Insights and Stories of Staff

‘Clean’ tech adoption up for federal funding

Mar. 23, 2018 at 2:30 am CDT

Provinces and territories can apply starting April 1 for chunks of a three-year, $25 million federal fund to support programs that encourage on-farm adoption of precision ag tools or use of renewables from ag waste. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday launched the fund, to flow through what’s dubbed […]

GEA STR Series Semi-Tanker

Mar. 22, 2018 at 7:01 pm CDT

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Cargill selling Ontario grain, inputs businesses

Mar. 22, 2018 at 1:44 pm CDT

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G3 expanding into Alberta market

Mar. 20, 2018 at 11:46 am CDT

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Premium Brands set to buy three meat processors

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:26 am CDT

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Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:22 am CDT

The home municipality for Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) former Kemptville campus is set to remake the site as an “education and community hub.” The municipality of North Grenville, which includes Kemptville, about 40 km south of Ottawa, closed a deal in December to purchase the Kemptville ag campus, with the […]

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Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

Mar. 16, 2018 at 7:57 pm CDT

The packer behind the pilot of a Canadian value chain for certified sustainable beef says its first three months are proof the model is scalable as well as functional. The pilot’s first quarter “proved that a significant volume of beef can be successfully traced through a certified supply chain for […]

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Hesston 2370 Ultra High Density baler

Mar. 15, 2018 at 8:12 pm CDT

Last month, Hesston by Massey Ferguson released its 2370 Ultra High Density (Ultra HD) baler to North American producers at the 2018 World Ag Expo in California. A Class 8 baler, the 2370 Ultra HD produces 3’ X 4’ bales with 20 per cent greater density than Hesston’s Model 2270XD […]

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BASF in talks to buy Bayer vegetable seeds arm

Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:13 pm CDT

Bayer has entered “exclusive talks” toward a deal to sell its global Nunhems vegetable seeds business to German chemical firm BASF, to help clear the aisle for a Bayer/Monsanto marriage. Nunhems, which has a portfolio of about 1,200 seed varieties in over two dozen different vegetable crops worldwide, sells seeds […]

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Mushroom grower Highline expands westward reach

Mar. 11, 2018 at 4:19 am CDT

Canada’s biggest mushroom grower is set to further expand its market space in Western Canada with a deal for a West Coast competitor. Highline Mushrooms of Leamington, Ont. announced Wednesday it will buy Prairie Mushrooms of Langley, B.C. for an undisclosed sum. Highline, which has operated since 1961 and was […]

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