DLF unveiled a new “corporate visual identity” in September 2022. (DLF video screengrab via YouTube)

DLF Pickseed to shed ‘Pickseed’

Danish firm streamlines North American brand

A historic Canadian name in the forage seed business is about to end its run, as its owner tightens up its branding in North America. Danish forage and turf seed firm DLF announced Oct. 6 it has “unified its brand and business” under that name, dropping the “DLF Pickseed” moniker it had used in North




Deadline set for FarmPure creditors

Manitoba farmers owed money by FarmPure Seeds should prove their claims with Meyers Norris Penny by mid-December at the latest. MNP, as FarmPure Seeds’ trustee, goes to Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on Nov. 17 to get court approval for Ontario forage firm Pickseed to buy FarmPure’s forage seed assets at Nipawin, Sask. Pickseed’s


FarmPure creditors take Pickseed’s offer

Officials from Pickseed were able to provide producers and others “with a greater comfort level” Unsecured creditors of FarmPure Seeds have agreed to take a deal that may see them get back six cents on every dollar they’re owed by the Regina firm. Pickseed, a well-known Ontario forage seed and turf-grass company that plans to

FarmPure’s creditors to vote on deal

Manitoba seed growers and others owed money by FarmPure Seeds could recoup about six cents on the dollar out of a deal with the company’s proposed new owner. A preliminary list of almost 500 potential unsecured creditors of the Regina seed marketing and distribution company includes over 100 names of Manitobabased businesses and agencies –


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the column at left, then click on “FarmPure Seeds Inc.”) Pickseed discovered the depth of FarmPure Seeds’ indebtedness during its due diligence for the purchase of the company’s forage and grass business, Kornuta said in an interview last week. The proposal, she wrote, will allow FarmPure Seeds to be sold as “a going concern with