Insights and Stories of Staff

Greenbelt Fund projects promote Ontario food

Feb. 17, 2011 at 6:03 pm CST

The Ontario government’s Greenbelt Fund has announced funding for two projects to encourage more use of Ontario food. 100 Mile Market, a group of 160 farmers, will receive funding to provide more Ontario food to daycares, schools, universities and colleges, and hospital and long-term care facilities. “Getting local food from […]

New Brunswick maple syrup plant receives funding

Dec. 29, 2010 at 2:21 pm CST

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MANA sells controlling interest to Chinese company

Dec. 29, 2010 at 1:00 pm CST

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Dryness continues in Argentina

Dec. 28, 2010 at 4:40 pm CST

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New standard samples for Eastern grains

Dec. 28, 2010 at 12:59 pm CST

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New standard samples for Western grains

Dec. 28, 2010 at 12:53 pm CST

The Canadian Grain Commission’s Western Standards Committee has released new standard samples and standard prints (photographs) for several grades of CWRS, peas, pea beans and lentils. Standard samples and standard prints represent the subjective visual grading factors that are most common in a given year. Standard samples and standard prints […]

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Tomato and tobacco growth regulator registered

Dec. 28, 2010 at 12:31 pm CST

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada has picked up registration for a growth regulator that also works to boost natural defences against bacteria and mould infections in plants such as tomatoes and tobacco. The company on Dec. 15 announced approval for Actigard, a plant growth regulator billed as offering protection against bacterial […]

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Folicur label expanded to oats and barley

Dec. 28, 2010 at 12:29 pm CST

Bayer CropScience’s wheat crop fungicide Folicur has been reformulated and rebranded for use on oat and barley crops. The new formulation, dubbed Folicur EW, is registered to suppress fusarium head blight and control assorted foliar diseases such as rust, tan spot and septoria leaf blotch, the company said in a […]

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Agrium sees A$40 million in synergies in AWB purchase

Aug. 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm CDT

Agrium says that its proposed purchase of Australian grain handler and agri-retailer AWB Ltd. would be “significantly accretive” to earnings in the first year, and that it could generate A$40 million in synergies annually. “We believe we will be able to generate synergies of A$40-million or more on an annual […]

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CWB says export barley market attractive through GPCs

Aug. 24, 2010 at 4:20 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board has issued a special feed barley market update alerting farmers to the recent strength in export prices. The CWB said that for the past two years, barley from Black Sea exporters have dominated world feed markets, but an export ban from Russia and one expected from […]

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