DuPont is bolstering its presence in digital ag services, announcing a deal on Wednesday to acquire San Francisco-based Granular, Inc. Started in 2014, Granular provides software and analytic tools focused on improving farm efficiency and profitability, as well as operating a farmland real estate website. “This acquisition is an important component of our commitment to... Read More
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Nuffield Canada has announced its four scholarship recipients for 2018. Ellen Crane of Murray Siding, Nova Scotia; Josh Oulton of Port Williams, Nova Scotia; Gavin Robertson of Niagara, Ontario; and Shelly Spruitt of Mountain, Ontario will receive funding for international studies focusing on topics that they have chosen as part of their application. All four... Read More
Syngenta plans to sell soybean and corn varieties with the Enlist herbicide tolerance trait after reaching non-exclusive licensing agreements with Dow AgroSciences and M.S. Technologies. The licenses include the Enlist E3 trait for soybeans in Canada, the U.S., and Latin America, and the global rights for the Enlist event in corn. The Enlist weed control... Read More
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers is extending the temporary reduction of the levy it collects on pulses and soybeans grown in the province for another year, as it draws down its surplus accumulated with record pulse acres and strong prices in recent years. SPG reduced its non-refundable checkoff from 1 to 0.67% of gross sales on August... Read More
With the two week countdown on ahead of NAFTA negotiations, the Canadian government is bolstering its team in Washington and establishing a council to provide advice to Canadian negotiators. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Wednesday that she's sending Canada's chief negotiator in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations to Washington as a deputy ambassador. Kirsten Hillman,... Read More
Canada's dairy processors and producers say the federal government has "failed to adequately support its dairy sector" after announcing plans for the allocation of cheese import licenses through the Canada-European Union trade deal (CETA). Canada agreed to tariff rate quotas for nearly 18 million kilograms of annual cheese imports in CETA under two categories: 16... Read More
The end of the Canadian Wheat Board as a single desk marketer of Canadian wheat and barley five years ago triggered a number of major changes in Canada's cereal crop industry. Most of the dust stirred up by dismantling the CWB has settled, but there's potential for more change. Recognizing gaps left by the end... Read More
The Climate Corporation has found another buyer for its Precision Planting equipment business. Less than three months after the Monsanto subsidiary cancelled the sale of Precision Planting LLC to Deere & Co., a deal has been struck to sell Precision Planting to AGCO. “As a leading global equipment manufacturer, AGCO is uniquely positioned to enable... Read More
The federal government has issued an extension for sharing views on what Canada's first national food policy should look like. The online survey and comment period, which was originally slated to end on July 27, has been extended to August 31. (Find the survey here.) "A strong response from across the country has prompted Agriculture... Read More
With an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 cattle left behind in areas evacuated due to wildfires in B.C.'s central and southern interior, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association says it has asked the federal government for a quick response to help affected ranchers. "As an initial start, the CCA is requesting the federal government provide a tax deferral... Read More