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Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball and Finance Minister Cathy Bennett lay out the “Flatter, Leaner Management Structure” on Feb. 22. (Gov.NL.ca)

Newfoundland shifts Lands Branch to new department

The government branch overseeing Crown land in Newfoundland and Labrador will join the provincial ministry handling the agrifoods file, as the province moves to cut public sector costs. Premier Dwight Ball on Wednesday announced what he billed as the “Flatter, Leaner Management Structure” for the provincial government, a reorganization which will see 287 management positions

Quebec extends organic conversion funding plan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 21, 2017

A support program for Quebec farmers to convert crop, livestock or maple syrup operations to organic production will get an extension. Provincial Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard on Monday announced the three-year, $4 million organic agriculture conversion support program set up in June 2015 will now run to the end of March 2022. The program offers

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 20, 2017

Saskatchewan’s provincial Water Security Agency has signed off on what it describes as the largest single agricultural drainage project in the province’s history, with more projects of a similar scale to come. The province announced Thursday it has issued a single approval for 73 landowners in the province’s southeast to set up an “organized and

Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)

Crops

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 14, 2017

Canada’s farmers aren’t likely to see less competition for their crop chemical dollars if the owner of Adama Canada buys Syngenta, the Canadian antitrust watchdog has ruled. The Competition Bureau on Tuesday issued a “no action” letter for the takeover of Syngenta by China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina), saying the deal is “unlikely to result

Crops, Markets

Grainews editor, investment columnist Andy Sirski, 73

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 13, 2017

Memorial services will be held Friday in Winnipeg for Andy Sirski, the ag rep turned farm writer who encouraged Prairie producers to expand their views of financial planning beyond the farm gate. Sirski was best known to farmers in his role as editor of Grainews from 1995 to 2006 and as the farm journal’s “Off-Farm

Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)

Crops

Minnesota probes Palmer amaranth’s sudden appearance

By GFM Network News, Renita D. Young February 8, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota has launched an investigation to find the source of seed mixes contaminated with weed seeds after the aggressive, herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth weed was found on 30 areas planted in a federal conservation program. The weed grows very fast, reaching up to eight feet in height and can hold back commercial

Livestock

Canada reintroduces bison to Banff National Park

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams February 6, 2017

Calgary | Reuters — Parks Canada has reintroduced a herd of plains bison to the country’s oldest national park in Banff, Alta., officials said on Monday, more than 130 years after the iconic North American animal last grazed the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. The conservation team moved 16 bison from a protected herd

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe’s focus turns to infected herd

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 3, 2017

With no new cases of bovine tuberculosis discovered on the Prairies since mid-November, federal officials are now turning their focus to how the disease got into half a dozen cattle in the region last fall. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it has finished TB-screening and depopulating all mature cattle from 18 properties that

Crops

Brazil to open farmland, airlines to foreign buyers

By Anthony Boadle, GFM Network News January 30, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — President Michel Temer will propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and agricultural land in Brazil as he strives to pull the economy out of a two-year recession, government sources said on Monday. Temer’s centre-right government plans to send Congress a bill allowing 100 per cent foreign ownership

White potash, which has industrial uses including in pharmaceuticals, is a growth area for hard-pressed fertilizer companies.

Crops

Slumping fertilizer makers turn to high-margin industrial uses

Fertilizer makers are seeking market alternatives wherever they can find them

By Rod Nickel January 23, 2017

Fertilizer makers are taking advantage of higher profit margins for uses in other industries, such as oil drilling and livestock feed, to ride out a severe slump. Potash and phosphate prices touched multi-year lows last year due to a capacity glut and soft crop prices. Higher and more stable returns for some industrial applications are

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

Pasture

Newfoundland shifts Lands Branch to new department

Quebec extends organic conversion funding plan

Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

Grainews editor, investment columnist Andy Sirski, 73

Minnesota probes Palmer amaranth’s sudden appearance

Canada reintroduces bison to Banff National Park

Bovine TB probe’s focus turns to infected herd

Brazil to open farmland, airlines to foreign buyers

Slumping fertilizer makers turn to high-margin industrial uses

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