Insights and Stories on General

Management changes at Farm Business Communications

Sep. 10, 2015 at 12:30 pm CDT

Laura Rance has been appointed editorial director of Farm Business Communications (FBC), a division of Glacier FarmMedia, effective Sept. 1, Glacier FarmMedia president Bob Willcox has announced. Rance replaces John Morriss, who continues as associate publisher of Farm Business Communications and who will be working in a new capacity developing […]

Federal farm politicians lining up for debate

Sep. 4, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Staff

TPP talks fail to end in deal

Jul. 31, 2015 at 9:01 am CDT

By Ami Miyazaki Krista Hughes

For Chicago futures traders, one final round in the ring

Jul. 6, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Manitoba retiree reinforces need for land conservation

Jun. 12, 2015 at 10:54 am CDT

By Lorraine Stevenson

Canadian, U.S. regulators clear Heinz and Kraft merger

Jun. 11, 2015 at 6:08 pm CDT

Antitrust regulators in both Canada and the U.S. have fixed their seals of official inaction on ketchup giant H.J. Heinz’s play for control of Kraft Foods Group. Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed that it wrapped its review of the proposed deal and issued its “no action” letter to the companies […]

By Staff

Farm and Country editor John Phillips, 88

May. 30, 2015 at 10:39 am CDT

A memorial is scheduled Saturday in Toronto for journalist John Phillips, who served 25 years as editor of the Ontario farming journal Farm and Country. Phillips died “peacefully” Wednesday at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga at age 88, according to his obituary. According to Farm and Country’s successor magazine Better […]

By Staff

Number of hungry people worldwide drops below 800M, U.N. says

May. 27, 2015 at 8:16 pm CDT

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation –– The number of people in the world still going to bed hungry 15 years after the U.N. placed eradicating hunger and extreme poverty at the top of its Millennium Development Goals has dropped to 795 million, according to a report released on Wednesday. The […]

By Chris Arsenault

CONTEST CLOSED: Farm Progress Show tickets

May. 26, 2015 at 12:55 pm CDT

Editor’s Note: Many, many thanks to everyone who entered, but as much as we wish we had free tickets for everyone, the contest is now closed. Our 50 winners can expect to be notified later today by email, and if all goes well, I’ll have the tickets in the mail by the […]

By Staff

Fast-track trade legislation passes U.S. Senate hurdle

May. 21, 2015 at 1:53 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama’s signature Asian trade push cleared another hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after a knife-edge vote moved the White House closer to gaining the power to speed trade deals through Congress. Senators voted 62-38 to give Obama a major victory and […]

By Richard Cowan