Insights and Stories of Staff

Farm groups line up against feds’ tax proposal

Sep. 2, 2017 at 10:16 am CDT

National, regional and sector farm groups are forming up with several major business associations on the offensive against a proposal to reform how incorporated businesses are taxed in Canada. The federal finance department tabled a series of proposals July 18, opening them for public comment until Oct. 2 for a […]

Dow, DuPont wrap up merger

Sep. 2, 2017 at 1:53 am CDT

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Agropur to take control of Iogo, Olympic yogurt maker

Aug. 31, 2017 at 6:13 pm CDT

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Ex-agriculture minister Gerry Ritz quits Commons

Aug. 31, 2017 at 10:51 am CDT

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FCC pledges flexibility for soaked Ontario, Quebec growers

Aug. 31, 2017 at 1:50 am CDT

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Federal Tories look east for ag critic

Aug. 30, 2017 at 4:34 pm CDT

The federal Conservatives have tapped one of their rookie Quebec MPs as the new agriculture critic for Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. Andrew Scheer, elected in May as the Tories’ new leader, on Wednesday announced his first shadow cabinet with Luc Berthold, the MP for Megantic-L’Erable, as agriculture and agri-food critic […]

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Clubroot ‘heavily’ infests NW Saskatchewan field

Aug. 29, 2017 at 7:52 pm CDT

Clubroot has made its presence known in the far northwest of Saskatchewan’s canola-growing region, with the discovery of a “heavily infested” field. SaskCanola on Monday reported the discovery of the disease in a field in crop district 9B, but didn’t give its specific location. District 9B is a group of […]

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Saskatchewan rancher pleads guilty over stolen ag equipment

Aug. 29, 2017 at 2:12 pm CDT

A western Saskatchewan cattle rancher has pled guilty on 18 charges over the discovery last year of tractors, balers and other farm equipment reported missing in the region, according to Saskatoon media. Iain Stables, 39, of the RM of Montrose entered guilty pleas in Provincial Court in Saskatoon Monday on […]

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Koch to seek Saskatchewan Party leadership

Aug. 29, 2017 at 3:38 am CDT

A long-time Prairie agriculture policy player who last year became Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s seniormost bureaucrat has joined the race to replace him. Alanna Koch, who farms with her husband at Edenwold, Sask., about 40 km northeast of Regina, announced her candidacy Monday for the leadership of the province’s governing […]

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Richardson buying two Alberta crop input retailers

Aug. 28, 2017 at 6:45 pm CDT

Two independent crop input retailers in northeastern Alberta will become part of Richardson Pioneer’s ag retail chain starting Friday. Richardson on Monday announced it will buy Webb’s Crop Services Ltd. at Vermilion and Agro Guys Inc. at Forestburg, about 165 km southwest of Vermilion, for undisclosed sums. Both deals are […]

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