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Canola Council of Canada elects Ritter chair

Mar. 8, 2024 at 2:18 pm CST

Tessa Ritter, who is stakeholder relations manager with Viterra, has been elected chair of the Canola Council of Canada's board of directors.

Feds announce $1.7 million for foreign animal disease prevention

Mar. 7, 2024 at 4:21 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. seed giant acquires Calgary-based Union Forage

Mar. 7, 2024 at 1:27 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior

Czech farmers dump manure on Prague streets in renewed protests

Mar. 7, 2024 at 11:10 am CST

By Eva Korinkova Reuters

EU backs another year of access for Ukrainian food

Mar. 7, 2024 at 10:14 am CST

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

Feds spend $97 million on agricultural clean tech projects

Mar. 7, 2024 at 9:39 am CST

The federal government today announced some $97 million in funding for farms and agri-businesses to adopt cleaner technologies like more efficient grain dryers, solar power and precision agriculture technology.

By Geralyn Wichers

Feds, producer groups launch wheat research cluster

Mar. 6, 2024 at 4:37 pm CST

The federal government and private and producer groups announced $20 million toward wheat research today.

By Geralyn Wichers

Indian farmers say detentions foil Delhi protest, police say no one held

Mar. 6, 2024 at 10:36 am CST

Dozens of protesting Indian farmers were detained en route to New Delhi on Wednesday, delaying their plan again to converge on the capital to demand higher crop prices, protest leaders said.

By rajendra-jadhav Reuters Sakshi Dayal

Polish farmers clash with police outside parliament in Warsaw

Mar. 6, 2024 at 10:04 am CST

Protesting farmers clashed with police outside the parliament building in Warsaw on Wednesday, with police using pepper spray and accusing some participants of violence against security forces.

By Aleksandra Szmigiel Kacper Pempel Reuters

Bayer notches more wins in Roundup weedkiller cancer trials

Mar. 5, 2024 at 6:01 pm CST

Bayer on Tuesday said it won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a retired postal service worker in Pennsylvania who alleged he developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma from using the company's Roundup weedkiller.

By Brendan Pierson Reuters