Insights and Stories of Staff

Manitoba New Holland dealers soon all in one chain

May. 7, 2015 at 8:21 pm CDT

Farmer fans of the New Holland brand in Manitoba will soon be dealing with just one company in the province for new and used equipment, service and parts. Brandon-based Mazergroup on Thursday announced it’s signed a letter of intent to buy the assets and operations of Southeastern Farm Equipment — […]

Salford to buy applicator maker Valmar

May. 6, 2015 at 8:26 pm CDT

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NDP wave pulls down Alta. Tories, ag minister

May. 6, 2015 at 6:12 am CDT

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P.E.I. Liberals in need of ag minister after win

May. 5, 2015 at 8:29 am CDT

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Ontario won’t widen comment window on neonics: GFO

May. 4, 2015 at 7:02 pm CDT

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H5N8-positive wild duck found in B.C.

May. 4, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

Ongoing surveillance of Canada’s wild birds has turned up the country’s first-ever case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu, in a duck carcass at a British Columbia bird sanctuary. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), noting such a […]

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U.S. soy shippers say rail service improved

May. 4, 2015 at 3:43 pm CDT

The U.S. Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) says it’s pleased with recent improvements to rail service, and is giving especially high marks to Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). Last week, the STC and the University of Minnesota concluded the research project “2014 Harvest: Attaching a Garden Hose to a Fire Hydrant,” which […]

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Maple Leaf results improve as Toronto plant shuts

May. 2, 2015 at 2:34 pm CDT

Maple Leaf Foods booked improved sales and margins for its first fiscal quarter as the last of its further-processing plants slated for closure in 2011 completed its last production run. The Toronto meat processing firm on Thursday reported a net loss of $2.86 million on sales of $720.25 million for […]

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No time like now to scout for resistance: CCC

May. 1, 2015 at 6:25 pm CDT

Grain and oilseed growers making weekend plans are advised that herbicide-resistant weeds have way fewer places to hide right now. Any weeds that lived through pre-seeding burnoff or post-emergent spraying — where other weeds have clearly died — are best caught early, the Canola Council of Canada said in a […]

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Canadian beef again moving to China

May. 1, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

Federal inspectors are again issuing certificates for exports of Canadian beef to China, as Beijing’s temporary ban on the Canadian product comes to an end. The Chinese government in late February announced a temporary ban on imports of Canadian beef, shortly after Canada confirmed its first case of BSE (bovine […]

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