Insights and Stories on Crop Inputs

U.S. farming body, Zambian firm partner aim to boost crop yields

Jun. 22, 2020 at 2:46 am CDT

Lusaka | Reuters — A U.S. non-profit organization has launched a US$40 million joint venture with one of Zambia’s top farm suppliers to boost crop yields and food security as farmers struggle to access finance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the local company said on Sunday. The chairman of African Green […]

Probe eyes possibility of ‘co-ordinated behaviour’ in Big Ag

Feb. 7, 2020 at 6:03 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

Alberta’s Crop Management Network expands reach

Jan. 20, 2020 at 2:10 am CST

By GFM Staff

P+H to buy Louis Dreyfus’ Prairie elevators

Sep. 4, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Sylvite set to buy Thompsons agronomy business

Aug. 6, 2019 at 8:13 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Richardson buys Peace-region input retailer

Feb. 21, 2019 at 3:09 pm CST

Grain handler Richardson Pioneer has moved to shore up its presence in northern Alberta’s crop input market with a deal for a Peace-region dealership. Winnipeg-based Richardson announced Wednesday it has bought Agland Seed and Chemical at La Crete, Alta., about 320 km north of Peace River. The deal, which closed […]

By GFM Staff

La Coop federee’s Ontario grain play cleared

Nov. 14, 2018 at 2:58 pm CST

La Coop federee’s plans to expand into southern Ontario’s grain handling and crop input retail sectors are now down by four retail sites. The federal Competition Bureau said Tuesday it has an agreement in place for its approval of a deal which will see Cargill’s Ontario grain and ag retail […]

By GFM Staff

Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

Aug. 22, 2018 at 5:38 pm CDT

Prairie grain firm Richardson International plans to build out its retail market share in west-central Saskatchewan with a new inputs centre southwest of Saskatoon. Privately-held Richardson said July 30 it would begin construction shortly on the new facility in Delisle, about 35 km southwest of the city, to open for […]

By Staff

P+H to double down on northwestern Manitoba grain

Aug. 16, 2018 at 8:23 pm CDT

UPDATED/CORRECTED, Aug. 17 — Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has plans to double its grain handle out of northwestern Manitoba with a new elevator and crop input centre. The company announced Aug. 1 it will put up a new facility in the RM of Gilbert Plains, with 25,000 to […]

By Dave Bedard

Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

Apr. 16, 2018 at 2:09 am CDT

Grain firm Richardson Pioneer’s crop input retail business is expanding into an area of eastern Alberta its network hasn’t yet reached. The company, an arm of Winnipeg-based agrifood firm Richardson International, closed a deal April 4 to buy Eagle Agro Services, an inputs dealer at Veteran, Alta., about 200 km […]

By Staff

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