Prairie grain handler Viterra is expanding its reach in eastern North Dakota with a deal for Gavilon Grain’s elevator at Grand Forks. Regina-based Viterra said Monday it has closed its […] Read more
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Viterra buys North Dakota elevator
U.S. soy grower co-op plans North Dakota crush plant
A U.S. soybean growers’ co-operative has picked its site for what it says would be the first soybean processing plant of its kind in North Dakota. Minnesota Soybean Processors and […] Read more
Tour shows wheat yields in central, Northwestern North Dakota near to or above average
Reuters – Spring wheat prospects in central and northwest North Dakota are near to or above average, aided by favourable weather, scouts on one leg of an annual crop tour […] Read more
North American sunflowers looking good early
CNS Canada –– Sunflower crops in key growing regions of North America are in relatively good shape early in the season, according to reports. However, those good conditions have put […] Read more
North Dakotans put ‘corporate’ farming to vote
Reuters — North Dakotans are voting Tuesday in a referendum to repeal a law enacted last year that changed decades of family-farming rules in the state by allowing corporations to […] Read more
North Dakota wheat acres seen likely to beat forecast
CNS Canada — North Dakota farmers will be seeding less spring wheat this year — but the acreage may not be down by as much as the U.S. Department of […] Read more
Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada
Cross-border travellers may again bring raw poultry meat, eggs and live birds into Canada from North Dakota and Missouri. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week shortened its list of […] Read more
Canada’s no-buy list for poultry, eggs down to two states
Canada is now warning cross-border travellers to the U.S. against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from two states, down from six at the end of 2015. As of Tuesday, […] Read more
CHS locks in fertilizer supply, scraps plan for N.D. plant
Reuters — U.S.-based agribusiness CHS Inc. said it would invest US$2.8 billion in a unit of fertilizer producer CF Industries to secure nitrogen fertilizer supplies. This is the third deal […] Read more
U.S. spring wheat yield projections highest ever
Fargo, N.D. (Reuters) — Yield potential for spring wheat grown in the northern U.S. Plains was projected as the highest on record, with the crop benefiting from timely planting and […] Read more
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