Insights and Stories on General

Dec. 7, 2011 at 8:34 pm CST

Canada’s livestock and crop producers are expected to see improved trade opportunities and streamlined clearances and product approvals through a pair of joint action plans with the U.S. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama, meeting Wednesday in Washington, D.C., laid out a list of specific goals for […]

Dec. 5, 2011 at 6:17 pm CST

Citing the global economic climate, agrifood giant Cargill has announced plans to cut about 1.5 per cent of its worldwide workforce, about 2,000 employees, over the next six months. The job cuts are based on "recommendations from Cargill’s business units and functions as to how to best allocate resources, based […]

Dec. 1, 2011 at 9:24 am CST

Truckers using secondary highways in a "large portion" of southern Saskatchewan won’t be allowed to load up to full winter weights yet. The province is usually able to open its applicable highways to heavier winter weights any day after Nov. 16 and no later than Dec. 1. However, the province […]

Nov. 28, 2011 at 4:36 am CST

Canadian farmers’ realized net income amounted to $4 billion in 2010, up almost 30 per cent from 2009 following a 19.6 per cent decline that year, Statistics Canada reports. Lower operating expenses more than offset a small decrease in farm cash receipts in 2010, the federal statistics agency said in […]

By Statistics Canada

Nov. 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm CST

Grainews’ machinery editor Scott Garvey is blogging this week from the largest exhibition of new farm machinery on the planet. Reporting from AgriTechnica at Hanover in northern Germany, Garvey notes that while the show’s 2,700 exhibitors from 48 countries are displaying their newest and best iron, manufacturers at this show […]