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A+W books sales growth despite Prairie ‘challenges’

Feb. 14, 2017 at 7:08 pm CST

Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has chalked up another year of same-store sales growth despite “economic challenges” in the Alberta and Saskatchewan markets. Posting its year-end results on Tuesday, A+W’s Vancouver-based income fund reported same-store sales growth of 3.4 per cent in 2016 over 2015, down from a […]

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

Feb. 14, 2017 at 6:14 pm CST

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Viterra plans new eastern Alberta elevator

Feb. 13, 2017 at 9:07 pm CST

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Grainews editor, investment columnist Andy Sirski, 73

Feb. 13, 2017 at 5:36 pm CST

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Agropur co-op names new chief

Feb. 10, 2017 at 7:33 pm CST

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U.S. soy grower co-op plans North Dakota crush plant

Feb. 10, 2017 at 7:09 pm CST

A U.S. soybean growers’ co-operative has picked its site for what it says would be the first soybean processing plant of its kind in North Dakota. Minnesota Soybean Processors and its North Dakota Soybean Processors (NDSP) subsidiary announced Tuesday their site will be on 150 acres near Spiritwood, N.D., 260 […]

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Saskatchewan snowpack points to below-normal runoff

Feb. 9, 2017 at 7:16 pm CST

Thanks to above-normal temperatures that drew down much of Saskatchewan’s snowpack in January, the province now sees “below normal runoff potential” in most areas outside the southeast. Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released its 2017 preliminary outlook for spring runoff, noting the province has another six to 10 weeks […]

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Agropur raises 2016 sales, patronage dividends

Feb. 9, 2017 at 6:23 pm CST

Acquisitions and cost-cutting have combined to boost dairy co-operative Agropur’s year-end bottom line — and to raise its total patronage dividends for the year by 50 per cent. The Quebec co-operative, which in 2016 landed on Rabobank’s list of the world’s 20 largest dairy companies for the first time, booked […]

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Ontario backs feed processing at Cargill beef plant

Feb. 8, 2017 at 7:14 pm CST

Ontario’s provincial government plans to put up over half a million dollars for Cargill to process byproducts from its Guelph beef plant for feed. Provincial Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal on Wednesday announced a $582,000 investment toward Cargill’s installation of a “value-added” processing system converting raw byproduct into a “protein-rich animal […]

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Pizza chains expand antibiotic-free meat market

Feb. 7, 2017 at 2:34 pm CST

Canadian pizza chains Pizza Nova and Pizza Pizza are both staking out further space in the chain dining market for meats from livestock raised without antibiotics. Toronto-based Pizza Pizza on Jan. 23 announced it would source all chicken products on its menu from birds raised without the use of antibiotics, […]

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