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Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)
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Syngenta’s Shanghai IPO to fund growth, acquisitions

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Hong Kong/Zurich | Reuters — Syngenta Group will use the proceeds from its US$10 billion initial public offering (IPO) to fund internal growth and an acquisition spree to snare more of the $100 billion market for seeds and sprays, the agrichemical giant said on Friday. The company’s prospectus to list on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style STAR Market
File photo of a trickling culvert in May 2021.
News, Weather

AAFC launches Drought Outlook

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TECHNOLOGY | The 30-day drought forecast tool promises to give producers more information before making management decisions

Drought-stricken farmers will now be able to get an idea of where their moisture will be sitting in the next month. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has launched its Drought Outlook tool, to run alongside the regular Drought Monitor, which keeps a running watch on drought across the country. Long-term drought forecasts may help producers make management decisions such as how
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Op/Ed, Opinion

Fraser: Expectations should be low for Food Systems Summit

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global The emerging international consensus is unlikely to please the Canadian ag sector

The emerging international consensus is unlikely to please the Canadian ag sector Canadian producers should prepare for disappointment at the upcoming United Nations’ Food Systems Summit. Planned to take place in New York this September, the summit will look to launch new strategies to deliver on the UN’s 17 development goals. In Canada, dialogues have
Mature lesions caused by common bacterial blight in dry beans.
Crops

June winds add to risk of bacterial blight

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Some bean, oat, pea crops in Manitoba showing bacterial infections Add bacterial blight to the problems Manitoba producers are fighting this year. Agronomists have noted blight issues in a number of crops, such as oats, dry beans, and some concern in peas, according to provincial crop pathologist David Kaminski. Why it matters: Producers misdiagnosing bacterial
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Canola, wheat acres in opposite trends before StatsCan report

'Every commodity was offering options that were profitable'

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MarketsFarm — Just days prior to Statistics Canada issuing its latest survey-based crop acreage report on Tuesday next week, analysts are estimating a rise in canola acres at the expense of wheat. “Coming through the winter and towards spring seeding, we were looking at canola prices that were at their highest levels of all time,”
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Crops, Markets

Potash partnership with BHP ‘not our focus,’ Nutrien executive says

Prices surging on rising demand, Belarus sanctions

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian potash producer Nutrien is not focused on any potential collaboration with miner BHP Group, a senior Nutrien executive said Tuesday in the company’s first public comments about reports of possible co-operation. BHP has for years been constructing a potash mine at Jansen, Sask., near Nutrien’s six mines in the province.
(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba dry beans in good shape

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MarketsFarm — Despite temperatures ranging from near-freezing lows to sweltering highs and receiving little precipitation, Manitoba’s dry edible bean crop has weathered the conditions well, according to the province’s pulse specialist. “We’ve had some interesting weather over the last week to two weeks,” Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for Manitoba Agriculture at Altona, said, referring to
Crop Report, Crops, News

Manitoba crops seeing weather stress, alfalfa weevils causing forage yield losses

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for June 22

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Southwest Region Temperatures became more seasonal last week, ranging from 20 to 30 C during the day, with overnight temperatures in most areas of 6 to 11 C. Crop growth has improved with previous weeks’ moisture, but the heat wave in past week stressed many crops. Neepawa area received 6 to 8 mm rain; all
A new survey seeks to better understand how technology is hitting the farm, and how that’s altering the sector’s labour needs.
Farmit Manitoba

Survey takes aim at ag technology

A national survey hopes to put numbers behind technology and tech-driven labour trends and demands in the shifting agri-food landscape

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The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) wants to know how you use tech on your farm or agribusiness. The non-profit has launched a nationwide survey in the hopes of filling in data on technology use and the labour trends related to new technology in agri-food. Why it matters: The survey hopes to get a handle

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