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Ontario’s RMP stays unchanged for 2018

Sep. 29, 2017 at 1:06 am CDT

Ontario’s agriculture ministry won’t be making any changes to its Risk Management Program (RMP) for the 2018 program year. Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal, in a recent letter to Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) chair Mark Brock, said he has decided not to proceed with interim changes to RMP for 2018, […]

Metro in ‘advanced’ talks to buy Jean Coutu chain

Sep. 28, 2017 at 4:04 am CDT

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Alberta wheat, barley groups test merged management

Sep. 27, 2017 at 8:23 pm CDT

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Deal off for Imvescor’s veggie meals business

Sep. 26, 2017 at 12:59 am CDT

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FMC deal for DuPont assets wins clearances

Sep. 25, 2017 at 9:25 pm CDT

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Independent ag retailers team up for group buying

Sep. 25, 2017 at 8:07 pm CDT

Over a dozen “indie” farm input retailers on the Prairies plan to centralize their purchasing using a model developed by Australians in the same line of work. The group of 14 independent Prairie ag input dealers on Sept. 15 announced a new organization, AgLink Canada, a buying group formed “in […]

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Prairie canola, soy now in Cargill ProPricing portfolio

Sep. 22, 2017 at 7:13 pm CDT

Canola and soybean growers in Western Canada are now able to get in on Cargill’s ProPricing grain marketing program for the 2017-18 season. The U.S. agrifood company’s Winnipeg-based Canadian arm announced Sept. 14 it would offer its first-ever canola contract in its ProPricing portfolio, allowing eligible growers to hand off […]

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Post-secondary cannabis credentials on offer

Sep. 22, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

Degree and diploma aggies interested in producing commercial cannabis and/or hemp will be able to get college-certified starting next year. Niagara College announced Tuesday it will launch a graduate certificate program in commercial cannabis production in 2018, a program it bills as Canada’s “first post-secondary credential” in the crop’s production. […]

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Manitoba NDP names new ag critic

Sep. 21, 2017 at 4:08 pm CDT

Manitoba’s former education minister has been pressed into service as the new agriculture critic for the provincial legislature’s official opposition. Wab Kinew, who was elected Saturday as the leader of the opposition New Democrats, on Thursday named James Allum, the MLA for the Winnipeg riding of Fort Garry-Riverview, as the […]

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U.S. organic grain firm buys Saskatchewan elevators

Sep. 20, 2017 at 9:20 pm CDT

A Minneapolis-based startup focused on non-GMO and organic grains has bought itself elevator space to source those crops out of southern Saskatchewan. Pipeline Foods on Wednesday announced it has bought small elevators at Wapella, about 130 km south of Yorkton, and at Gull Lake, about 50 km southwest of Swift […]

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