Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) walked off the job Tuesday, November 19, to begin a strike protesting what the union calls unsafe working conditions. Negotiations between CN Rain and the union have been on-going for the past seven months with federal mediators being used in the past five months. The 72-hour strike... Read More
Category: Ag Business
Syngenta Canada has put a halt to its cereal seed research and development program. The move to end the program will be effective December 31, 2019. The company says it will continue to serve Canada with its current seed portfolio, recently registered varieties, licensing arrangements, crop protection, and seed care. “We plan to grow our... Read More
Online shopping is no longer just for fulfilling Christmas wish lists, or ordering last minute meals. Farmers, too, are increasingly turning to the Internet, and not just for small-scale items like worn out jack-knives, but to order crop inputs. AgPro Magazine recently released its 2019 e-commerce survey results, finding that although farm purchase intentions don't... Read More
The rising protectionist agenda across the world has made agricultural trade difficult between once-friendly trading partners. Farmers in Canada and the U.S. have felt the impacts of strained exports, but how their governments have recognized these challenges is different. Although both countries have faced financial challenges on the farm, U.S. producers across a broad spectrum... Read More
With Agritechnica 2019 set to begin in just days, machinery companies are starting to tease farmers with new innovations on the way. Soon, farmers managing equipment fleets will be able to securely exchange and view machine data through a common interface. John Deere, CLAAS, CNH Industrial, and 365FarmNet have teamed up to create DataConnect, the... Read More
News of Cargill spinning off its malting business was first announced last December. The deal to sell the global malt business to Axreal's subsidary, Boortmalt, has officially closed, as of October 31. Boortmalt's parent company, Axreal, is France's largest grain cooperative. Cargill had one lone malting company in Canada — Prairie Malt, based at Biggar,... Read More
A lot has changed for Debra Harrison in the past 39 years. Almost four decades ago she was the first female engineer ever hired by John Deere. Today she is president of John Deere Canada. Earlier this week, Harrison shared that journey with 450 people attending the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference at Niagara Falls,... Read More
The Teamsters union that represents roughly 3,000 members of the Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) at Canadian National Railway Company (CN) says workers may be going on strike as soon as November. In September, conductors, train- and yard-workers voted 99.2 per cent in favour of strike action over its collective agreement that expired near the end... Read More
Livestock feed company, Trouw Nutrition Canada (Shur-Gain) will complete its purchase of Yantzi Feed & Seed Ltd. early next mont. The acquisition includes Yantzi's feed manufacturing, grain storage, crop input facility and retail store at Tavistock, Ont., the grain elevator on Line 29 North East of Tavistock and the retail store and crop input business... Read More
Over the next five years, Syngenta will spend $2 billion to help farmers not only prepare for, but also tackle the threats posed by climate change. The announcement was made by the company's CEO, Erik Fyrwald, who also announced the money will be matched by a drive to reduce the carbon intensity of the company’s... Read More