DuPont’s Group 5 herbicide Sinbar, used in Canada to control grasses in fruit, mint and asparagus crops, has a new U.S. owner. Tessenderlo Kerley (TKI), a Phoenix company that recently began expanding from fertilizers into crop protection, has bought both the terbacil herbicide Sinbar and a diuron product, Zobar, that wasn’t available in Canada. Details […] Read more
DuPont sells fruit crop herbicide brand
Viterra posts “record” first-year profit
Buying Agricore United led to a healthier bottom line for the former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in its first year as Viterra, the company announced Friday. Plus, the company now expects that its “synergies” from the merger, which became official in June, will pay off even better than it first predicted. Having changed its fiscal year-end […] Read more
GSU staff approve Viterra pension plan
Viterra employees represented by the Grain Services Union (GSU) have approved a pension plan agreement that settles a long-simmering dispute over shortfalls in pension funding. The affected employees, whose plan was carried over from Saskatchewan Wheat Pool into its merger with Agricore United as Viterra, voted 67 per cent in favour of the deal, which […] Read more
Ont. wheat board rolls out interim payments
Interim payments of between $10 and $30 per tonne are in the mail this week, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board announced Friday. The board also released its estimates for total earnings from its 2007 pool program, which it expects will be $10.01 to $14.61 per tonne above the total payments (initial and interims) to […] Read more
Prairies’ purple gas banned in Montana
The tax-exempt fuel used in farm vehicles across Western Canada isn’t welcome in Montana — and possibly other jurisdictions as well. Montana state officials recently contacted Alberta Agriculture and Food’s program policy division, in charge of the Alberta Farm Fuel Benefit, asking it to advise farmers only to use clear, taxed fuel when driving in […] Read more
Ritz calls CWB, critics to meet on barley
Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has called a Jan. 29 meeting in Ottawa on “the future of the barley industry” between the Canadian Wheat Board and a clutch of “industry groups, producers, grain handlers and malting companies.” Ritz said the meeting will focus on “finding ways to move toward marketing choice for barley growers.” In […] Read more
Sask. to tap communities fund for biofuel work
Saskatchewan’s provincial government plans to stream some of $36.4 million in expected federal funding toward biofuels and sustainable energy development. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premier Brad Wall announced Thursday in Prince Albert that Saskatchewan has signed onto the federal government’s proposed Community Development Trust program. The program, which still requires approval from Parliament, will […] Read more
Potato growers funded for food safety
Canada’s potato producers can get new federal funding to pay for technical support, equipment or trips to workshops to boost their on-farm food safety regimes. The Canadian Horticultural Council announced Thursday that its application has been approved for on-farm implementation (OFI) funding for potato producers under the Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program (CFSQP). The […] Read more
Ont. offers $14M for deadstock collection, abattoirs
Ontario’s cattle producers and beef slaughter plants will share $14 million in provincial funding to help pay for deadstock disposal and costs incurred under the pumped-up federal feed ban, respectively. The province’s agriculture ministry on Thursday announced $5 million in interim funding for the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association, to support “affordable deadstock collection and disposal” […] Read more
CWB targets lower export volume, higher prices
The Canadian Wheat Board expects to export eight per cent less grain in 2007-08, but aims to sell high before the new crop arrives. The board on Wednesday released its annual Grain Marketing Report, outlining its plans to sell aggressively at current high prices. In the report, CWB chief operating office Ward Weisensel urged Prairie […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
