Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

Investment firm buys Saskatchewan drying system maker

Oct. 16, 2023 at 3:59 pm CDT

A Winnipeg investment firm with ownership stakes in Canadian manufacturing and airlines has bought a Saskatchewan company that makes heating and drying systems for grain growers and other sectors. Exchange Income Corp. (EIC) announced Oct. 5 it has bought DryAir Manufacturing of St. Brieux for about $60 million in cash […]

File photo of moose in a Saskatchewan field.

Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB

Oct. 11, 2023 at 10:37 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle turn higher

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm CDT

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly lower

Oct. 10, 2023 at 6:26 pm CDT

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Bunge shareholders bless Viterra wedding

Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:22 pm CDT

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Manitoba legislature’s agriculture leaders to return under new management

Oct. 4, 2023 at 3:55 am CDT

Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead opposition agriculture critic are headed back to the legislature — but under a new seating plan. Opposition leader Wab Kinew’s New Democrats are expected to form a majority government coming out of Tuesday’s provincial election, unseating incumbent premier Heather Stefanson’s Progressive Conservatives. Just after […]

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Canada puts temporary ban on France’s poultry, eggs

Oct. 1, 2023 at 10:45 am CDT

Imports of live birds and unprocessed poultry and eggs from France are barred from Canada effective Sunday (Oct. 1), pending a risk assessment of France’s duck vaccination program for avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced the temporary ban Tuesday, following France’s move to require mandatory vaccination against […]

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Trimble Ag, Agco’s JCA link up for new precision ag venture

Sep. 28, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

Global positioning tech firm Trimble is set to sell its precision ag business into a new joint-venture company that will include farm machinery maker Agco’s made-in-Manitoba autonomy arm. From farmers’ perspective, the two companies say their combined technology offering is expected to offer “seamless integration and connectivity across geographies, equipment […]

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Scoular boosts flax processing capacity near Regina

Sep. 28, 2023 at 11:01 am CDT

U.S. grain handler Scoular is stepping up its Canadian Prairie flax processing game as it completes its exit from the region’s pulse crop sector. The company last year opened up a high-speed flax line at its pulse and special crops site at Richardson, Sask., just southeast of Regina — and […]

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Transport Canada to review Bunge-Viterra marriage plans

Sep. 27, 2023 at 7:25 am CDT

Canada’s federal transport department will conduct its own review of U.S. grain giant Bunge’s plans to buy and merge with Viterra — with an eye particularly on both companies’ stakes in Canadian port terminals. Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Tuesday that his department will review the deal under the mergers […]

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