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Brazil sues Syngenta for alleged environmental damage

Jul. 5, 2024 at 9:07 am CDT

Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA has sued Syngenta alleging the chemicals company caused "environmental damage" by producing and selling pesticides using much higher concentrations of a carcinogen than allowed under law, according to court documents seen by Reuters.

Guelph Cargill strike vote to take place Saturday

Jul. 4, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Germany reports rare outbreak of H7N5 bird flu near Dutch border

Jul. 4, 2024 at 11:34 am CDT

By Reuters

Federated Co-op cardlocks “fully operational” company says

Jul. 4, 2024 at 9:34 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Carbon tax rebate available to farms with employees

Jul. 3, 2024 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

United Farmers of Alberta buys stake in Canterra Seeds

Jul. 3, 2024 at 3:27 pm CDT

United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) announced today it had purchased nearly 1.3 million shares in Winnipeg-based Canterra Seeds.

By Geralyn Wichers

Colorado reports human case of bird flu

Jul. 3, 2024 at 1:58 pm CDT

Public health officials in Colorado on Wednesday announced an adult man had tested positive for avian flu after reporting mild symptoms, including conjunctivitis, or pink eye.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Leon Manufacturing for sale

Jul. 2, 2024 at 4:12 pm CDT

The company, along with Ram Industries Inc., was placed in receivership June 11 after numerous financial difficulties were reported and the company missed payments to BMO. It owes BMO more than $16.6 million.

By Karen Briere

Some Co-op services still down after “cybersecurity incident”

Jul. 2, 2024 at 1:08 pm CDT

Thursday, Federated Co-op Ltd. posted on X that it was "experiencing a cybersecurity incident" that was affecting some internal and customer-facing systems at cardlock and retail Co-op locations. It had shut down some systems as a precaution and had brought in experts, the company added.

By Geralyn Wichers

Rains partially collapse roof at Kansas Cargill plant

Jul. 2, 2024 at 11:48 am CDT

Cargill plans to resume slaughtering cattle on Friday at its Dodge City, Kansas, beef plant, after weekend rains caused a partial roof collapse, the company said on Tuesday.

By Reuters