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Roseisle businessman George Payette has no shortage of work as he travels across Manitoba and Saskatchewan doing repairs and maintenance work on some of the last remaining country elevators in the two provinces.
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The elevator repairman

Country elevators are a rarer site nowadays. George Payette’s business is keeping those few left in good working order

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Country elevators are disappearing, but so long as George Payette can swing a sledgehammer or pound a nail, a few lone survivors stand a chance. Payette’s business is elevator repair and maintenance, making him the guy farmers who now own these sites regularly call when a roof, siding or cribbing needs work, or a foundation
Serving up an unpalatable minimum wage
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Serving up an unpalatable minimum wage

The effects of artificial intelligence and the rise of the digital world will force us to rethink 
how we produce, process and distribute food

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Governments jumping on the $15-an-hour bandwagon are missing an opportunity to look at how the next technological revolution will affect our food systems. And that’s a shame. The minimum wage is rising in many parts of the country. Recently, Ontario announced it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, to match Alberta. In
VIDEO: Canadian Grain Commission’s Gordon Miles to retire
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VIDEO: Canadian Grain Commission’s Gordon Miles to retire

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Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) chief operating officer Gordon Miles is retiring at the end of June after almost 40 years in Canada’s grain industry. Miles, who had been studying for the ministry, ended up in agriculture by working for Cargill, the Grain Transportation Agency, Manitoba Pool, the Canadian Wheat Board, and for the last 25
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U.S. Trade Representative says no deadline for NAFTA deal

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Washington | Reuters — U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday there was no deadline for completing NAFTA trade talks between the United States, Canada and Mexico even as lawmakers warned that U.S. business would be hurt by prolonged negotiations. “There is no deadline. My hope is that we can get it done by
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Crops

PotashCorp, Agrium choose new married name

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Canadian fertilizer giants Agrium and PotashCorp have picked the new brand under which they plan to do business once their proposed merger clears. Calgary-based Agrium and Saskatoon-based PotashCorp announced Wednesday their new merged company, pending regulatory review and approvals, will be named Nutrien. “The new organization will be the global leader in reliable, low-cost crop
Lansing Trade Group’s elevator at Delhi, Louisiana, about 220 km east of Shreveport. (LansingTradeGroup.com)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grain handler Lansing buys Interstate

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Chicago | Reuters — Grain handler Lansing Trade Group LLC is buying Interstate Commodities, marking another step in consolidation that is rippling through the U.S. agriculture sector as persistently low prices keep pressure on profits. The combined companies could handle as much as seven per cent of the U.S. corn supply of over 15 billion

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