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Crops, Weather

Glacier Media strengthens weather, ag technology team

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Glacier Media, a leading Canadian business information news, insights and data supplier, has appointed Jonathan Neutens as president of its Weather Innovations Consulting (WIN) group. Neutens, who has more than 20 years experience in North America’s agribusiness sector, will lead the team at WIN to scale its business in the ag technology space, building on the existing
(Dow.com)
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Proposed Dow, DuPont merger gets conditional nod from China

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Beijing | Reuters — China has conditionally approved the proposed merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont, the country’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday, a step forward for the deal whose closing has been repeatedly delayed by regulatory hurdles. The merger was approved by EU antitrust regulators in March on the condition the companies divest assets
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Seeding underway in many parts of Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 1, 2017

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Manitoba Agriculture – Favourable weather and field conditions have allowed seeding operations to get underway in many areas of Manitoba. Provincially, it is estimated that less than five per cent of the 2017 crop has been seeded. No meaningful precipitation received during the past week and soil surface conditions are drying nicely across the province.
Spring seeding — one of Manitoba’s biggest mega-projects — about to begin
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Spring seeding — one of Manitoba’s biggest mega-projects — about to begin

Progress will be delayed in parts of sodden western Manitoba, say KAP delegates

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A$2.6-billion mega-project will soon start in Manitoba — but it won’t likely make many headlines. It’s called spring seeding and it’s an annual event in Manitoba. “The more than $2.6 billion we (farmers) invest in fertilizer, fuel and seed dwarfs any other private sector investment in the province,” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier
(OntLA.on.ca)
Crops

Ontario budget seeks tax flexibility for on-farm processing

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The Ontario government has balanced its budget for the first time in since 2008 — but Thursday’s budget contained little news for agriculture and rural Ontario. Finance Minister Charles Sousa’s budget mostly highlighted agriculture programs that had already been announced, and maintains $100 million in funding for the provincial Risk Management Program, which helps offsets
(AFSC.ca)
Crops, Weather

Alberta recruits new board for AFSC

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Alberta’s provincial government has named a new board of directors to its farm financing and crop insurance agency, to replace the board it fired last year. Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier on Thursday announced the appointment of a new eight-member board for the provincial Agriculture Financial Services Corp., (AFSC), which has been handled by an interim
(BASF.com)
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BASF still out for ag chem deals

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Frankfurt | Reuters –– German chemicals giant BASF said it would continue to push for acquisitions to shore up its crop protection business, after the antitrust-related sale of assets from the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont left it empty-handed. “We are generally interested in strengthening our business further, acquisitions are part of that, that

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