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Seed-applied liquid nutrient approved for cereal crops

thumb A new liquid formulation of a seed-applied nutrient has been cle...
Jan 27, 2012 5:54PM


BASF asks growers to lock in on lentils

thumb In a revamp it says will simplify the process for Prairie farmer...
Jan 27, 2012 12:55PM


Certification hearing set for farmer suit against CN, CP

thumb A proposed class action suit against Canada's two major railways...
Jan 26, 2012 1:18PM


Grain, fertilizer traffic add to record gross for CN

thumb Increased revenue from grain and fertilizer handling helped boost...
Jan 25, 2012 12:15AM


Prairie canola cash bids firm, but upside limited

thumb Western Canadian canola cash bids continue to remain strong, with...
Jan 24, 2012 5:30PM


Deere to take MacDon windrowers global

Farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint.

Richardson buys further into Peace grain handle

Canada's second biggest grain handler has made another play to expand its handle in northwestern Alberta's Peace region, this time buying from an independent player.

Stakeholder names slate to run for CP's board

A New York investment firm calling for new management at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has named a slate of nominees to run for the railway's board in May.




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Problematic weed moving into Illinois

thumb In 2010, a two-day conference centred in Memphis offered farm dealers from the U.S. and Canada, a glimpse of the effects of glyphosate resistance.
Jan 24, 2012 12:01AM


B.C. wine researchers to help crack Chardonnay genome

thumb Canadian vineyards growing Chardonnay grapes could soon learn exactly which types of the grape variety are better suited to their particular climates.
Jan 23, 2012 7:21PM


ICE's milling wheat contracts trade light on first day

thumb New milling wheat, durum and barley contracts began trading on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT, with only milling wheat actually experiencing any trade during its first day of activity.
Jan 23, 2012 5:57PM


Potato fungicide's label expanded to cover black dot

thumb A broad-spectrum fungicide used to control early and late blight in potatoes can now be used also to control black dot, another common potato plant disease.
Jan 23, 2012 5:22PM


Off-patent fungicide approved against canola ailments

thumb Off-patent ag chemical maker Mana Canada has picked up federal approval for a foliar fungicide's use against sclerotinia stem rot and alternaria black spot in canola.
Jan 22, 2012 9:12PM


MGEX cleared for non-U.S. wheat on HRSW contract

thumb U.S. federal regulators have approved MGEX's plan to remove U.S. origin as a condition of delivery on its hard red spring wheat (HRSW) contract.
Jan 21, 2012 12:01AM


Ont. farmers urge halt to wind turbine development

thumb Claiming an "untenable" and polarizing debate in rural Ontario over an inefficient power source, the province's general farm organization now wants to see an end to industrial-scale wind turbine development.
Jan 20, 2012 6:46PM


Fungicides get temporary permit for hothouse cukes

thumb A fungicide tank-mix has been granted a temporary emergency-use registration against downy mildew in greenhouse cucumbers.
Jan 19, 2012 6:33PM


Viterra posts record 2011 but Q4 profit skids

thumb Corrected, Jan. 20 -- Recent years' acquisitions by Canada's biggest grain handler are turning up well on the company's bottom line, Viterra reported Wednesday.
Jan 19, 2012 5:14PM


Man. backs farmed biomass for heating systems

thumb Manitoba will offer grants of up to $50,000 for users and processors of "high-quality, renewable biomass" to develop products for use in combustion heating systems.
Jan 19, 2012 5:00PM


Chickpeas pencil out great, but acres a question

thumb Chickpeas pencil out to be one of the most profitable cropping options in Saskatchewan heading into the spring of 2012, but whether farmers will actually plant the pulse crop remains to be seen.
Jan 19, 2012 2:15PM


Judge reserves decision on CWB directors' request

thumb Suspending a new law that ended the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly would sow confusion in Western Canada's grain industry, lawyers for the federal government said in court on Wednesday in a hearing on a plea from eight former directors.
Jan 19, 2012 1:46PM


BASF to focus plant biotech work on Americas

thumb Jan 19, 2012 12:01AM


Manitoba forecasts higher AgriInsurance premiums in 2012

thumb Jan 18, 2012 6:18PM