Monsanto Canada has announced it plans to finally commercialize its TruFlex canola trait in 2019. TruFlex has been approved in Canada and awaiting Chinese import approval since 2012, along with several other canola traits. It's not clear what or if anything has changed, but Monsanto now says import approval from China "should be granted in... Read More
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Bayer has announced a $20,000 contribution to The Do More Agriculture Foundation — a not-for-profit organization launched this past winter to raise awareness and promote mental well-being among farmers in Canada. “We believe that through this partnership we can help increase awareness of mental health issues and break the stigma that currently exists in the... Read More
Area One Farms, an investment firm that builds equity partnerships with Canadian farmers, has announced the launch of Area One Farms Fund IV and Fund V. The two funds will offer investors the "opportunity to invest in equity partnerships with Canadian farmers and farmland." According to a press release, Fund IV will offer Canadian institutional... Read More
Manitoba-based Farmers Edge says it believes there are grounds for an appeal after a U.S. court dismissed the company's claims in a trade secrets-related lawsuit against Kansas-based Farmobile last week. A U.S. District Court judge in Nebraska issued a summary judgment on Thursday in the legal dispute over who owns the right to technology used... Read More
Bayer has announced its proposed executive team for its Crop Science division, pending the closure of the company's acquisition of Monsanto. Meanwhile, Monsanto chief executive officer Hugh Grant and chief technology officer Robert Fraley are among the Monsanto executives who will be leaving after the deal closes. Liam Condon, who currently serves as a member... Read More
The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan, along with the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), announced a new Pest Biosecurity Program for the province on Thursday. An overview The program will receive an annual investment of $2.85 million from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), for five years. Administered by the SARM, it will offer rural... Read More
The former president of Agropur has been appointed as the new CEO of the Canadian Dairy Commission. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Thursday announced Serge Riendeau's appointment to a three-year term, effective May 14th. Riendeau will oversee the Crown corporation that coordinates federal and provincial dairy policies, and administers the regulatory system designed to... Read More
The news After program changes were introduced to the Ontario Wildlife Damage Compensation Program for January 1, 2017, the government launched a review last fall into how the adapted program was working. Based on feedback received from the concluded review, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will soon release updates to the... Read More
Improved access to technology and sensors for tracking the weather, machinery, and crop development are helping farmers and agronomists with crop management decisions. "The ability to gather and integrate detailed information from growers’ fields, coupled with advances in weather forecasting, rapid processing, predictive modeling, and machine learning, is changing farming from a business that often... Read More
The scoop: The company that owns the canola futures exchange based in Winnipeg has announced plans to operate the market from New York. The story: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) sent a notice to market participants on Tuesday saying it intends to transition the canola market from ICE Futures Canada to ICE Futures U.S. on July 29,... Read More