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Agco to ramp up Regina parts distribution

Aug. 25, 2017 at 5:11 pm CDT

Prairie farmers using Agco equipment brands such as Massey Ferguson and Challenger can expect more types of parts to be in stock more often at the company’s Regina warehouse. The U.S. farm equipment firm’s Agco Parts arm on Friday announced a major expansion of its parts distribution centre in Regina, […]

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

Aug. 24, 2017 at 5:45 pm CDT

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Clubroot climbs up into Peace region

Aug. 24, 2017 at 11:48 am CDT

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Trio of groups proposes Alberta-based agrifood ‘supercluster’

Aug. 23, 2017 at 6:48 pm CDT

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Prairie wheat commissions to collaborate on research funding

Aug. 22, 2017 at 7:34 pm CDT

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BHP Billiton puts off decision on Prairie potash mine

Aug. 22, 2017 at 1:56 pm CDT

With its Saskatchewan potash mine project about 70 per cent dug, major Australian mining firm BHP Billiton now says it won’t be seeking board approval to bring the mine into production in 2018. The company had said in May it expected its mine at Jansen, Sask., about 70 km southeast […]

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‘Natural’ food firm to buy cold-pressed juice maker

Aug. 19, 2017 at 3:11 am CDT

The owner of Life Choices Natural Foods and Rolling Meadow Dairy is set to expand its share of the Canadian juice market with a deal for the Toronto maker of Cedar organic and cold-pressed juices. GreenSpace Brands announced Thursday it has signed a cash-and-stock deal by buy the Cold Press […]

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Online livestock supply store expands reach west

Aug. 19, 2017 at 1:32 am CDT

An Ontario livestock nutrition firm’s venture into online retail for producers is expanding into the Prairie provinces with four pickup and ordering points in the region. Cambridge, Ont.-based GVF Group announced Thursday its Farmers Farmacy business, previously available only to producers in Ontario, the Maritime provinces and Quebec, now also […]

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New crop of Nuffield scholars named

Aug. 18, 2017 at 8:28 pm CDT

Canada’s agriculture sector has yielded four new scholars to join the international Nuffield community and receive funding for research in their fields of interest. Nuffield Canada, the Canadian arm of the international Nuffield organization since 1986, has named Ellen Crane, Josh Oulton, Gavin Robertson and Shelley Spruitt as its Nuffield […]

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Options weighed for AgriRecovery in B.C. fire zones

Aug. 16, 2017 at 7:12 pm CDT

Officials in British Columbia are now gauging what sorts of damages and expenses can be covered through an AgriRecovery plan for ranchers and farmers affected by wildfires. The federal and B.C. governments announced Wednesday they’re “working together to quickly assess the extraordinary costs farmers are incurring and what additional assistance […]

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