Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

Sep. 18, 2008 at 1:15 pm CDT

The company formerly known as Pioneer Grain says it won’t stop selling seed to Prairie farmers under the Pioneer name without a fight. Richardson Pioneer, the recently-renamed grain handling wing of Winnipeg agribusiness firm Richardson International, said in a release late Wednesday that a lawsuit filed against it by Pioneer […]

By Dave Bedard

Sep. 17, 2008 at 5:09 pm CDT

Pioneer Hi-Bred says there’s not enough room in Western Canada for two Pioneers to sell seed to farmers. Pioneer Hi-Bred, a major seed breeding and marketing firm owned by DuPont, announced Wednesday it has filed lawsuits in Winnipeg and Toronto against Pioneer Grain, which until recently was the name of […]

By Dave Bedard

Sep. 6, 2008 at 10:05 am CDT

An Ontario cattleman’s lawsuit against the federal government over losses due to BSE is now certified as a class action, with its “class” expanded to include all Canadian cattle producers outside Quebec. Justice Joan Lax of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the suit — with Niagara […]

By Dave Bedard

Aug. 14, 2008 at 4:26 pm CDT

A new Canadian arm of a Minneapolis commodity firm has signed a deal to buy a 25 per cent stake in Canterra Seeds. Riverland Agriculture, Ltd. of Calgary will pay $3.125 million for 1.3 million Canterra voting shares and take two seats on the Winnipeg seed company’s board of directors, […]

By Dave Bedard

May. 14, 2008 at 11:35 pm CDT

Quebec’s government has moved to put a little more arm’s-length between its farmers and its ag finance agency’s board. Acting on the Pronovost report on the future of the province’s farm and agri-food sector, Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard on Wednesday tabled legislation to modernize the governance structure of La Financière […]

By Dave Bedard