Insights and Stories on Saskatoon

BASF’s new Canadian stake to include three plants, 300 staff

Oct. 17, 2017 at 3:55 pm CDT

Among the major players still in the world’s crop protection and seed business, remaining competitive comes at a cost. To be sure, several smaller companies remain in the game — but with marriages now consummated for Dow Chemical and DuPont, and for Syngenta and ChemChina, Bayer’s pending takeover of Monsanto […]

Mergers spawn expanded supply network for input dealers

Oct. 6, 2017 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

Aug. 24, 2017 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Staff

Brandt buys Saskatoon power generating equipment plant

Apr. 10, 2017 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Staff

G3 to build two more Saskatchewan elevators

Mar. 28, 2017 at 10:09 am CDT

By Staff

PotashCorp, Agrium make engagement official

Sep. 12, 2016 at 11:09 am CDT

The boards of two of the heaviest hitters in Canada’s fertilizer sector have formally agreed to a $47 billion “merger of equals” deal under a new, yet-to-be-named parent company. PotashCorp, the world’s biggest fertilizer company by capacity, and rival Agrium, which is also the world’s biggest crop input retail chain, […]

By Staff

DuPont Pioneer expands Saskatoon research facility

Jul. 17, 2016 at 1:55 am CDT

DuPont Pioneer announced the expansion of its Saskatoon multi-crop research facility at an open house on Friday. The expanded facility will house breeding programs for canola, soybean and “ultra-early maturity” corn. “DuPont Pioneer is focused on developing early-maturing products, and high-yielding products for Canadian farmers,” said Bryce Eger, president of […]

By Leeann Minogue

GPS firm buys sprayer boom control maker NORAC

Jun. 10, 2015 at 7:56 pm CDT

Saskatoon tech firm NORAC Systems, best known today for its automated boom height control systems for field sprayers, is set to become part of a major U.S. GPS systems firm. California-based Topcon Positioning Group announced Wednesday it will buy NORAC for an undisclosed sum, as the latest of Topcon’s recent […]

By Staff

CNH to cut, lay off staff in Saskatoon

Mar. 25, 2015 at 8:00 pm CDT

Under pressure from “market conditions,” farm equipment giant CNH plans both job cuts and layoffs at its Flexi-Coil seeding and tillage equipment plant in Saskatoon. CNH Industrial said in a statement it will begin cutting 75 full-time positions at the plant in May. Employees were informed Monday of the coming […]

By Staff

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Insights and Stories on Saskatoon

BASF’s new Canadian stake to include three plants, 300 staff

Mergers spawn expanded supply network for input dealers

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

Brandt buys Saskatoon power generating equipment plant

G3 to build two more Saskatchewan elevators

PotashCorp, Agrium make engagement official

DuPont Pioneer expands Saskatoon research facility

GPS firm buys sprayer boom control maker NORAC

CNH to cut, lay off staff in Saskatoon

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