Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 31, 2009 at 2:41 pm CDT

The board of U.S. fertilizer maker CF Industries has turned down an even richer marriage proposal from Canadian fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium. In a release Sunday, the Chicago-area company’s board again urged CF stockholders to reject Agrium’s latest overture, saying it’s “grossly inadequate, substantially undervalues CF Industries and […]

Mar. 31, 2009 at 1:47 pm CDT

A limited amount of a North Dakota-bred spring wheat with “fair” tolerance to fusarium head blight is expected to be available to Prairie growers this spring. Winnipeg-based seed company Canterra Seeds, which has the exclusive Canadian marketing rights to Glenn wheat, confirmed in a release Monday that Glenn has picked […]

Mar. 31, 2009 at 11:30 am CDT

(Resource News International) — The western Canadian offices of MF Global Canada Co., a subsidiary of MF Global Ltd., have been closed, according to a spokesperson in New York. “We have decided to close our retail branches in Vancouver, B.C., Calgary, Alta. and Winnipeg, Man.,” said Tiffany Galvin with MF […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 30, 2009 at 5:50 pm CDT

Our online grain markets columnist Brian Wittal welcomes feedback and information on market conditions in your area, such as current offering prices, basis levels, trucking premiums and special crops contracts. Contact Brian today. March 30 — Financial markets took another hit to the stomach as news over the weekend came […]

By Brian Wittal

Mar. 28, 2009 at 2:09 am CDT

Fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium has raised the stakes in what’s turned out to be a hostile cash-and-stock play for U.S. fertilizer maker CF Industries. Calgary-based Agrium on Friday said it would raise the cash portion of its offer by 10 per cent to US$35, plus one common Agrium […]