China's largest state-owned food and feed company appears to be establishing a presence in Western Canada's grain industry. According to listings on the company's LinkedIn page, COFCO Agri is hiring three grain traders and an operations manager "for a newly-formed Winnipeg, Manitoba office," as Rod Nickel of Reuters first reported on Friday. The traders will... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The company formed by Bunge and a Saudi investment fund to purchase the former Canadian Wheat Board has completed construction of another two grain elevators started by the CWB. G3 Canada held a grand opening for its elevator at Pasqua, Saskatchewan and also announced the opening of its terminal at Glenlea, Manitoba on Thursday. "This... Read More
Glencore is selling off another chunk of its stake in Viterra, while G3 has received approval to build a new grain terminal at the Port of Vancouver. The stalemate over glyphosate continues in the EU, hog farmers in Western Canada are concerned about a new outbreak of PED virus, and RealAgriculture is helping raise funds... Read More
Glencore has announced a deal to sell an additional 9.99 percent stake in its agriculture business, which include Regina-based grain company Viterra, to the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCIMC). The transaction is worth US$624.9 million and comes on the heels of Glencore's agreement to sell a 40 percent stake in its ag business to... Read More
If your wheat is at the flagleaf stage and you're worried about its height, you have horsetail in your corn, or you're not sure how to deal with prostrate knotweed, you'll want to tune in this week. Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture, returns for his weekly podcast, where he answers questions and shares agronomic... Read More
RealAgriculture is excited to announce that we're partnering with the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association (CASA) to raise money to build a grain entrapment unit and training program. Moving grain can entrap a grown adult in less than 25 seconds. In 2015, there were seven grain entrapment fatalities in Canada, and four of those were children.... Read More
A new ‘Stop at Subway for Ontario Grown’ program will see local tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and peppers featured at the restaurant chain’s 1,300 Ontario locations during the 2016 harvest season. The announcement comes in the midst of Ontario’s Local Food Week, with funding from the Ontario government’s three-year, $6 million Local Food Investment Fund and... Read More
Canadians like farmers. There’s no better proof than Tim Hortons’ recent efforts to sell its Farmer’s Breakfast sandwich with a commercial featuring a farmer holding a trusty pitchfork. Canada’s coffee and cultural giant doesn’t leave much to chance. The mountain of eggs, sausage, hash browns and cheese could have called Trucker's Breakfast or Banker's Breakfast,... Read More