Insights and Stories of GFM Staff

Apr. 11, 2023 at 10:54 am CDT

Louis Dreyfus’ Yorkton, Sask. canola crushing plant is about to undergo another major expansion. The project, announced Tuesday, is expected to add an additional canola crushing line and more than double the plant’s annual capacity to over two million tonnes upon completion. Construction is due to begin later this year. […]

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Mar. 28, 2023 at 12:09 pm CDT

Food and beverages sales increased in Canada last year, even as margins hit an historic low and consumers chose Canadian less. According to the latest FCC Food and Beverage Report, released Tuesday, sales increased 11 per cent to $156 billion in 2022. These gains came largely from higher export values […]

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May. 27, 2022 at 2:47 am CDT

Global positioning equipment firm Trimble has rolled out a new receiver unit meant for “high volume, autonomous-ready” ag applications. The company on May 25 introduced the Trimble BD9250, a dual-frequency receiver module that supports Trimble RTX correction services or RTK, and all major GNSS constellations, including GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, […]

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May. 20, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

Corrected, May 24 — A national skills-building organization focused on connecting employers with “untapped” labour markets sets its webcams this summer on the automated and digital ag sectors. Not-for-profit organization Palette Skills has launched a new eight-week online program for Saskatchewan residents focused on automation and digitization in agricultural production […]

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Jan. 20, 2022 at 7:19 pm CST

Canadian farmers are being asked for their input on a federally-backed project to assess and improve cybersecurity in Canada’s ag sector. The Community Safety Knowledge Alliance, the lead organization on the Cyber Security Capacity in Canadian Agriculture project, has put up a voluntary online survey for farm operators, running until […]

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