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WinField United Canada will operate out of Saskatoon, serving about 60 independent ag input retailers. (LandOLakesInc.com)

Mergers spawn expanded supply network for input dealers

By Dave Bedard October 6, 2017

A wholesale buying network set up by and for independent Prairie crop input retailers, against a rising tide of industry consolidation, is now growing through consolidation. The Prairie retailers, who in 2010 set up Grow Community of Independents to collectively build up their retail and agronomic offerings, are now independent members of a new entity, […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Heading into the New Year, Canadian lentil markets will be quiet, according to an analyst. “It’s not exactly what farmers expected. They have had three years of very brisk intake and it will take a little bit of an adjustment to realize that the market is not coming to them as readily […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

By Reuters October 5, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Health experts from European Union countries are expected to discuss whether or not to extend the licence for herbicide glyphosate at a meeting starting on Thursday, but will only vote on the issue later this year. The EU has been debating for two years whether to allow the herbicide, used in […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Organic grain firm picks up elevator near border

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 4, 2017

A Minneapolis startup in the organic grain business has bought a northwestern North Dakota elevator that further expands its southern Prairie catchment. Pipeline Foods — which has hung out its shingle as a buyer of organic, non-GMO wheat, pulses and oats for food and feed — announced Tuesday it has bought a CHS elevator at […] Read more

Crops

Shutdowns planned for two PotashCorp mines

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 29, 2017

Fertilizer firm PotashCorp plans to temporarily halt production at two Saskatchewan potash mines this winter to curb excess supply. The Saskatoon company, in the midst of seeking regulatory approvals for a merger with Calgary competitor Agrium, announced last week it will “curtail” production at its mines at Allan and Lanigan, Sask. The shutdowns will run […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

China delays deadline for implementing food import rules

By Dominique Patton September 26, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to delay a deadline for implementing new food import regulations by two years until October 2019, a senior EU official said on Tuesday, following a lobbying effort by Europe and the U.S. amid concerns about disruption to trade. The extension comes just days before the new rules, which are […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Dreyfus shareholders agree to arbitration over stake sale

By anthony-deutsch, Gus Trompiz September 26, 2017

Amsterdam/Paris | Reuters — Family shareholders of commodity trader Louis Dreyfus have agreed to arbitration talks to settle a long-running dispute over a share sale, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. The tussle concerns an attempt by minority shareholders to sell nearly 17 per cent of the group’s holding firm to Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, […] Read more

Crops

FMC deal for DuPont assets wins clearances

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News September 26, 2017

The chemical company set to take up a significant chunk of DuPont’s crop protection work in Canada has picked up the last of the regulatory clearances it needs to close the deal. Philadelphia-based FMC Corp. announced Thursday it received the final approval needed, from the Competition Commission of India, to close the deal the company […] Read more

Crops

Independent ag retailers team up for group buying

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 25, 2017

Over a dozen “indie” farm input retailers on the Prairies plan to centralize their purchasing using a model developed by Australians in the same line of work. The group of 14 independent Prairie ag input dealers on Sept. 15 announced a new organization, AgLink Canada, a buying group formed “in response to the growing global […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

France open to phasing out glyphosate

By Sybille de La Hamaide September 25, 2017

Paris | Reuters — France is open to phasing out common weedkiller glyphosate, the government said on Monday, following complaints from farmers worried about a potential imminent ban. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe reiterated Paris would vote against the European Commission’s proposal to extend for 10 years the licence for glyphosate, which is used in Monsanto’s […] Read more

Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

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Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

Pulses

Mergers spawn expanded supply network for input dealers

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

Organic grain firm picks up elevator near border

Shutdowns planned for two PotashCorp mines

China delays deadline for implementing food import rules

Dreyfus shareholders agree to arbitration over stake sale

FMC deal for DuPont assets wins clearances

Independent ag retailers team up for group buying

France open to phasing out glyphosate

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