Insights and Stories on Crops

Sep. 24, 2009 at 3:31 pm CDT

Bayer CropScience has reorganized its Canadian head office, aiming to operate more as a “solutions provider” for farmers than as a “technology provider.” “This restructure will provide focus and vision for our new strategic platform,” Kamel Beliazi, CEO of Bayer CropScience Canada, said in a release Tuesday. “As our company […]

Sep. 24, 2009 at 2:01 am CDT

Three separate federal ag funding programs will provide up to $6.4 million in total for market development and grower relations in Canada’s canola sector. “Canadian farmers are leading the world in canola production and the Government of Canada is working with them to tap international markets and get more buyers […]

Sep. 24, 2009 at 1:43 am CDT

U.S. seed and chemical firm Monsanto’s plans to slash the retail price of its flagship herbicide in the U.S. market are likely to carry over into its Canadian operations. Winnipeg-based Monsanto Canada operates independently from its St. Louis, Mo. parent firm on programs and pricing. But the Canadian company, when […]

Sep. 24, 2009 at 1:15 am CDT

Viterra has officially reached the finish line in its merger with Australian agribusiness ABB Grain Ltd., adding four of ABB’s former directors at the Regina firm’s boardroom table. The four ABB appointees, who were named in July pending the merger’s approval, are ABB’s board chairman Perry Gunner; South Australia farmers […]

Sep. 23, 2009 at 11:42 pm CDT

The federal government plans to put up over $220,000 for development of three semi-cultivated lowbush blueberry farms and processing operations in Quebec’s Cote-Nord region. The federal contribution of $221,964, flowing through the Community Economic Diversification program, will leverage total investments of $827,446, the government said in a release Tuesday. Le […]