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Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 18, 2018

CNS Canada — India is forecasting an average monsoon rainfall this year, making the chance of India importing Canadian pulse crops slim. “Given the tariff scheme and the protectionist attitudes India has displayed this year, I think it will take a major weather influence to hurry up the correction to (imports),” said Marlene Boersch, managing […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Singapore firm hikes Bayer stake in share sale

By Ludwig Burger April 16, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — German drugmaker Bayer is raising three billion euros (C$4.67 billion) toward its planned US$62.5 billion takeover of seed and chemical firm Monsanto by selling a 3.6 per cent stake to Singapore’s state investment company Temasek. Bayer said it had struck a deal with Temasek under which it would issue shares with […] Read more

Crops

Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 16, 2018

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 east of Red Deer. The […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Bayer to sell digital farming business to BASF

By Ludwig Burger April 11, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Germany’s Bayer plans to sell its digital farming business to BASF as part of changes to concessions it has offered to win over antitrust regulators for its proposed takeover of Monsanto . Bayer, which had previously only agreed to grant a licence to competitors, said on Wednesday that as part of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 10, 2018

CNS Canada — After years of western Canadian farmers rushing to lock in pulse crop contracts during the spring, this year that hasn’t been the case. “Normally I would say that I’d have my plant booked to December and I don’t have a single thing booked this year. But does that mean we’re not going […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer gets U.S. approval to buy Monsanto: report

By Reuters April 9, 2018

Reuters — German drugs and pesticides group Bayer has reached a deal with the U.S. Justice Department for antitrust approval for its US$62.5 billion bid to acquire Monsanto by agreeing to sell additional assets, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The Justice Department reached an agreement in principle with the two companies in recent days, […] Read more

Crops, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: China/U.S. dispute could open window for peas

By Dave Sims April 6, 2018

CNS Canada — As trade tariffs between China and the U.S. mount, so too does the potential for other countries to swoop in and plug the gap in whatever market may need filling. While U.S. soybeans are the most significant of the crops included so far in the tit-for-tat battle of proposed tariffs, it seems […] Read more

Crops

Arysta plans market expansion in Western Canada

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 6, 2018

CNS Canada — Arysta LifeScience, a crop chemical company known in Western Canada for its line of Everest products, now wants to become a household name for Prairie farmers. Platform Specialty Products, Arysta’s parent company, last Aug. 24 announced plans to separate its agricultural solutions and performance solutions segments. Platform Specialty chairman Martin Franklin said […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

CP conductors, engineers authorize strike

By Allison Lampert April 6, 2018

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway conductors and locomotive engineers on Friday voted to authorize a strike action that could have the 3,000 workers walk off the job as early as April 21, Teamsters Canada said in a statement. The workers, whose collective agreement expired late last year, are asking for more predictable schedules […] Read more

Crops

CPS outlets to take merged parent’s name

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News April 5, 2018

A well-known and unusually literal brand in Canadian and U.S. agribusiness is set to disappear this summer under the name of its new parent firm. Crop input retail stores and facilities run by Crop Production Services (CPS) — the brand today used across North America by the retail arm of the company formerly known as […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

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Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop

Singapore firm hikes Bayer stake in share sale

Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

Bayer to sell digital farming business to BASF

Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack

Bayer gets U.S. approval to buy Monsanto: report

Pulse weekly outlook: China/U.S. dispute could open window for peas

Arysta plans market expansion in Western Canada

CP conductors, engineers authorize strike

CPS outlets to take merged parent’s name

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