study of market movement […] Read more
BSE net catches Alberta dairy cow: CFIA
The national BSE surveillance system has confirmed a six-year-old Alberta dairy cow as Canada's first case of BSE in almost a year. The 77-month-old animal was confirmed Feb. 18 to have had the brain-wasting disease, making it Canada's 18th domestic case since 2003. As per Canadian Food Inspection Agency policy in place since 2009, the[...]
GrainWorld: Frost in India a boon for pea growers
Cool conditions and, in some cases, frost in India have affected that country's dry pea crop, and that is expected to improve the export outlook for Canadian producers in 2011-12. Fred Oleson, deputy director of the market analysis group with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, noted the issues in India while speaking Monday at the Canadian[...]
First 2011-12 PRO predicts wheat still going strong
While wheat production and use during 2011-12 are still "very much moving targets," the Canadian Wheat Board's first outlook for the coming crop year sees market fundamentals pointing to "historically strong" prices. The CWB released the new PRO Monday during its annual GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg, pegging high-protein wheat (No. 1 Canada Western red spring,[...]
Upper Lakes sheds stake in bulk shipping
Grain handling firm Upper Lakes Group has reached an $85 million deal to sell its fleet of freighters and its interest in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence shipping business. The deal, expected to close by the end of March, will see Algoma Central, ULG's partner in Seaway Marine Transport, buy out ULG's stake in[...]
Man. college to add fruit, veg research program
A new horticulture program at southwestern Manitoba's Assiniboine Community College will get public funding to restore an orchard for use in applied research work. The federal and Manitoba governments on Friday announced $318,000 over three years for an applied research program in horticulture production, primarily greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops, to operate at ACC's First[...]
Hog loans lead N.S. ag dept. to $10M in write-offs
Nova Scotia’s agriculture department will write off $10.3 million in debts from the last fiscal year, an amount made up mostly of defaults on loans to hog farms. The “unusually […] Read more