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CN optimistic on union deal as strike deadline nears

Oct. 28, 2013 at 11:22 am CDT

Canadian National Railway Co , the country’s largest railroad, said on Monday it is continuing talks with the union representing about 3,300 conductors and other workers and is optimistic a contract deal will be reached ahead of a strike deadline early on Tuesday. At one minute after midnight on Tuesday, […]

Canadian feeder cattle exports seen surging after Tyson move

Oct. 25, 2013 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel Theopolis Waters

Keith Colwell new NS agriculture minister

Oct. 25, 2013 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chilean government rejects duties on Canadian pork

Oct. 25, 2013 at 2:23 pm CDT

Black Sea wheat exports to fall as Russian farmers hold back

Oct. 25, 2013 at 9:04 am CDT

By Polina Devitt raushan-nurshayeva

Canada Bread agrees to sell pasta business to Spain’s Ebro

Oct. 24, 2013 at 5:18 pm CDT

Canada Bread Co, which is majority-owned by Maple Leaf Foods, said on Thursday it agreed to sell its Olivieri Foods fresh pasta and sauce business to Spanish food processing company Ebro Foods SA for about $120 million. The move comes days after Canadian food processor Maple Leaf said it might […]

By Reuters

Grain industry reacts to CGC’s insurance-based security scheme

Oct. 23, 2013 at 1:29 pm CDT

Response to the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) proposal to replace its current producer security program with an insurance scheme is mostly positive. But support is contingent on the new program being cheaper than the current one — something the CGC says will be the case, even though no figures have […]

By Allan Dawson

CN reports bigger profit, announces stock split

Oct. 23, 2013 at 10:32 am CDT

Canadian National Railway Co , the focus of scrutiny after one of its trains derailed and caught fire last weekend, reported a bigger third-quarter profit on Tuesday and announced a two-for-one stock split and share buyback plan. The country’s largest rail operator said net income rose to C$705 million ($685 […]

Maple Leaf Foods explores sale Of Canada Bread stake

Oct. 21, 2013 at 2:29 pm CDT

Maple Leaf Foods said on Monday it may sell its controlling stake in Canada Bread Company as it determines whether to exit the bakery business and focus on meat products. Toronto-based Maple Leaf said it has recently completed a comprehensive review of opportunities to accelerate profitable growth across its bakery […]

By Euan Rocha Rod Nickel

U.S. cancels October crop report, first miss in decades

Oct. 17, 2013 at 12:17 pm CDT

The U.S. government on Thursday canceled its monthly crop report for the first time ever, and said it will not estimate U.S. or world crop production until early November. Cancellation of the October report means the first harvest-time estimate of U.S. crops will be Nov. 8. The production report and […]

By Charles Abbott