June 30 was a big day in 1867: the eve before the birth of this great nation. This year, nearly 150 years later, it marked the end of the trading month, the end of the trading quarter, the final day for Greece to accept new financial austerity measures or make a €1.6 Billion loan payment... Read More
Category: Ag Business
Your weekly ag news audio update — here’s the TWORA podcast for July 2nd, 2015:
Winnipeg-based Canterra Seeds and Limagrain were in Saskatoon, Sask., Thursday to announce the establishment of a new cereal breeding and development partnership, Limagrain Cereals Research Canada. The joint venture will be located in Saskatoon. Limagrain Cereals will bring “significant added value to western Canadian agriculture by developing new varieties of cereals, with a specific focus... Read More
Paterson Grain has announced plans to build a unit train loading facility near Daysland, in central Alberta. The 55,000 metric tonne inland terminal will feature a 120-car loop track with a dual receiving area for trucks. "The efficient truck handling capability combined with highly efficient rail car loading will allow Paterson to offer excellent customer... Read More
Grains had a big week in the markets with everything ending in the green thanks to wet weather in the U.S. Midwest, and drier weather in Western Canada and Europe. November canola on the Winnipeg exchange nearly touched $12/bu, winter corn and soybean contracts pushed above $4/bu and $10/bu (respectively) in Chicago, and we’re starting... Read More
Crosby Devitt will join the Canadian Seed Trade Association as its new executive director, effective July 27, 2015. Devitt is currently vice president, strategic development for the Grain Farmers of Ontario, where he leads and manages the communications, research and market development departments of the organization. The CSTA says that Devitt was also instrumental in... Read More
Ontario ag retailer South West Ag Partners (SW Ag) is rolling out a new service to address "environmental challenges and the increasing scrutiny on Ontario agriculture," says the company in a press release. Called Sustainable Cropping Systems, Southwest Ag bridges new tillage equipment technology with precision agriculture to "better manage nutrient placement, soil health, crop... Read More
It was only ten years ago that Wade Barnes and Curtis MacKinnon, two agronomists in the Pilot Mound, Man. area, decided to start an agronomic consulting business for local farmers. “Our focus was to deal with the handful of really good clients in our local community, about 25 thousand acres. Our thoughts were we’d get... Read More
Winnipeg-based Farmers Edge announced today it is establishing its American headquarters in Shakopee, MN. Operational locations will also be available to farmers in all major grain growing regions in the U.S., the company says. “Our technology is a unique, one-of-a-kind system, that integrates data sources, direct from the field, into decision support information and crop... Read More
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods has entered an agreement to be bought by an American investment company for C$132.5 million. Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI), a publicly-traded company that "owns and manages a diverse family of established North American middle market businesses," will acquire an approximate 87 percent ownership stake in the Winnipeg-based hemp food business. Manitoba... Read More