A group of farmers in southeast Saskatchewan is looking to fellow producers for support in building a $50-to-$75 million farmer-owned grain and commodity handling facility. Comtrax Logistics Solutions is planning a 260-plus car track system with grain handling and storage capacity for around 60,000 tonnes. The facility, which would likely be located in the Weyburn... Read More
Category: Ag Business
Remember during the US election when many accused the economy of separating from results on Wall Street? May I present to you what happened at Deere today on Wall Street. John Deere report its quarterly earnings and the stock hit an all time high. At a time when corn is struggling in the doldrums of... Read More
New Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) president Keith Currie is anxious to bring the Ontario agriculture industry together and rebuild trust in the OFA. The general farm organization’s leadership has come under fire from farmers and other provincial commodity groups in recent years for playing too nice with the Ontario government. “There’s some fracturing that’s... Read More
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced Tuesday that it has acquired Kramer Auctions — one of Canada's longest-running and leading agricultural auction companies. Headquartered in North Battleford, Kramer has been operating in Western Canada for 67 years — three generations of the Kramer family, offering on-farm and on-site live auctions for equipment, livestock and agricultural real estate.... Read More
With the domino effect of agri-business mergers, farmers are wondering what a new version of the combined companies look like. With canola being a smaller crop globally, Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto will likely not get much attention from the U.S. Department of Justice, but it could be of interest to the Canadian Competition Bureau. Canadian... Read More
Changes to the 2017 Farmland Health Incentive Program (FHIP) will create an even greater focus on managing water quality in the western and central Lake Erie basin. For the past two years, FHIP, part of the Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (GLASI), has focused on supporting and funding Ontario farmer stewardship efforts in an area... Read More
Canadian farmers could be among the first to see if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump can live in two worlds – the one in which he keeps his supporters happy, and the other one that keeps the rest of the planet from succumbing to chaos. In his acceptance speech Tuesday, Trump assured the world that he... Read More
For farmers, buying land can be the biggest business decision you make. It’s also a tremendously emotional decision that many famers make without fully considering all the ramifications, explains Alberta Agriculture farm financial specialist Rick Dehod. “Is it a need or a want?” asks Dehod, who says many times buying land is what farmers want,... Read More
While delays in regulatory approvals have pushed back the timeline for Syngenta's proposed US$43 billion sale to ChemChina, the head of Syngenta's Canadian operations is looking forward to the getting the deal finalized. Jay Bradshaw, president of Syngenta Canada, sat down with RealAg's Shaun Haney during the Syngenta Media Summit in North Carolina last week.... Read More
Dairy milking robots have found their niche in Canada, but where do they fit on U.S. dairy farms? The popularity of robots in Canada can be linked to the fact that the technology fits well into this country’s smaller farms and because our supply management system provides a financial footing for farmers to invest. But... Read More