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AGI buys ag business management software muscle

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 20, 2020

Grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth Industries (AGI) plans to level up on its SureTrack farm management software platform with a deal for another Canadian player in the same business. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Thursday it has bought all outstanding shares in Oakville, Ont.-based Affinity Management Ltd., developer of the Compass brand of farm and agribusiness

Farmobile’s PUC unit. (Video screengrab from Farmobile.com via YouTube)

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Grain equipment firm AGI takes stake in Farmobile

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff July 18, 2019

Canadian grain handling and storage equipment maker Ag Growth International plans to dial up its collaboration with ag tech firm Farmobile and has taken a minority stake in the U.S. company to that end. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Tuesday it had agreed to make a “minority equity investment” of US$15 million (C$19.57 million) in Farmobile, effective

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China, drought, debt shake Canadian farm finances

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 19, 2019

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — For years, the financial stability of Canadian farmers was the envy of their U.S. counterparts, but rising costs, drought and a dispute with China have weakened their bottom lines. Net incomes plunged last year, and that setback was followed in March by China’s halting purchases of canola, Canada’s biggest crop. Now

CMC’s booth at the GEAPS 2017 show in Kansas City. (CMCiel.com)

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AGI buys bin sensor, fertilizer blending system makers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 17, 2018

Best known as the parent for several Canadian and U.S. manufacturers of grain handling and storage equipment, Ag Growth International is expanding its tech portfolio. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Wednesday it has bought Burnaby, B.C.-based CMC Industrial Electronics and Iowa-based Junge Control (JCI) for undisclosed sums. CMC, which formed in 1997 and has facilities at Burnaby

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Regulators clear path for Westeel takeover

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 21, 2015

Federal competition watchdogs have cleared the path for grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth International to close its deal for bin manufacturer Westeel. AGI announced it had completed its deal to buy its fellow Winnipeg-based manufacturing firm for $221.5 million on Wednesday — after announcing the Competition Bureau of Canada would allow the deal on which

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on supply snags in top-exporter Russia

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U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on supply snags in top-exporter Russia

Trump tariff on Brazilian goods could jack up U.S. burger price

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

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AGI buys ag business management software muscle

Grain equipment firm AGI takes stake in Farmobile

China, drought, debt shake Canadian farm finances

AGI buys bin sensor, fertilizer blending system makers

Regulators clear path for Westeel takeover

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