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File photo of a wheat field in northern Ukraine on July 14, 2016. (File photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
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Ukraine could lack seed for years, French producers warn

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Paris | Reuters — Reduced production of crop seed in Ukraine due to war with Russia could affect the country’s grain production for several years, a French seed industry group said on Thursday. Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain exporters, is widely expected to see its harvest shrink this year as Russia’s invasion disrupts
The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)
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USDA opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

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Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening an inquiry into the impacts of concentration in the fertilizer, seed and retail markets. The inquiry stems from the Biden administration’s July 2021 executive order to promote competition across the U.S. economy, the agency said in a release Friday. Global supply chain problems and inflation have
Paragon Ag Service’s site west of Melfort. (Lakecountryco-op.crs)
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Two Saskatchewan co-ops to buy ag input retailer

Paragon Ag Service assets to be divvied up

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A pair of Saskatchewan co-operatives are expanding their reach in the crop input retail sector in that province’s northeast, with a deal to buy an independent dealership chain. Lake Country Co-op and Prairie North Co-op announced Tuesday they have agreements in place to buy the assets of Melfort-based Paragon Ag Service from owners Sherman Boland
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Hemp industry looking forward despite hurdles

Industry 'on the edge of turning'

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MarketsFarm — The number of hemp acres grown in Canada, of which more than 80 per cent are on the Prairies, have ebbed and flowed over the past few years. In 2018, 41,200 acres were planted, according to Statistics Canada, but the total more than doubled the next year to 91,100. In 2020, that number
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Cargill buying further into Saskatchewan ag retail

Company to take up other half of Precision Ag

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Cargill plans to expand its crop retail reach further into southeastern Saskatchewan by buying up the remaining half of one of its joint ventures in the region. The Canadian arm of the U.S. agrifood firm said Thursday it will buy up crop input retailer Precision Ag for an undisclosed sum, taking up the 50 per
(Jack Dykinga photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Prairie farm slapped with plant breeders’ rights infringement penalties

Farmers need to know who they are buying seed from to avoid potentially significant costs

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Infringing on Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) has cost a large southern Alberta farm a record $737,597. “The settlement relates to unauthorized advertisements and sales of PBR-protected barley and wheat varieties,” Alliance Seed, SeCan and an unnamed seed company said in a news release Wednesday. The settlement “includes the royalties, plus legal fees and penalties,” Todd
The logo and trading info for Corteva Agriscience displayed on the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid
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Investor nominates directors for Corteva, aims to oust CEO

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Reuters — Activist investor Starboard Value LP said on Thursday it has nominated eight directors to the board of Corteva, seeking to oust its chief executive officer and take control of the pesticide and seed maker. Starboard, in its letter to Corteva’s chairman, said it had identified someone new for the top job, but declined
Soybeans. (Alfribeiro/iStock/Getty Images)
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China building world’s largest seed bank

Larger facility a bid to boost food security

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Beijing | Reuters — China will complete a new national crop germplasm bank this year, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, to boost the country’s capacity to develop new crop varieties and enhance food security. The bank has a designed capacity of 1.5 million copies, almost four times the existing one, and will be the world’s

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