The province has invested up to $1.6 million over four years in purchasing Foodland Ontario branded bins for locally grown tender fruit. “These display bins help elevate awareness of local […] Read more
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Marketing initiative bears fruit for Ontario tender fruit growers

Trump visits Iowa as officials warn storm destroyed corn crops
Cedar Rapids | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and state officials from Iowa said on Tuesday that much of the state’s corn crop will not be harvested following a fierce windstorm […] Read more
Monday’s storm hit an estimated 37.7 million acres in U.S. Midwest
Chicago | Reuters — A storm packing hurricane-force winds on Monday impacted 37.7 million acres of farmland across the Midwest, including 14 million in Iowa, the Iowa Soybean Association said […] Read more

Donation offers up more equipment for grain emergencies
Fire departments first must complete CASA training course
Corteva AgriScience Canada is donating equipment that’s expected to help fire departments across the country save farmers’ lives. The company’s funding will purchase GSI RES-Q-TUBE and Haul-ALL pencil augers for […] Read more

USDA won’t survey for volume of grain lost to March floods
Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s statistical arm will not collect data on the volume of harvested grain lost when farms from the Dakotas to Missouri were […] Read more

Grain equipment firm AGI buys into dryer market
The Winnipeg parent firm for grain bin, auger and conveyor brands such as Westeel, Twister, Westfield, Wheatheart and Batco has bought its way into the grain dryer and stationary grain […] Read more