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Canadian crop development behind average

By MarketsFarm June 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Crop development is running behind average across much of Canada, with excessive moisture delaying seeding in Ontario and dryness slowing crop development across the Prairies. That’s according to the latest satellite data from the federal Crop Condition Assessment Program (CCAP), created in partnership between Statistics Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Crop development […] Read more

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Zimbabwe to start paying white farmers compensation after April

By Reuters April 8, 2019

Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe is to start paying compensation this year to thousands of white farmers who lost land under former president Robert Mugabe’s land reform nearly two decades ago, the government said, as it seeks to bring closure to a highly divisive issue. Two decades ago Mugabe’s government carried out at times violent […] Read more

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History: Alberta place names

Reprinted from the August 1951  issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Staff February 28, 2019

By Reverend James W. Morrow, Medicine Hat, Alta.,  abridged from the August 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Reverend James W. Morrow, Medicine Hat, Alta. Dunmore Dunmore is named after a well-known British nobleman who visited Western Canada in 1888, and who was a very large shareholder in the company floated by Sir Lester Kaye in England, which tried farming on a large scale from 1885 to 1894, having many thousands of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek January 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a slew of key farm reports would not be released on Friday due to the partial government shutdown, the phones at crop forecaster Gro Intelligence blew up. The USDA was set to release its views on the projected size of U.S. soybean stockpiles, among […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Labatt to partner with Tilray to tap cannabis drink market

By Nichola Saminather, susan-taylor December 19, 2018

Toronto | Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, and Canadian pot producer Tilray Inc. are partnering in a US$100 million joint venture to research cannabis-infused non-alcoholic drinks for the Canadian market, the companies said Wednesday. The alliance, the latest in a string of deals by global alcohol and tobacco giants in Canada’s cannabis […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Altria to marry Canadian pot with big tobacco

By Harry Brumpton, Uday Sampath Kumar December 7, 2018

Reuters — Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group announced a $2.4 billion investment in Cronos Group on Friday, which could give it up to 55 per cent ownership of the Canadian cannabis producer. The deal represents by far the biggest investment by a major tobacco conglomerate in a cannabis company. It comes after Canada legalized the […] Read more

Crops, Weather

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

By MarketsFarm Team September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock operations. The state is home […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

By Lisa Baertlein, Tom Polansek September 17, 2018

Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least two hog manure pits, made roads undriveable and delayed rail shipments. Catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence, which has dumped up to 36 inches of rain […] Read more

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U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in Florence’s path

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek September 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — As powerful Hurricane Florence advanced toward the southeastern U.S., farmers in North Carolina rushed to harvest corn and tobacco and stock up on pig rations, while the danger of sustained rain and deadly flooding threatened a state where millions of farm animals are housed. “The governor said that North Carolina is […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

By Reuters January 25, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadians spent an estimated $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, with the country on track to legalize recreational use of the drug nationwide later this year. About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and non-medical cannabis last year, the […] Read more

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

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Canadian crop development behind average

Zimbabwe to start paying white farmers compensation after April

History: Alberta place names

U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data

Labatt to partner with Tilray to tap cannabis drink market

Altria to marry Canadian pot with big tobacco

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in Florence’s path

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

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