The University of Calgary's School of Public Policy (SPP) has announced the creation of the Simpson Centre for Agricultural and Food Innovation and Public Education. The Centre is named after Calgary rancher and businessman John Simpson, who contributed more than $5 million to establish the school. “Several years ago, the school launched an initiative to... Read More
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The Scoular Company has sold its edible bean business, which includes processing plants in southern Manitoba and the northern U.S., to a farmer co-op based in Michigan. Cooperative Elevator Co. is expanding its geographic footprint with the acquisition of Scoular's edible bean operations, which includes processing facilities at Plum Coulee and Morden, Manitoba, and St.... Read More
Montreal-based dairy processing giant Saputo has announced plans to close facilities at Trenton, Ont., and Saint John, New Brunswick. The company says the closures are "aimed at improving its operational efficiency and right-sizing both its manufacturing footprint and sales force in Canada." The Trenton plant is scheduled to be shut down in September of this... Read More
In a story first posted to the Wall Street Journal, Canadian antitrust authorities are investigating some big players in the agriculture world. The Competition Bureau is reportedly looking at whether Bayer AG, Corteva Inc., and BASF violated Canadian competition law in their dealings against Farmers Business Network, which entered the Canadian market in 2018. According... Read More
The Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) has withdrawn its membership from national policy organization Grain Growers of Canada. GFO had only recently joined the organization in 2018, at the same time as SaskFlax and Productuers du Grains du Quebec. Markus Haerle, chair of GFO, says his organization left, in part, due to the lack of... Read More
The ongoing labour dispute at the Co-op Refinery Complex at Regina, Sask., has led Federated Co-op Ltd (FCL) to start rationing fuel at some of its cardlock facilities on the Prairies, impacting farmers, emergency services, truckers, and other drivers who normally rely on cardlocks to supply larger quantities of fuel. A message posted by several... Read More
As farmers pencil out close-to-final cropping choices for 2020, Statistics Canada has released the ending stocks of principal field crop figures as of December 31, 2019. StatsCan notes in the summary of the report that farmers were asked only for what was currently in storage, and not to include what was yet unharvested in the... Read More
The Ag Exchange Group has acquired FarmLink Marketing Solutions' brokerage department. FarmLink, which continues to provide grain market analysis and advisory service to farmers, has partnered with Ag Exchange Group on its CXN360 platform for price discovery, which enables the two to collaborate with clients based on grain prices and strategic objectives. "New technology has... Read More
Due to the trade war between the U.S. and China, the White House used the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) to compensate farmers from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The compensation was justified based on farmers willing to be "true patriots" for the greater good of America's decision to call out China on its trading practices.... Read More
An announced joint research project led by the University of Calgary has unleashed anger from many farmers in Western Canada. On Sunday, a tweet posted by the Canola Council of Canada referred to a joint research project entitled "Surveillance networks for beneficial insects II: Quantifying the canola yield effect of wetlands, shelterbelts and other insect... Read More