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MacDon to manufacture windrowers for John Deere

Staff / Winnipeg-based machinery farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint. U.S.-based ag and heavy equipment giant Deere and Co. announced a “strategic agreement” Jan. 27 with Winnipeg-based MacDon, allowing Deere to expand its hay and
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Viterra signs service deals with railways

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Viterra Inc., has signed service agreements with Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway which will help increase efficiency for grain movement in Western Canada, the company announced in two separate press releases December 19. The agreement with CN will see Viterra work with the railway to review supply chain key performance indicators, co-operate on
Cereals, Crops

Canada Farm Terminals See Unsure Fate After Wheat Board

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With only old, wooden elevators to buy crops around Unity, Saskatchewan, farmers like Mervin Slater banded together in 1993 to sell shares and build a modern grain terminal. The towering concrete and steel facility is one of nearly a dozen farmer-run grain terminals to spring up on the Canadian Prairies since the 1990s, offering farmers
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APAS President Resigns

BRIEFS Greg Marshall, president of the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan, has resigned from his position, citing health reasons, the association announced Oct. 6. Marshall is recovering from a heart attack. Mr. Marshall has provided valuable leadership on behalf of Saskatchewan producers, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said. We have enjoyed a good working relationship with
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In Brief… – for Sep. 8, 2011

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Get on the list:Door-to-door enumeration for the October 4 provincial general election is complete, but voters who were not home when the enumerator called can still have their names added to the voters’ list, Elections Manitoba says in a release. Prospective voters can contact their returning office to arrange for an election official to visit
Cereals, Crops, News

Small Crop Offers Good Return

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Last year was one of the toughest years farmers can remember, plagued with drowned-out seeding, weather-induced quality demotions, and sluggish rail service. But the prices for the 2010 crop made it worth the hassle. “At the end of the day we will see one of the highest overall returns in history, including the second-highest wheat
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Brazil To Slash Fertilizer Imports

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Brazil will slash imports of nitrogen and phosphate in the next five years as local deposits are mined, but the farming giant will still depend on foreign miners for potassium, industry officials said on July 12. A forecast produced by the National Association of Fertilizer Distributors (ANDA), estimated Brazil’s consumption of these inputs would reach
Hogs, Livestock

China Banks On Massive Pork Farms

BEIJING/SHANGHAI/REUTERS A growing number of firms have laid out plans to build massive industrial-scale pig farms in China, the world’s largest pork consumer, as Beijing resumed a $2.5-billion-yuan subsidy to spur pig breeding and prevent future supply shocks. China, the pork powerhouse of the world, produces some 50 million tonnes of pork each year and
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Agreement Reached To Increase Manitoba Farm Exports To China

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An agreement between CentrePort Canada, the country’s two major railways and a number of Chinese companies should lead to increased exports of agricultural products from Manitoba to inland China, according to a release from Manitoba’s CentrePort. The agreement between CentrePort, CN Worldwide, Canadian Pacific Logistics S o l u t i o n s ,
Crops, Oilseeds

Bayer And DuPont Sign Cross-Licence Deal

Seed giant Pioneer Hi-Bred will begin using LibertyLink herbicide-tolerance traits in its canola hybrids, in a deal which will see Bayer CropScience try its hand at juncea oilseeds. Germany’s Bayer and DuPontowned, U.S.-based Pioneer have announced a global licensing agreement in which Bayer will license its LibertyLink technology to Pioneer, while Bayer will get access

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