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The UPA mounted a public campaign to put pressure on the provincial government to reconsider its plans for the farmland tax credit program. (UPA.qc.ca)

Quebec’s winter trails to remain open as tax reform halted

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 3, 2017

Snowmobile trails going through farmland owned by members of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) will remain open as the province hits the brakes on changes to its farmland property tax credit plan. UPA members had recently pledged to revoke previously-permitted access to their land for snowmobile trails starting Monday (Feb. 6) in a dispute […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Quebec farmers to shut snowmobile trails in tax dispute

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 2, 2017

Members of Quebec’s general farm organization plan to revoke permission for snowmobilers to use their land starting Monday, in protest over the province’s planned reforms to its farmland property tax credit. L’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) said Wednesday it had been planning such a move in late 2016 but on Dec. 20 had asked members […] Read more

Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)

Crops, Reuters

EU said set to approve ChemChina bid for Syngenta

By Foo Yun Chee February 2, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — ChemChina is set to secure conditional EU antitrust approval for its US$43 billion bid for Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The deal — the largest foreign acquisition by a Chinese company — is important for China, the world’s largest agricultural market, […] Read more

Crops

Richardson buys eastern Saskatchewan input shop

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 31, 2017

Prairie grain firm Richardson Pioneer has added to its share of the eastern Saskatchewan crop input retail market with a deal for Crop First Agro. Financial terms aren’t being disclosed for the deal between privately-held Richardson and Crop First Agro, an independent retailer at Grenfell, Sask., about 100 km south of Yorkton, except that the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Brazil to open farmland, airlines to foreign buyers

By Anthony Boadle, Leonardo Goy January 30, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — President Michel Temer will propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and agricultural land in Brazil as he strives to pull the economy out of a two-year recession, government sources said on Monday. Temer’s centre-right government plans to send Congress a bill allowing 100 per cent foreign ownership […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Dow’s ledger benefits as economic growth boosts demand

By Arathy S Nair, Swetha Gopinath January 26, 2017

Reuters — Dow Chemical, which is merging with DuPont, reported strong fourth-quarter results and gave an upbeat forecast for the current quarter as its focus on consumer markets benefits from improving economic growth worldwide. The seeds and chemical maker said improving growth in the United States, Latin American and Europe, besides steady Asia growth, would […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Potash prices look lower for longer as competition overheats

By John Benny, Rod Nickel January 26, 2017

Reuters — The deepest slump in a decade for the oversupplied potash fertilizer market may abate only slightly in 2017, major producers say, and could take years to correct due to the imminent startup of new mines. PotashCorp, the world’s biggest fertilizer producer, forecast a less profitable year on Thursday than analysts expected, and reported […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada to Mexico on NAFTA: You might be on your own

By David Ljunggren January 24, 2017

Calgary | Reuters — Canada will focus on preserving its U.S. trade ties during talks to renegotiate NAFTA and may not be able to help Mexico avoid being targeted by the Trump administration, Canadian government sources say. “We love our Mexican friends. But our national interests come first and the friendship comes second,” a source […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada says TPP trade deal dead without U.S.

By David Ljunggren January 24, 2017

Calgary | Reuters — The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal cannot proceed without the United States, Canada said on Tuesday, even as Australia and New Zealand pledged to salvage it. U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 12-nation TPP on Monday, following through on an election promise days after his inauguration. “This agreement was so […] Read more

DuPont’s headquarters in Delaware. (DuPont.com)

Crops, Reuters

DuPont expects Dow merger to close later than expected

By Reuters January 24, 2017

Reuters — Chemicals and seeds producer DuPont indicated on Tuesday that its $130 billion merger with Dow Chemical will take longer to wrap up than previously expected as the companies await regulatory approvals. This is the second time that the two companies, which are in talks with the European Union’s antitrust regulators, have had to […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Forages

Quebec’s winter trails to remain open as tax reform halted

Quebec farmers to shut snowmobile trails in tax dispute

EU said set to approve ChemChina bid for Syngenta

Richardson buys eastern Saskatchewan input shop

Brazil to open farmland, airlines to foreign buyers

Dow’s ledger benefits as economic growth boosts demand

Potash prices look lower for longer as competition overheats

Canada to Mexico on NAFTA: You might be on your own

Canada says TPP trade deal dead without U.S.

DuPont expects Dow merger to close later than expected

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