Cargill Limited has announced the winners in the company's "Together We Thrive" contest. Six charitable organizations across Canada will each receive a $25,000 grant. With total funding of $150,000, the contest coincided with Cargill's 150th anniversary in 2015. 145 projects were nominated, with the winners selected by a panel of Cargill judges based on financial... Read More
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Legend Seeds and Sevita International have signed a distribution agreement to bring each other's corn and soybean genetics to new growing regions. Ontario-based Sevita International will distribute and market Legend Seeds' corn hybrids through its PROSeeds business in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Legend Seeds, which has its headquarters in South Dakota, will bring Sevita's... Read More
This week’s Canadian ag news update, including the latest on harvest, the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and the last days of the CWB: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Is Dropping the CWB Brand the Right Move? Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS
Significant changes are coming to Ontario's rules regarding small-scale chicken production. Until now, any individual could raise up to 300 birds per year under the Chicken Farmers of Ontario small flock program, a program with the intention of allowing families to raise a few chickens for themselves without requiring the purchase of production quota. Expanding... Read More
The Privy Council Office has clarified the rules regarding the conduct of government officials, including ministers, during an election. The details are of particular interest for farm groups because they allow Trade Minister Ed Fast and Canadian negotiators to continue participating in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. Trade ministers and lead negotiators from the 12 participating countries... Read More
The Alberta Barley Commission's new general manager comes with experience in the crop input and grain handling sectors. Rob Davies, the former CEO of Weyburn Inland Terminal, has been hired as the commission's new GM following Lisa Skierka's departure earlier this year. “Having spent my entire career working in agriculture across Western Canada, I am... Read More
First its monopoly was removed, and now the name will be history too. The Canadian Wheat Board (or CWB) formally became a private grain company known as “G3 Canada” today. G3 Global Grain Group — the joint venture between Bunge and the Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Investment Company — completed the $250 million acquisition of... Read More
Lenders have come calling for Legumex Walker Inc.'s canola processing business. According to a statement from the company, Pacific Coast Canola has defaulted on its loans, owing an estimated US$54.6 million. AgCountry Farm Credit Services, which represents a syndicate of lenders under PCC's senior credit facility, has served notice demanding the repayment of all amounts... Read More
Plans and funding for a $25 million "Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence" were announced at the University of Saskatchewan on Thursday. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan ag minister Lyle Stewart were in Saskatoon to announce $10 million in funding for the centre under Growing Forward 2. The U of S has committed... Read More
From the Trans-Pacific trade negotiations in Hawaii to feeding canola to cattle to wild weather — here’s this week’s agriculture news highlights, summed up in less than 20 minutes: Poll: Should Canada Join the TPP if the Cost is Supply Management? Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS