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Viterra results offset Glencore’s improved year-end

Feb. 23, 2017 at 5:04 am CST

Commodity giant Glencore’s efforts to ratchet down its debts paid off in fiscal 2016 — though “challenges” weighed on the ledger for its Viterra grain handling arm. Swiss-based Glencore on Thursday released preliminary results for 2016, booking net income attributable to equity holders of $1.379 billion on $152.948 billion in […]

Newfoundland shifts Lands Branch to new department

Feb. 23, 2017 at 2:41 am CST

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Warm Saskatchewan weather spells early load limits

Feb. 22, 2017 at 3:49 pm CST

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Health Canada clears ground beef irradiation

Feb. 22, 2017 at 12:06 pm CST

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Quebec extends organic conversion funding plan

Feb. 21, 2017 at 8:06 pm CST

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Maple Leaf to buy U.S. veggie dog, burger maker

Feb. 21, 2017 at 6:41 pm CST

Canadian meat packer Maple Leaf Foods is buying space on the non-meat side of the deli section with a deal for U.S. processor Lightlife Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Tuesday it would pay US$140 million for Lightlife, which makes vegetarian burgers, hot dogs, sausage, deli cuts, jerky and other meatless […]

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Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

Feb. 20, 2017 at 12:28 am CST

Saskatchewan’s provincial Water Security Agency has signed off on what it describes as the largest single agricultural drainage project in the province’s history, with more projects of a similar scale to come. The province announced Thursday it has issued a single approval for 73 landowners in the province’s southeast to […]

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Newfoundland expands Crown land base for farming

Feb. 18, 2017 at 3:56 am CST

CORRECTED, Feb. 28, 2017 — The Newfoundland and Labrador government plans to boost the amount of land available to the province’s farmers by allocating more Crown land for development. The province’s Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods announced Thursday it has now identified 62 “agriculture areas of interest” to date, […]

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FCC launches new loan for young agri-businesspeople

Feb. 17, 2017 at 7:47 pm CST

Canada’s federal farm lending agency is expanding its loan offerings in agribusiness and agrifood with a new program aimed at young businesspeople. Farm Credit Canada’s Young Entrepreneur Loan, launched Thursday in Ottawa during Canada Agriculture Day celebrations, will offer financing of up to $1 million per qualified applicant under age […]

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Syngenta to shed southwestern Ontario seed storehouse

Feb. 15, 2017 at 2:42 pm CST

Crop chemical and seed firm Syngenta Canada plans to shut and sell its seed distribution site in southwestern Ontario by the end of May. The company announced Wednesday it would shut its operations at Cottam, about 30 km southeast of Windsor, “not later than May 31.” The Cottam site, formerly […]

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