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Glacier buys into Iron Solutions

Jul. 8, 2008 at 5:17 pm CDT

Glacier Ventures International, owners of this web site and several of Canada’s major farm publications, has bought an equity stake in online farm equipment marketing company Iron Solutions. Specific terms of Vancouver-based Glacier’s investment weren’t disclosed, other than its joint purchase of a 90 per cent stake in Iron Solutions […]

Alta. crops need rain: AARD

Jul. 8, 2008 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Market Insight: “Feed” wheat market beats CWB

Jul. 8, 2008 at 4:23 pm CDT

By farmlink-marketing-solutions

Agrium buys European fertilizer distributor

Jul. 8, 2008 at 4:18 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Warm weather favours some Man., Sask. crops

Jul. 8, 2008 at 4:07 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Canola exports steady, but could be better

Jul. 7, 2008 at 6:11 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canadian canola exports should end up steady on the year, but they could have been larger were it not for high tariffs which limited demand from China, according to industry officials. Looking ahead to the 2008-09 new crop year, exporters thought inquiries were starting to pick […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Costs call for higher milk prices now: DFC

Jul. 7, 2008 at 6:01 pm CDT

Rising costs for fuel and other ag inputs make an immediate increase in the price paid for milk at the farm gate urgent for dairy farms to stay solvent, the Dairy Farmers of Canada warned Monday. The DFC recently asked the Canadian Dairy Commission for an immediate increase of 3.5 […]

By FBC staff

Average winter wheat yields expected

Jul. 7, 2008 at 5:40 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Average yields are expected for the Canadian winter wheat crop this year but industry sources say warm weather is needed in the coming weeks in order to speed up crop development. Jake Davidson, executive manager with Winter Cereals Canada at Minnedosa, Man., said winter wheat crop […]

By Alana Vannahme

Viterra names VP for Asia

Jul. 7, 2008 at 5:35 pm CDT

A vice-president with Archer Daniels Midland’s Asia Pacific operations has moved to take on the same job for Viterra. Stephen Yu has worked for ADM since 1993, most recently as its corporate vice-president and managing director, Asia Pacific, handling commercial activity in the region including 25 operations in China, Viterra […]

By FBC staff

Ag ministers prepare to sign new APF

Jul. 7, 2008 at 5:23 pm CDT

Several of Canada’s provincial agriculture ministers plan to endorse a new agricultural policy framework at this week’s annual ag ministers’ conference in Quebec City. The conference, which starts Tuesday, features the release of the new five-year multilateral Growing Forward framework, replacing the Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) developed under the Chretien […]

By FBC staff