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DuPont’s headquarters in Delaware. (DuPont.com)

DuPont cuts jobs in Delaware ahead of Dow merger

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 29, 2015

Reuters — Chemical maker DuPont said it would cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware, as part of a previously announced plan to reduce its workforce before combining with Dow Chemical in a US$130 billion megamerger. The job cuts in the state, which has been its home for more than 213 years, will take place in the

Officials from SALIC and Minerva Foods, shown here in a SALIC photo, signed a deal Wednesday for the Saudi firm to take a 19.95 per cent stake in the beef export company. (Salic.com)

Livestock, Markets

Saudi’s SALIC looking for land in Sudan for fodder

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 24, 2015

Dubai | Reuters — Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co. (SALIC), an arm of the state-owned Public Investment Fund, is looking to buy land in Sudan to grow fodder, chief executive Abdullah Aldubaikhi said in an interview on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV on Thursday. He was speaking the day after the company announced it had signed

Mayor of the municipality of Norfolk, Neil Christoffersen (l) and councillor, Bill Wieler (r), see value in having a strong partnership with their conservation district.

Crops, Local news

Norfolk builds retention ponds to aid watershed management

Conservation Champions: Members of the municipality of Norfolk council say their partnerships are win-win

By Jennifer Paige December 23, 2015

A solid relationship between the municipal council and the local conservation district has benefited both in the RM of Norfolk, local officials say. “There are a lot of drains in our municipality that the conservation district looks after, so that is huge for us,” said Bill Wieler, a councillor with the municipality. “We have always

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market grinds lower

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen December 22, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices ended the year on a soft tone, trading $5-$10 below week-ago levels; fleshier unweaned calves were down $10 to $15 because adverse weather plagued much of the Prairie region. Cattle buyers were busy on the phone, but receiving no orders. Feedlots appear to be content with their current inventory levels

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

Harry Stoddart, a sixth-generation Ontario producer presented at the Manitoba Conservation District Association’s 40th annual conference held in Brandon on December 8.

Livestock, Local news

Farming with a focus on restoration

An experienced Ontario producer says implementing a holistic management plan would be a benefit

By Jennifer Paige December 21, 2015

As many in the industry strive for sustainability, an experienced Ontario farmer wants to go one step further to build a farming system that does better than perpetuate itself. “The term ‘sustainability’ has really come to mean less damaging than the alternative, rather than truly improving or repairing,” said Harry Stoddart, during a presentation at

Livestock, Markets

U.S. Nov. feedlot cattle placements slump to record low

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters December 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Cattle movement into U.S. feedlots in November fell 11 per cent from a year ago to their lowest level since the government began compiling the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. Analysts attributed last month’s much smaller-than-expected placements to deteriorating margins that prompted feedyards to

News

Business needs to communicate sustainability better

Companies that have embraced sustainable practices also tend to be better performers

By Julienne Isaacs December 16, 2015

Canadian businesses must learn how to better communicate their progress in sustainable development, according to Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation in the University of Waterloo’s faculty of environment. Feltmate was in Winnipeg November 19 to deliver his keynote address, “Emerging sustainable development challenges and drivers,” at the Manitoba Environmental Industries

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cash price caution tempers CME live cattle rally

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters December 15, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished moderately higher on Tuesday, after uneasiness about cash prices later this week pulled contracts from initial short-covering highs, traders said. Spot December ended up 0.775 cent/lb. to 120.3 cents, and February 1.125 cents higher at 125.525. Those who had been short futures covered those

Crops, News

Researcher decries loss of PFRA

The rural west needs another PFRA to help farmers adapt to climate change

By Alex Binkley December 9, 2015

The elimination of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Agency by the Harper government has stripped western farmers of their best tool for coping with droughts and other climate change challenges, says Dave Sauchyn, a researcher at the University of Regina. The folding of the PFRA into Agriculture Canada’s bureaucracy removed the extension workers from the field

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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