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Agrium, Rivals Seen Focusing On Smaller Deals

By Euan Rocha March 18, 2010

“Consolidation of the fertilizer industry worldwide is far from over.” – JOERGEN OLE HASLESTAD Aprotracted takeover battle in the global fertilizer industry ended this week with a victory for CF Industries Holdings Inc., but the losers are unlikely to wait long before climbing back into the fray. CF Industries’ agreement to acquire Terra Industries brought

Crops, Oilseeds

Tundra Truck Prize Bound For Manitoba

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2010

Jonathan Wollman of the Clearwater Colony at Balmoral is the winner of a 2010 Toyota Tundra pickup truck in a Cargill contest for hybrid canola growers. Wollman was announced Monday as the grand-prize winner in the company’s Victory Hybrid Canola “Big Profit Pickup” draw. The company also distributed five first prizes in each of the

News

Vale Buys Mosaic’s Brazil Fertilizer Assets

By Euan Rocha February 25, 2010

Brazilian mining giant Vale obtained an option Feb. 11 to acquire the bulk of Mosaic’s fertilizer interests in Brazil, a move that will further expand its asset base in the sector. In a deal that could rake in more than $1 billion for Mosaic when completed, the U. S. fertilizer maker has given Vale an

News

Cargill Beef Plants Install Video Gear For Audits

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2010

Cargill’s beef slaughter plants in Alberta and Ontario are among 10 company facilities in North America that have installed video equipment to monitor animal welfare practices. And while the U. S. agri-food giant’s two Canadian beef plants have yet to start using the equipment, the company has also already launched a pilot program in two

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

COOL Leads To Branded Products

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 21, 2010

The mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements that now overshadow Canadian beef in U. S. retail meat cases are being leveraged in some regional-level stores to build “unique” store brands. The Beef Information Centre, a marketing and communications arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said in a release Jan. 15 it has been working with U.

Opinion

Take Biofuels To The Non-Bank Bank

By Alan Guebert December 10, 2009

It was more a wavering non-waver than another government oldie but goodie, a non-denial denial. Still, nothing in the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Dec. 1 delay to grant the ethanol industry’s request to boost the current 10 per cent ethanol limit in gasoline to 15 per cent suggested it won’t happen – and soon.

News, Oilseeds

Canada Says China Importer To Buy More Canola Oil

By Rod Nickel December 10, 2009

China’s state-owned Sinograin will increase Canadian canola oil imports next year, the Canadian government said Dec. 5 after failing to secure broader access to the market for Canada’s exports of the oilseed. Sinograin, which manages China’s grain reserves, plans to import 350,000 tonnes of Canadian canola oil in 2010, an increase of 200,000 tonnes, the

Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Stops More Canadian Canola Meal

By Rod Nickel November 26, 2009

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused 19 shipments of Canadian canola meal from Cargill in October after finding they contained the harmful bacteria salmonella. The shipments all came from Cargill’s Clavet, Sask. canolacrushing plant, according to reports posted on the FDA’s website. The plant was already under shipping restrictions from the FDA

Cereals, Crops

FAO Raises 2009 Cereals Forecast Despite Rice Dip

By Silvia Aloisi November 19, 2009

“…world cereal utilization in 2009-10 was expected to grow faster than earlier anticipated, in part due to weaker prices.” World cereal production this year is expected to be 2.234 billion tonnes, just two per cent below last year’s record crop and nearly 26 million tonnes higher than previously expected, the United Nations said Nov. 10.

News

In Brief… – for Nov. 19, 2009

November 19, 2009

Shorter shipping stretches sought: A private members bill now before Parliament would reduce the maximum transportation time for ruminant livestock from 52 hours to 12 hours and from 36 to eight hours for pigs, poultry and horses. Bill C-468 was tabled by Brossard-La Prairie MP Alexandra Mendes October 28, according to the Canadian Coalition for

Daily Network News

Wheat breeding system no longer works, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

Tag Archives Cargill

Agrium, Rivals Seen Focusing On Smaller Deals

Tundra Truck Prize Bound For Manitoba

Vale Buys Mosaic’s Brazil Fertilizer Assets

Cargill Beef Plants Install Video Gear For Audits

COOL Leads To Branded Products

Take Biofuels To The Non-Bank Bank

Canada Says China Importer To Buy More Canola Oil

U. S. Stops More Canadian Canola Meal

FAO Raises 2009 Cereals Forecast Despite Rice Dip

In Brief… – for Nov. 19, 2009

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