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Cereals, Opinion

Is This “Modernization?”

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR While appointments to the Canadian Wheat Board have traditionally been at a reasonable arm’s length from politics (at least until the director appointments were hijacked by the current government), it’s always been understood that things are different at the Canadian Grain Commission. Appointments have almost always been given to those with
Country Crossroads, Hogs, Other livestock, Poultry

Core Buyers Are Loyal To Their Preferred Meats

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Martin Gooch of the George Morris Centre has posted detailed reports on consumer surveys for chicken, lamb, veal and pork. It’s the most complete set of data available and was collected with funding from the federal Agriculture Department’s National Advancing Canadian Agricultural and Agri-Food Program. For chicken, the research found that the average Canadian household
Cereals, News

Ruling Unionizes AU Workers In Sask.

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If they perform the same kinds of duties as Viterra’s unionized employees, former Agricore United (AU) workers at grain handler Viterra’s Saskatchewan elevators or Regina head office are now also union members. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) made an interim ruling to that effect March 10 as it plans a major bargaining unit review
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Agrium, PotashCorp Differ On China Price Talks

Fertilizer and farm retailer Agrium said Feb. 19 that Chinese potash price negotiations could stretch into July, two months longer than rival Canadian fertilizer producer PotashCorp of Saskatchewan is targeting. “I have dealt with the Chinese on other commodities. They are good at brinkmanship; they will hold right to the end. They could hold until
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

CWB canola-marketing idea “This is

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notgoing to come overnight and the ball is now in our court.” – butch harder – Butch Harder Efforsts to give western farmers the option to voluntarily market canola through the Canadian Wheat Board ( CWB) have beenresurrected. “ Keep your earstuned and keep listening,” outgoing Manitoba Canola Growers Association president Ernie Sirski told farmers
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Mexican baker buys Weston’s U. S. bread unit

Bimbo said Dec. 10 it will buy the U. S. bread-making unit of George Weston Ltd. for US$2.38 billion, one of the biggest acquisitions in the Mexican bread-maker’s history. Bimbo, one of the world’s top makers of bread, said it would finance the acquisition using a long-term credit of $1.7 billion, in two tranches, and
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Wind farm encounters woes

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Proponents behind the 300-megawatt wind farm announced for the St. Joseph area last week say they are confident they can raise the necessary capital to proceed with the project, despite financial uncertainty facing one of the project’s key partners. The Australian-based parent company of Babcock & Brown Canada, the partner in charge of financing and
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Grocery margins seen rising, but not for long

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Supermarkets in Canada seem to have taken price hikes to “bold new levels” in the third quarter of 2008, but shouldn’t expect wider margins to last, according to the George Morris Centre. A Nov. 13 essay by Kevin Grier, senior market analyst for the Guelph-based farm think-tank, points to a seven per cent increase in
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Agrium profit surges, widens outlook

Agrium Inc. reported a higher third-quarter profit that topped analyst expectations and the company widened its outlook for the second half of the year amid turmoil in the global economic and commodity markets. Agrium, the world’s third-largest nitrogen producer and the top U. S. retailer of crop supplies, earned $367 million or $2.31 a share

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