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Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 30, 2018

The federal government has announced an “agreement in principle” which will see a new partnership fix up northern Manitoba’s washed-out Hudson Bay Railway and take over the mothballed Port of Churchill. Details of the agreement were slim at best in the government’s announcement Wednesday, except to say the buying group slated to take over the […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean acres depend on soy

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm March 20, 2018

CNS Canada — After Manitoba in 2017 grew its largest edible bean crop in more than a decade, a downturn could be expected in 2018. However, new-crop pricing opportunities look favourable and industry participants say it’s still too early to get a firm sense on seeding intentions. “The pinto market is long in terms of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

India will continue to import Canadian pulses, AGT says

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm January 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Pulse crop trade with India hasn’t been rosy lately but the head of a Canadian pulse shipping and processing company believes the tides will soon change. “India’s going to buy again this year. We’ll have to see what level but we think the recoveries are going to start slowly,” said Murad Al-Katib, […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Vancouver port space secured for pulse processor AGT

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 18, 2017

In need of ready access to West Coast tidewater, Prairie pulse crop processor AGT Food and Ingredients is set to work with the B.C. forestry sector to get it. Regina-based, publicly-traded AGT announced Monday it has reached a long-term terminal services agreement with Fibreco Export Inc., a wood fibre and canola meal exporter majority-owned by […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

By Rod Nickel March 28, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s AGT Food and Ingredients, one of the world’s biggest exporters of peas and lentils, expects India to extend an exemption for Canada within days from a crop fumigation policy that threatened to jeopardize $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, CEO Murad Al-Katib said Tuesday. India’s current exemption […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse crop sales to India dry up over pest-control plan

By rajendra-jadhav, Rod Nickel February 23, 2017

Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters –– Canadian exporters are slowing sales of peas and lentils to India, threatening $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, over risk that New Delhi may reject shipments under its tougher approach to pest control. India requires shippers to fumigate crops with methyl bromide, an insect-killing gas, in the country […] Read more

Crops, Peas, Reuters

Roquette counts on expanding Canadian pea output

By Rod Nickel January 20, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — France’s Roquette, which is building the world’s largest pea protein plant in Manitoba, is counting on the province’s farmers to boost their production to supply the $400 million factory, the company said Friday. Roquette raised eyebrows this week when it said it would build the plant in Portage la Prairie, Man., […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Grain handler Scoular on hunt for more Canadian buys

By Rod Nickel September 21, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — U.S. crop handler The Scoular Co. is looking to acquire stakes in grain and oilseeds facilities in Western Canada, fresh off agreeing to its first major purchase in the crop-growing belt, the private company’s chief operating officer said Monday. Scoular last week agreed to pay $94 million for the special crops […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Lentils, Machinery, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Sask. producer car loader firm owners approve AGT bid

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 2, 2015

Shareholders in a western Saskatchewan producer car loading firm have approved a deal to sell their loading sites to Regina pulse processor AGT Food and Ingredients for $22 million. AGT announced Tuesday it has completed its deal, announced in April, to buy the bulk loading assets from Eston, Sask.-based West Central Road and Rail. The […] Read more

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Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean acres depend on soy

India will continue to import Canadian pulses, AGT says

Vancouver port space secured for pulse processor AGT

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

Pulse crop sales to India dry up over pest-control plan

Roquette counts on expanding Canadian pea output

Grain handler Scoular on hunt for more Canadian buys

Sask. producer car loader firm owners approve AGT bid

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