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Travel, trade and local markets

By Laura Rance May 3, 2012

It was no surprise to learn last week that our federal minister of agriculture has racked up $271,000 in travel expenses since March 2011, the most of anyone in the federal cabinet. But unlike some of his colleagues, whose expense accounts have raised eyebrows among Canadians and howls of protest from opposition critics, we expect

Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat growers want no-cost buybacks to get grain moving

By Allan Dawson, Daniel Winters January 25, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has pledged to push the Canadian Wheat Board for no-cost buybacks for farmers who want to pre-empt the open market expected Aug. 1. Ritz told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association meeting in Moose Jaw last week he would push for such an arrangement or changes to producer pricing options during

News

BHP Kills PotashCorp Bid, Revives Shareholder Buyback

By Sonali Paul November 18, 2010

BHP Billiton has scrapped its $39-billion bid for Canada’s PotashCorp and bowed to calls from investors to return cash, a move that came days after regulators blocked the year’s biggest takeover deal. BHP, conceding defeat for the third straight time on a major proposed merger or acquisition, signalled with its revived $4.2-billion share buyback that

News, Oilseeds

Flax Is Fabulous For Food

By Allan Dawson April 1, 2010

“Nobody else in the world can do it – take the oil, put it in a bottle and keep it stable for the period of time that we can.” – JIM DOWNEY Ask Jim Downey, CEO of Brandon-based Shape Foods, why he’s so energized and the former deputy premier and Progressive Conservative MLA for Arthur,

Crops

Deere Considers Sale Of $1-Bln Wind Portfolio

March 11, 2010

Deere & Co. has retained Goldman Sachs Group to help review options for its $1-billion wind-energy portfolio, including a possible sale, the U. S. agricultural equipment maker said. The world’s largest maker of tractors and harvesters said it owns 34 wind farms in seven U. S. states that are capable of generating 706 megawatts of

Livestock

Pigeon King Declares Bankruptcy

By Jim Romahn January 7, 2010

in There are contracts Arlan Galbraith, the Pigeon King, has yielded to creditor pressure and has gone into personal bankruptcy. His lawyer filed a “consent decree” in Superior Court in London, avoiding a hearing where witnesses were prepared to testify about his failure to honour contracts to buy breeding-stock pigeons. The next steps are now

Crops, Pulses

Alliance Purchases Parent Seed Farms

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 17, 2009

Alliance Grain Traders Inc. (AGTI) has announced the purchase of Parent Seed Farms, a longtime merchandiser and processor of dry edible beans in St. Joseph, Manitoba. Alliance is a large pulse-trading organization with 14 facilities in Canada, the U. S., Turkey and Australia, and owner of SaskCan Pulse Trading, based in Regina. Alliance also recently

B.C. again waives ag income threshold for farm properties

Flea beetles a nuisance for canola crop

Businesses, U.S. legislators fume as Canada extends travel ban

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