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Collective farm emblematic of Russia’s new farm scene

By Melissa Akin September 17, 2012

This year’s wheat, piled in steel sheds on the Banner of Lenin collective farm, shimmers greyish gold in the dusty air, a vision of plenty worthy of a Soviet propaganda poster. In Soviet times, the 15,000-hectare farm in Russia’s Black Sea breadbasket region of Krasnodar, stuck to growing wheat, but over the past two decades

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

You can’t manage what you won’t measure

By Ralph Goodale August 10, 2012

Sixty-nine years of history came to an end August 1. The single-desk marketing system of the Canadian Wheat Board, which started in 1943, is now officially dead. Few farmers were ever asked about this change. There was no producer vote, no public hearing, no respectable debate in Parliament. There was no cost-benefit analysis. There’s not

Crops, Grain Markets, News

Glencore’s Viterra takeover wins federal government blessing

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 20, 2012

Commodity giant Glencore’s “commitments to Canada” and Canadian farmers in its proposed takeover of the country’s biggest grain handler have earned the federal government’s formal approval of the deal. Federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis on Sunday announced he has approved Glencore International’s application under the Investment Canada Act for its friendly takeover of Viterra, which

Crops, News

Canadian farm groups want curbs on Agrium’s clout

By Rod Nickel June 16, 2012

Reuters / Two influential Canadian farm groups will urge the country’s Competition Bureau to scale back Agrium Inc.’s proposed purchase of Viterra Inc. assets, saying Agrium might become too powerful in the sale of fertilizer and other crop supplies. In a $6.1-billion deal, global commodities giant Glencore International PLC will buy Viterra, Canada’s biggest grain

Cereals, News

Viterra shareholders back Glencore

By Scott Haggett And Rod Nickel June 8, 2012

Reuters / Shareholders of Canada’s largest grain handler, Viterra Inc., voted overwhelmingly May 29 in favour of a friendly takeover bid by Swiss commodities trader Glencore International Plc., pushing the biggest deal in years for the global agricultural sector closer to reality. The deal was supported by 99.8 per cent of shareholders, far more than

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Pasta plant on hold

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 17, 2012

AGT says it’s a maybe for 2013 Alliance Grain Traders Inc. has put its plan to build a $50-million pasta-processing plant in Regina on hold, citing uncertainty in the North American market and the need to focus on working capital. “Pending developments, such as the de-monopolization of the Canadian Wheat Board and the proposed sale

Cereals, Opinion

The Brand X elevator and corporate control of the food supply

By Les Mcewan May 17, 2012

The potential for contracted acres to be linked to herbicide and fertilizer purchases as well as point of delivery was already there

When Manitoba Pool Elevators and the Alberta Wheat Pool amalgamated in 1998 to become Agricore, I joked at the local watering hole that we really needed to invent an elevator sign that was Velcro backed. Even then, it was apparent that there was a lot of work involved in rebranding trade names on very tall

Crops, News

Australia delays Viterra grain port auction plan

April 30, 2012

Australia’s competition regulator has halted a proposal by grain handler Viterra to auction port capacity after similar auctions in other parts of the country have exposed problems allocating capacity despite a bumper harvest. Viterra, Canada’s largest grain handler, has been working on plans to introduce an auction system to allocate port terminal capacity in South

Cereals, News

Flood erodes KAP memberships

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Many Manitobans are still suffering in the wake of last year’s flood, and so is the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). The general farm organization projects a $4,600 loss in its 2012 budget largely due to a drop in memberships. But long-standing problems with its funding checkoff aren’t helping. As of March 31, KAP had 2,177

Opinion

Bigger and bigger and …

By Alan Guebert April 19, 2012

Two years ago March 12, trumpets blasted in Ankeny, Iowa, as America’s new gladiators for agricultural justice — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., his antitrust chief Christine Varney, U.S. Department of Agriculture boss Tom Vilsack and hundreds of farmers — gathered for a day-long discussion on “competitive dynamics of the seed industry; trends in

Daily Network News

China extends anti-dumping probe on Canadian canola; pledges fair ruling

U.S. grains: Soybeans turn higher as traders weigh China demand; wheat climbs

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola needs to back away from highs

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