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Canada’s canola, wheat stocks shrink less than expected

By Kaven Baker-Voakes, Rod Nickel September 7, 2016

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian canola and wheat stockpiles were sharply lower in midsummer from a year earlier, the smallest in three years, but bigger than expected, a Statistics Canada report showed on Wednesday. StatsCan pegged all-wheat stocks as of July 31 at 5.2 million tonnes, down 27 per cent from a year ago but […] Read more

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Diesel prices look to settle in for fall, early winter

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 6, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian diesel prices appear to be settling in for a relatively uneventful autumn, according to an industry watcher. “Unless we get a vortex kind of winter, when a lot of diesel is used for heating purposes, I think it’s another cheap autumn-winter scenario shaping up,” said Tom Kloza of the Oil Price […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

By Julie Ingwersen September 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday on reminders of fresh export demand, extending a modest rebound from multi-month lows set last week, traders said. Wheat futures drifted lower after a long U.S. holiday weekend while corn ended steady to slightly higher, with the benchmark December corn contract settling unchanged. At the […] Read more

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Growmark, FS plan SW Ontario fertilizer store

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 6, 2016

Crop supply retail chain FS Partners and its owner, ag co-operative Growmark, plan to put up an expanded fertilizer centre in southwestern Ontario to supply both farmers and other retailers. Growmark announced its plans Wednesday for a new 15,000-tonne capacity facility to be built at Ayr, Ont., about 20 km south of Kitchener. The Illinois-based […] Read more

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ChemChina extends tender offers for Syngenta

By Reuters September 6, 2016

Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina on Tuesday extended by almost two months the deadline for Syngenta investors to tender their shares as the Chinese company seeks to complete a US$43 billion takeover of the Swiss pesticides and seeds group. Investors in Basel-based Syngenta now have until Nov. 8 to tender their shares unless this is […] Read more

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Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

By Eric Knecht, maha-el-dahan September 6, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country’s grain purchases earlier this year is back to stay. The decree, seen by Reuters, brings the ministry in line with an agriculture ministry decree […] Read more

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Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch

By greg-roumeliotis, Ludwig Burger September 6, 2016

Reuters — German pharmaceutical and crops manufacturer Bayer said on Monday that its negotiations with Monsanto had advanced, and that it was now willing to offer more than US$65 billion to acquire the world’s largest seeds company. Bayer’s announcement came as the gap in price expectations between the two companies has narrowed significantly, although important […] Read more

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Agrium’s CPS agrees to shed four Alberta retail sites

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 4, 2016

Agrium’s Crop Production Services (CPS) arm will need to sell four ag retail sites in eastern Alberta to close on its deal to buy an independent western Prairie retail chain. The federal Competition Bureau on Thursday announced an agreement with CPS dealing with the company’s planned purchase of Andrukow Group Solutions Inc. which operates 18 […] Read more

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India inactive in Canadian chickpeas ahead of harvest

By Jade Markus, GFM Network News September 3, 2016

CNS Canada — The Canadian chickpea market is in a transitionary phase ahead of harvest, one market participant says, as a key player sits out. “We’re still kind of in that phase where there’s a lot of orders trying to get filled, positions trying to get squared,” said David Newman of Commodious Trading near Victoria. […] Read more

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Fertilizer merger faces easier approval at home than in U.S.

By diane-bartz, John Tilak September 2, 2016

Toronto/Washington | Reuters — Canada’s PotashCorp and Agrium are more likely to win approval for a potential merger in Canada than in the U.S., but U.S. rejection of the deal would scuttle it globally, competition lawyers said. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp and Calgary’s Agrium confirmed Tuesday they were in preliminary merger talks, toward a deal that would […] Read more

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

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

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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Canada’s canola, wheat stocks shrink less than expected

Diesel prices look to settle in for fall, early winter

U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

Growmark, FS plan SW Ontario fertilizer store

ChemChina extends tender offers for Syngenta

Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch

Agrium’s CPS agrees to shed four Alberta retail sites

India inactive in Canadian chickpeas ahead of harvest

Fertilizer merger faces easier approval at home than in U.S.

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