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Regulators clear path for Westeel takeover

By Dave Bedard May 21, 2015

Federal competition watchdogs have cleared the path for grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth International to close its deal for bin manufacturer Westeel. AGI announced it had completed its deal to buy its fellow Winnipeg-based manufacturing firm for $221.5 million on Wednesday — after announcing the Competition Bureau of Canada would allow the deal on which […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins deteriorating

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crush margins continue to drift lower and currently find themselves at some of their worst levels in over a year. Declining demand for canola oil, together with the fact that a lack of farmer selling is forcing processors to pay up to bring in canola seed, was behind some of […] Read more

Excessive moisture from the May long weekend storm might trigger more crop insurance claims than the widespread frost. Snow just about buried this tillering winter wheat near Holland, Man. (MAFRD photos by Anastasia Kubinec)

Crops, Weather

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

By Allan Dawson May 21, 2015

Excessive moisture in Manitoba from the Victoria Day long weekend might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services, said […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

PotashCorp evaluating SQM, ICL stakes

By Rod Nickel May 21, 2015

New York | Reuters –– PotashCorp CEO Jochen Tilk said Thursday he views the company’s stakes in fertilizer companies Sinofert and Arab Potash Co. as “strategic,” but continues to review whether to keep its shares in ICL and SQM. Tilk, speaking at a BMO investor conference in New York, said if Saskatoon-based PotashCorp could not […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

By Michael Hirtzer May 21, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Thursday, lifted by worries that U.S. rains could reduce grain quality and that dry conditions in Russia and Canada would stress crops. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also jumped, rising in sympathy with wheat, while soybeans were nearly unchanged, anchored […] Read more

The Andersons Grain Group’s Toledo-area elevator at Maumee, Ohio. (AndersonsGrain.com)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grain firm Andersons not interested in being bought

By Tom Polansek May 21, 2015

New York | Reuters — U.S. grain handler Andersons Inc. is not interested in being acquired, CEO Mike Anderson said on Thursday after Richardson International expressed interest in a takeover. Richardson, one of Canada’s largest grain handlers, last week said it was interested in Andersons as part of a push to expand in the U.S. “Our strategy […] Read more

Cutworms. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

By Lisa Guenther May 21, 2015

If you’re an Alberta farmer and your crops have got cutworms, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development wants to know. Scott Meers, an entomologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, is asking farmers to report cutworms online. The province uses those reports to create an interactive map displaying cutworm sightings. Meers and provincial insect research technologist […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Monsanto says would divest all of Syngenta’s seed business

By Carey Gillam May 20, 2015

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, said Wednesday it plans to divest Syngenta’s seeds and genetic traits businesses as well as some overlapping chemistry assets to win regulatory approval for a takeover of its Swiss rival. “We intend to make this a really clean deal… really easy to get done,” Monsanto president Brett […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

Each day it gets easier to assess how much damage frost and excessive moisture did to Manitoba crops over the Victoria Day long weekend. Farmers can expect their soybeans to emerge this week because of warm and sunny conditions — and that germination will probably suffer in some soybean fields. “I’m expecting to see a […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Sask. opens farmland ownership review

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 20, 2015

Saskatchewan has kicked off public consultations for a review of its rules on investment in the province’s farmland. The consultation period, which runs until Aug. 10, is meant to help the province “understand who should, or should not be, allowed to own farmland in Saskatchewan,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said in a release Wednesday. At […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on technical selling

Precision ag, right to repair policies priority for Association of Equipment Manufacturers

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U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on technical selling

Precision ag, right to repair policies priority for Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Crops

Regulators clear path for Westeel takeover

Canola crush margins deteriorating

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

PotashCorp evaluating SQM, ICL stakes

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

U.S. grain firm Andersons not interested in being bought

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

Monsanto says would divest all of Syngenta’s seed business

Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage

Sask. opens farmland ownership review

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