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New York | Reuters -- U.S. President Donald Trump urged representatives from the rival oil and corn industries on Thursday to break a deadlock in talks over the future of the nation's biofuels policy by accepting a deal involving reforms sought by both sides. Trump has arranged a series of talks between Big Corn and[...]

An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers' heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton. Alberta's Crown lending agency[...]

A court ruling strengthening Deere and Co.'s claim to the use of green and yellow on farm equipment in the U.S. centres on how likely farmers are to believe they're looking at a Deere or Deere-approved product. In a 107-page ruling in October, following a five-day trial in June, the U.S. District Court at Paducah,[...]

Farm fuel will be exempt from a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said in an interview Thursday on the eve of announcing his government's Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. "It does exempt some farm costs -- farm fuel, for example," he said. "I know we'll get pushback from some industry groups that are not[...]

When Dr. Jason Deveau talks about sprayer cleanouts, he knows it's not a happy subject. During the 2017 edition of Canada's Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., Deveau, the application technology specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) at Simcoe, spoke to farmers about a new continuous-rinse system. In some[...]

I announced yesterday to a couple colleagues who work for the Western Producer, "We are wasting our time and energies writing stories. What idiots. If we want real financial success in life -- sell ice cream." That was my take home message from Day 2 (Wednesday) at the Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show near[...]

A Toronto organic juice processor that bills itself as shunning conventional pasteurization for its products has picked up federal funding to develop a "new-to-Canada" way to extend their shelf life. The federal government on Friday announced a "repayable investment" of up to $6.3 million from the AgriInnovation program for Greenhouse Juice Co. to set up[...]

Reuters -- Deere + Co. said on Thursday it would buy privately held German company Wirtgen Group for about US$4.88 billion to expand its road construction operations as it looks to cut down its dependence on its slowing farm business. Deere's share rose 3.1 per cent to US$126.29 in premarket trading, and were set to[...]

Tractor and equipment manufacturer Brandt expects to double its manufacturing footprint -- and expand into new equipment lines -- after closing a deal for a major Saskatchewan plant site specializing in power generation machinery. The Regina-based company on Friday announced it had closed its deal to buy the former Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Canada facility[...]

The Jim Pattison Group has consolidated its Prairie farm equipment dealerships in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under one new banner. Pattison on Tuesday announced the merger of its Maple Farm Equipment and JayDee AgTech chains, which deal mainly in John Deere farm equipment. The two chains are to be rebranded as Pattison Agriculture. Darrin Didychuk, now[...]