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Dow-DuPont talks driven by weak farm demand, investor pressure

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Reuters — Merger talks between Dow Chemical and DuPont are likely to have been precipitated by shareholder pressure and weakening demand for crop-protection chemicals, and such a deal would have been unlikely even a few months ago. Stocks of both companies jumped 12 per cent on Wednesday — Dow’s to a record high of $56.80
A shrunken herd has buoyed prices, but isn’t good for the long-term future of the cattle sector.
Livestock

Make hay while the sun shines, says producer panel

It’s good times in the cattle business, but there are things that need to get done before the next downturn

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Good times don’t last forever, so use them wisely. That, in a nutshell, is the advice of four Alberta cattle producers who were asked for their thoughts on the current state of the sector and what lies ahead. A decade of misery following the BSE crisis in 2003 has been followed by record-high prices, and
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Livestock

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

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Last winter’s pilot project to push wolves back from ranches and farms in northeastern Saskatchewan will expand west this winter. Saskatchewan’s environment ministry on Wednesday announced a wolf hunt will run from Dec. 15 this year until March 31, 2016 in wildlife management zones (WMZs) 49 and 53. The wolf hunt pilot program ran from
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Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle stabilize near annual lows

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $5 lower to $5 higher relative to week-ago levels. The market was quite variable across the Prairies, with eastern markets coming under more pressure comparable to southern Alberta. Feedlot operators and backgrounding farmers that were holding back on purchases earlier in the fall were stepping forward more aggressively this
“Research in the dairy industry shows that cows eat more forage that is higher in sugar content. Researchers are also seeing a corresponding increase in milk production, up to eight per cent,” said Bill Houston, senior range and forage biologist with AAFC.
Crops, Forages

Industry updated on research efforts in forage and grassland sector

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada presented the details of its forage research project that began last October

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Awareness of the role forage plays in a healthy agricultural sector has grown over the past six years since the formation of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA), speakers told the group’s annual meeting here. “Just as recent as two years ago the dairy industry had no interest in investing in the research and

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