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A view of BHP’s potash mine project north of Jansen, Sask. (BHP.com)
Crops, Markets

BHP approves Saskatchewan potash project’s completion

Major miner expects to produce about 4.4 million tonnes of fertilizer per year

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After over a decade of development and digging, one of the world’s biggest mining and metals companies has granted its Saskatchewan potash mining project the go-ahead to completion and full production. Australian-British mining firm BHP announced Tuesday its board has approved its potash mine about 60 km southeast of Humboldt, near Jansen, Sask., for another […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery

Richardson buys up veg oil-based drilling lubricant maker

Grain firm supplies canola oil to Control Chemical

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The Calgary maker of Matex drilling fluids is under new ownership from one of its minority owners and its biggest supplier of crude canola oil. Winnipeg grain firm Richardson International announced last Tuesday it has bought full ownership of Control Chemical Corp. for an undisclosed amount. Control Chemical is billed as a specialized manufacturer of […] Read more
(CervusEquipment.com)
Crops, Machinery

Brandt to buy Deere dealership chain Cervus

Regina firm to pay $302 million in all-cash deal

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The world’s biggest privately-owned chain of Deere construction and forestry equipment dealerships is set to expand its reach into Deere farm equipment in a major way. Brandt Tractor, the equipment sales arm of the Regina-based Brandt Group, on Monday announced an agreement to buy all of publicly-traded Cervus Equipment Corp. for $19.50 a share, valuing […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops

Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

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Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group’s glyphosate-based herbicides. Bayer last week lost a third appeal against verdicts that sided with […] Read more
The existing suite of farm support programs designed to help farmers with business risk management, support industry innovation, and disaster recovery expires in 2023.
News

Opinion: Farm policy for the future

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It’s safe to say that most farmers in Canada don’t really know the history of farm policy developments in this country and they don’t really care.  What they do care about is whether supports will be there for them in their times of need, whether that’s when dealing with this year’s drought, last year’s pandemic […] Read more
Cattle graze near Dauphin, Man. in late July. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Alexis Stockford)
Livestock

Feds lock in AgriRecovery funds before election call

Ottawa's pledged share now up to $500 million

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Just hours ahead of a federal election call, the federal government has committed $500 million to cover its share of federal/provincial AgriRecovery support plans for drought-hit farmers across Canada’s West. Shortly before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit Sunday to Rideau Hall seeking the dissolution of Parliament for a federal election, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau confirmed […] Read more
Scientists emphasize that the effects of climate change are already here. Photo: Getty Images

Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade: U.N. climate report

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Reuters – Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a U.N. climate science report said on Monday. The report www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 found that we are already experiencing those effects of climate […] Read more
News

Bayer loses third appeals case over glyphosate weedkiller

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Reuters – Bayer has lost a third appeal against U.S. court verdicts that awarded damages to customers blaming their cancers on use of its glyphosate-based weedkillers, leaving the German drugs and pesticides group to pin hopes for legal relief on the U.S. Supreme Court. On Aug. 9, a California appeals court upheld an $86 million verdict that […] Read more
Drainage tile has been in high demand in Ontario.
Crops, News

Demand strong for drainage tile

High land values, commodity prices and assistance programs drive investments in tile drainage

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From the far north to the deep south, landowners across Ontario continue to invest in tile drainage despite ever-increasing acreage costs. They’re doing so partially because of high land values. Why it matters: Farmers and other land investors install drainage tile to increase land values beyond existing per-acre purchase prices. Jesse Tait, board member for […] Read more

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