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From farm to fork, brought to you by artificial intelligence

With AI, yields can be improved and grocers can understand consumers — and predict 
their behaviour — better than consumers know themselves

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Many Canadian consumers have noticed that lettuce and celery prices have skyrocketed recently. Such fluctuations happen all the time. But artificial intelligence is about to change that. AI has us on the cusp of a revolution in how we make decisions and how we manage virtually every aspect of our daily lives. The agri-food sector
Crops

U.S. grain handler Andersons to exit retail business

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Reuters — Loss-making U.S. grain handler Andersons Inc. said Sunday it plans to exit the retail business, affecting over 1,000 employees, at a time when the U.S. farm sector is facing a downturn due to a sharp decline in grain prices. The company, which buys grain, produces ethanol and leases rail cars, said it will
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Livestock

Loblaw reports better-than-expected profit

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Reuters — Canadian grocery and pharmacy retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, as expenses fell and discounting attracted more shoppers. Profit at Loblaw’s main retail unit was helped by lower selling, general and administrative costs, and an increase in same-store sales in the quarter ending Oct. 8, the company said.
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Crops

P+H bulking up on fertilizer in southeastern Saskatchewan

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Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has started construction work to further boost its crop input retail profile in southeastern Saskatchewan. The company, in an online newsletter released this week, said it has fast-tracked work on a new 1,800-tonne capacity liquid fertilizer blend plant at Moosomin, Sask., to accompany a 16,000-tonne capacity dry fertilizer storage
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Crops

Fertilizer merger highlights big-picture concerns

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CNS Canada — A multi-billion-dollar merger between two major crop input companies is the latest in a string of consolidation efforts in North America’s agriculture industry, drawing attention again to the possible effects on the value chain. Agrium and PotashCorp announced Monday they plan to combine to create an integrated global supplier of crop inputs,
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Crops

Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

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Reuters — Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of products for crop producers, could benefit if some of the biggest makers of seed and agricultural chemicals merge, CEO Chuck Magro said on Wednesday. Responding to a question during a company investor day in Toronto about how possible tie-ups of ChemChina and Syngenta, or of Bayer
processing fish for caviar
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

Amidst an oil boom, North Dakota produces premium caviar

There is only a limited number of paddlefish that can be caught per year

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North Dakota is known globally not just for prolific oil production, but also, it turns out, for caviar. A distinctly American version of the salty delicacy prized for centuries by Russian czars gets its start each May in the cool waters where the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers converge, the same spot where explorers Lewis and
The beer economy in Canada supports one out of every 100 jobs in Canada, a Conference Board of Canada report says. photo: thinkstock
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Beer drink of choice among Canadians

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If you’re an average beer drinker in Manitoba, a new report pegs your consumption at about 240 bottles a year. That’s the fifth-highest per capita consumption of beer in Canada and slightly higher than the national average 235 bottles, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. From Farm to Glass: The
Hogs, News

Pilot Mound prosciutto wins gold at food fight

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Thin slivers of dry-cured ham passed the ultimate taste test, earning its creator a grand prize of $10,000 at the Great Manitoba Food Fight April 18. Clinton Cavers used recipes borrowed from his Italian friends to create the gold-medal-winning ‘old world recipe’ prosciutto, made from pork raised outdoors and processed in a meat shop on
Crops, News

Agrium blasts hedge fund’s breakup plans

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Reuters / The war of words between fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. and its biggest shareholder, Jana Partners, escalated March 4 with Agrium slamming the hedge fund’s plan to split the company in a letter to investors ahead of its annual meeting next month. Calgary, Alberta-based Agrium, which has begun mailing its proxy circular to shareholders

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