The deadline for bids on pieces of one of the largest farmland portfolios in North American history closed Thursday, marking the next step in the court-supervised restructuring of Monette Farms. The Monette group of companies - one of North America’s largest farming operations - entered creditor protection in April, owing more than $900 million to... Read More
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Canada is getting older, more multicultural, and more suburban, while its political landscape becomes increasingly unpredictable. For the country’s food system, those changes are reshaping who Canadians trust, what they worry about, and how agriculture needs to communicate with consumers. At the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s 2026 Public Trust Summit at Toronto, RealAgriculture’s Bernard... Read More
Canadians continue to feel positively about the country’s food system, but growing uncertainty about affordability, information, and emerging technology is putting pressure on that confidence. That’s one of the key findings from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s (CCFI) 2026 Public Trust Research, released at the organization’s Public Trust Summit in Toronto. In this interview,... Read More
Shares in Vylor began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today as Corteva officially completed its spin-off, creating two independent, publicly traded companies focused on distinct crop input categories. As of October 1, 2026, Vylor has launched as a standalone seed and genetics company, led by its flagship Pioneer brand and distribution network, while... Read More
Canadian farm and industry organizations are calling for a national plant breeding strategy that recognizes the different economic and regional realities facing crops across the country. Nine producer and industry organizations have endorsed a joint vision, A National Plant Breeding Strategy Must Work for Every Crop, calling for stable public investment where needed to ensure... Read More
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is consolidating its plant protein manufacturing network into a single facility in Indiana, it says, to trim structural costs and navigate softening demand. The Mississauga, Ont.-based consumer packaged goods company announced Tuesday it will close facilities in Seattle, Wash., and Turners Falls, Mass., over the next 12 to 18 months. Production... Read More
After a decade focused on helping Canadian growers get more from seed treatment technology, Syngenta Canada is expanding the mandate of its Plattsville, Ont., research facility to tackle another evolving area of crop production: biologicals. The company has launched the Canadian Seedcare & Biologicals Institute (SCBI) at its Honeywood Research Facility, 10 years after the... Read More
Soybean growers could soon have five herbicide-tolerance options in a single trait stack as Bayer Crop Science prepares to introduce its new Vyconic technology. At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ont., Bayer Crop Science agronomic solutions lead Adam Pfeffer joined RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin to discuss the technology, which Bayer expects to begin introducing in... Read More
Bourgault Industries is set to significantly expand the global reach of its seeding technology through a new strategic alliance with CNH that will see Bourgault-built equipment offered through Case IH and New Holland dealers. Speaking with RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, Bourgault sales and marketing vice president Colin Rush... Read More
The Ontario government has opened nominations for the 2026 Excellence in Agriculture Awards, to recognize the outstanding efforts of the province’s agri-food leaders. These awards recognize the achievements of Ontario’s world-class farmers, processors, industry organizations and businesses that protect the province’s food independence and make Ontario’s nearly $53 billion agri-food industry a global leader in... Read More