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Farmers of North America contends its plan for privatized CWB was better than G3’s

FNA wants to work with CWB to make grain handling and fertilizer distribution more efficient for farmers

By Allan Dawson May 4, 2015

Farmers of North America (FNA) didn’t get the chance to turn CWB into a farmer-owned company, but it’s still willing to work with the new owners, officials said last week. James Mann, president of the Saskatoon-based FNA, said under its proposal farmers would have owned 100 per cent of the company, as opposed to the

Crops, Markets

Minogue: Farmers sought to get skin in crop input game

By GFM Network News, Leeann Minogue March 27, 2015

Weyburn, Sask. –– Barrie Mann is here to remind about five dozen farmers what their biggest farm expense is. And what he’s proposing to them at this meeting Thursday is a way of “allowing the profits from fertilizer to go back in your bank account.” Most of these same farmers were on hand in October

Crops

FNA preparing to push south

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 11, 2014

Canadian ag input buying group Farmers of North America (FNA) is going North American. Saskatoon-based FNA and its sister supply organization, AgraCity, said Thursday they now have teams on the ground in three states — North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota — to recruit new FNA members. “When the organization began back in 1999, the name

Crops, Markets

CWB takes pass on FNA’s proposal

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 27, 2014

Ag input buying group Farmers of North America (FNA) says its proposal to buy the grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board has been rebuffed. Saskatoon-based FNA said Monday its proposal — which called for CWB’s assets to become part of an farmer-owned grain handling and fertilizer manufacturing and marketing organization dubbed Genesis

Canadian Wheat Board building in Winnipeg

Cereals, National news

FNA wants more time for CWB bid

Is a sale being sped up ahead of the next federal election?

By Allan Dawson October 24, 2014

Farmers of North America (FNA) says with harvest delays it needs another six to eight weeks to pitch its plan for farmers to buy CWB from the federal government. But FNA president and CEO James Mann fears CWB will be sold first — probably to a foreign multinational grain company. “I would say I don’t

AgraCity CFO Derek Penner (centre, with Laurentian Bank Securities vice-president Ty Wirvin (l) and director of investment banking Kevin Hooke) is gauging farmers’ appetite for investment in a new grain handling and fertilizer partnership, ideally by taking control of CWB. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Clock ticking on FNA-led group’s proposed play for CWB

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther October 16, 2014

Farmers of North America (FNA) executives are pleading for more time from the federal government to help farmers hammer out a deal to buy the former Canadian Wheat Board. FNA has created a new organization, Genesis Grain and Fertilizer LP, to build a farmer-owned grain handling and fertilizer sales and distribution company. As of Tuesday,

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

FNA gets into cash advance administration

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2012

Ontario’s ACC wants to expand in the West, but only into crops that aren’t covered now, says Jaye Atkins

Farmers taking out cash advances on their crops this year will see some changes in who is administering the programs. As the Canadian Canola Growers Association expands its administration to take over the crops formerly handled by the Canadian Wheat Board, a new player has emerged to manage the program for several commodities in Ontario

News

Retire redundant regulations rapidly

By Alex Binkley February 15, 2012

Too many government farm regulations waste time and do nothing to improve health and safety of consumers, says a report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Farmers in Canada are hardest hit by regulations, an alphabet soup of rules including land-use restrictions, product labelling, food safety, border inspection, pesticides and data collection, said Virginia

News

FMA Addresses Free-Rider Problem

By Allan Dawson February 24, 2011

Membership has its privileges that’s why the Farmers of North America (FNA) has made changes to how it shares benefits so its members get more and free riders less. “The fact of the matter is prices drop just when there are (FNA) members in a community and prices will often be disciplined,” Bob Friesen, CEO

News

New Grassy Weed Alternative

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 20, 2010

Farmers of North America (FNA) has teamed up with one of its crop protection suppliers to launch MPower Aurora, a generic grassy weed herbicide that contains the active ingredient clodinafoppropargyl. The same active ingredient is found in the brand Horizon NG. FNA says the product is available under its MPower brand, which is a program

U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand

Canada announces steel tariffs on some trade partners

Agriculture chemical company embraces regenerative farming

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand

Canada announces steel tariffs on some trade partners

Agriculture chemical company embraces regenerative farming

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Farmers of North America contends its plan for privatized CWB was better than G3’s

Minogue: Farmers sought to get skin in crop input game

FNA preparing to push south

CWB takes pass on FNA’s proposal

FNA wants more time for CWB bid

Clock ticking on FNA-led group’s proposed play for CWB

FNA gets into cash advance administration

Retire redundant regulations rapidly

FMA Addresses Free-Rider Problem

New Grassy Weed Alternative

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