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Minogue: Wanna start a cereal seed company?

By Leeann Minogue December 22, 2015

It’s clear from where the Prairies’ cereal growers’ groups sit that it’s time for farmers to get more involved in wheat and barley breeding — and they have a new report in hand suggesting ways to do so. Options in the report, from the newly-formed Wheat and Barley Variety Working Group, range from improving the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

By Will Dunham December 21, 2015

Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots. The researchers on Monday cited 139 counties as especially worrisome, with wild bee […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Saskatchewan farmland off limits for pension plans next month

By Reuters December 21, 2015

Reuters/Staff — New rules for buying farmland in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, will take effect Jan. 4, and toughen its ban on pension plans investing, the provincial government said Monday. The changes make more explicit an existing ban on pension plans and trusts from buying land and continue to limit purchases of […] Read more

The WTO’s director-general, Roberto Azevedo, and Kenya’s cabinet secretary for foreign affairs and international trade, Amina Mohamed, close the fifth day of the WTO ministerial conference in Nairobi. (Photo courtesy Admedia Communication, copyright WTO)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

By Edith Honan December 20, 2015

Nairobi | Reuters — The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Saturday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform. Members said the Nairobi deal had drawn a line under years of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Man. First Nations seek to buy Churchill port, rail line

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 18, 2015

Manitoba’s northern First Nations have responded to the “for sale” notice on the port and rail line that allow Prairie farmers and handlers to ship grain exports through Hudson Bay. The Canadian arm of U.S. shortline firm OmniTrax confirmed Friday it has a letter of intent in hand from a group of First Nations in […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

By David Ljunggren, Krista Hughes December 16, 2015

Reuters — Canada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support for the deal, according to sources close to the talks. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in early October, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CP revises hostile bid for Norfolk Southern, again

By Allison Lampert, Euan Rocha December 16, 2015

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway slammed railway Norfolk Southern on Wednesday, accusing it of misleading investors even as CP executives rolled out a new bid with increased shareholder protections to acquire the U.S.-based railroad. Executives from Canada’s second-largest railroad said the deal is now in the hands of Norfolk Southern’s shareholders, and urged its board […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Norfolk Southern rejects CP’s revised offer

By Reuters December 15, 2015

Reuters — U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern has formally rejected a revised offer from Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), raising the prospect of a proxy battle. CP shareholder Bill Ackman said last week that CP CEO Hunter Harrison and he have both been sounded out by activists interested in a proxy fight with Norfolk Southern. Ackman […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Russia aiming for steady grain crop in 2016

By Reuters December 15, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, is aiming for an unchanged grain harvest in 2016 compared with the current year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. If the weather remains favourable during the winter and spring, Russia, a major wheat supplier to Turkey, Egypt and Iran, will harvest a large […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

COFCO in talks for full ownership of Noble agribusiness

By Anshuman Daga, Sarah McFarlane December 15, 2015

Reuters — China’s food giant COFCO is in advanced talks to take full ownership of Noble Group’s agribusiness, three sources said, a move which would cement its newfound strength in global agriculture markets and help bolster Noble’s balance sheet. The sources said COFCO was in talks to buy the remaining 49 per cent of Singapore-listed […] Read more

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Barley

Minogue: Wanna start a cereal seed company?

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

Saskatchewan farmland off limits for pension plans next month

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

Man. First Nations seek to buy Churchill port, rail line

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

CP revises hostile bid for Norfolk Southern, again

Norfolk Southern rejects CP’s revised offer

Russia aiming for steady grain crop in 2016

COFCO in talks for full ownership of Noble agribusiness

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