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Trends for 2016: Pulses expected to steal acres from cereals

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus December 23, 2015

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are expected to seed more pulse crops at the expense of cereals in 2016, according to early projections from industry experts looking at current market trends. “Definitely we’ll see an increase in pulse crop acreage,” said Bruce Burnett, weather and crop specialist at G3 Canada. Lentils and peas are seeing

Crops

Syngenta said talking to Monsanto, ChemChina, others

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 22, 2015

Zurich | Reuters — Swiss agrichemicals group Syngenta is in talks with Monsanto, ChemChina and other rivals but has not received a concrete takeover offer and is keeping all options open, chairman Michel Demare told a Swiss newspaper. “Given what shareholders expect for the next 12 months, going it alone is hardly possible,” he told

Cereals, Crops

Minogue: Wanna start a cereal seed company?

By GFM Network News, Leeann Minogue December 22, 2015

It’s clear from where the Prairies’ cereal growers’ groups sit that it’s time for farmers to get more involved in wheat and barley breeding — and they have a new report in hand suggesting ways to do so. Options in the report, from the newly-formed Wheat and Barley Variety Working Group, range from improving the

Livestock, Weather

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

By GFM Network News, Will Dunham December 21, 2015

Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots. The researchers on Monday cited 139 counties as especially worrisome, with wild bee

Crops, Markets

Saskatchewan farmland off limits for pension plans next month

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 21, 2015

Reuters/Staff — New rules for buying farmland in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, will take effect Jan. 4, and toughen its ban on pension plans investing, the provincial government said Monday. The changes make more explicit an existing ban on pension plans and trusts from buying land and continue to limit purchases of

The WTO’s director-general, Roberto Azevedo, and Kenya’s cabinet secretary for foreign affairs and international trade, Amina Mohamed, close the fifth day of the WTO ministerial conference in Nairobi. (Photo courtesy Admedia Communication, copyright WTO)

Livestock, Markets

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

By Edith Honan, GFM Network News December 20, 2015

Nairobi | Reuters — The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Saturday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform. Members said the Nairobi deal had drawn a line under years of

Crops, Markets, Weather

Man. First Nations seek to buy Churchill port, rail line

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 18, 2015

Manitoba’s northern First Nations have responded to the “for sale” notice on the port and rail line that allow Prairie farmers and handlers to ship grain exports through Hudson Bay. The Canadian arm of U.S. shortline firm OmniTrax confirmed Friday it has a letter of intent in hand from a group of First Nations in

Livestock, Markets

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News December 16, 2015

Reuters — Canada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support for the deal, according to sources close to the talks. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in early October,

Crops

CP revises hostile bid for Norfolk Southern, again

By Allison Lampert, Euan Rocha, GFM Network News December 16, 2015

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway slammed railway Norfolk Southern on Wednesday, accusing it of misleading investors even as CP executives rolled out a new bid with increased shareholder protections to acquire the U.S.-based railroad. Executives from Canada’s second-largest railroad said the deal is now in the hands of Norfolk Southern’s shareholders, and urged its board

Crops

Norfolk Southern rejects CP’s revised offer

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 15, 2015

Reuters — U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern has formally rejected a revised offer from Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), raising the prospect of a proxy battle. CP shareholder Bill Ackman said last week that CP CEO Hunter Harrison and he have both been sounded out by activists interested in a proxy fight with Norfolk Southern. Ackman

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

Barley

Trends for 2016: Pulses expected to steal acres from cereals

Syngenta said talking to Monsanto, ChemChina, others

Minogue: Wanna start a cereal seed company?

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

Saskatchewan farmland off limits for pension plans next month

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

Man. First Nations seek to buy Churchill port, rail line

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

CP revises hostile bid for Norfolk Southern, again

Norfolk Southern rejects CP’s revised offer

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