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Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

By GFM Network News April 3, 2017

Washington | Reuters — French food group Danone has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods, the Justice Department said on Monday. To win approval for the US$10.4 billion deal, Danone agreed to sell its leading U.S. organic yogurt business Stonyfield Farms, the department said. Danone did not immediately reply […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

By GFM Network News April 3, 2017

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Syria’s six-year conflict has caused at least US$16 billion in damage to agriculture — about a third of the country’s GDP — a U.N. agency said on Monday, calling for more funds to salvage local food production as millions go hungry. Fighting has led to extensive crop and livestock […] Read more

General, Machinery, Reuters

Ford recalls F-250s that could roll while in park

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 1, 2017

New York | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 52,600 F-250 pickup trucks sold in the U.S. and Canada because the vehicles could roll after the driver moves the automatic transmission lever into park position, the company said on Saturday. The recall, the third announced by Ford this week, affects 2017 model year […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

Edible flower gardening

Flowers not only look good in the garden, lots of them make great eating

By Amy Jo Ehman March 31, 2017

Some people prefer to grow flowers and some people prefer to grow good things to eat, but me, I like to do both at once. Edible flower gardening. Here are good reasons to eat flowers: Flowers taste good. Think of peppery nasturtiums, tangy tangerine marigolds, sweet red clover and the blossoms of herbs. Flowers are […] Read more

Start your own hybrid Guelph Millennium asparagus from seed. Plants have good cold tolerance  and produce high yields of very uniform 100 per cent male spears.

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Start asparagus plants from seeds

Singing Gardener: Plus, what is Paruresis and some tips if you have it

By Ted Meseyton March 31, 2017

Late March and early April are the times of year I begin scratching around the soil to see what’s popping up besides dandelions and daffodils. Depending on weather, I may soon plant, or will have already planted a short row or two of radish seeds in a sunny sheltered microclimate spot. I share a short excerpt from […] Read more

Seed potatoes loaded for planting. (File photo by Ralph Pearce)

Crops, Potatoes, Weather

Southwestern Ontario potato planting underway

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News March 29, 2017

Close-to-seasonal temperatures and good planting conditions across parts of southwestern Ontario have growers in the Leamington region planting potatoes. According to Eugenia Banks, a special consultant for the Ontario Potato Board, potato planting began Wednesday morning, ahead of a weather system that’s forecast to dump up to 40 mm of rain by Friday. According to […] Read more

An Agrium fertilizer distribution facility west of Portage la Prairie, Man. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Reuters

Indian regulator warns on Agrium-PotashCorp merger

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 29, 2017

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s competition regulator said the proposed merger between Agrium and PotashCorp was likely to hurt competition, a government statement said Wednesday. The two Canadian fertilizer producers agreed to merge last September to navigate a severe industry slump by boosting efficiency and cutting costs. Neither Agrium nor PotashCorp have physical presence […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

Ontario tomato farmers to get less on higher yields

By GFM Network News March 28, 2017

The agreement between Ontario growers and tomato processors for the 2017 growing season is expected to drop the price tomato farmers are paid as their yields increase. The agreement, announced last week, maintains the contracted tonnage of 2016 and follows the five-year pricing agreement set by growers and processors last year. Final prices, however, aren’t […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.N. picks former U.S. governor to run World Food Programme

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 28, 2017

Reuters — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed former South Carolina Governor David Beasley to run the Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP), at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed slashing funding for the world body and its agencies. Beasley will replace another American, Etharin Cousin, who has been the WFP executive […] Read more

DuPont’s Canadian head office in Mississauga. (Dupont.com)

Crops, Reuters

Asset sale plan secures EU backing for Dow, DuPont merger

By GFM Network News March 27, 2017

Reuters — Dow Chemical and DuPont won the blessing of the European Union for their US$130 billion merger on Monday by agreeing to sell substantial assets including key research and development activities. The European Commission had been concerned that the merger of two of the biggest and oldest U.S. chemical producers would leave few incentives […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

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Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

Other fruit-vegetable

Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

Ford recalls F-250s that could roll while in park

Edible flower gardening

Start asparagus plants from seeds

Southwestern Ontario potato planting underway

Indian regulator warns on Agrium-PotashCorp merger

Ontario tomato farmers to get less on higher yields

U.N. picks former U.S. governor to run World Food Programme

Asset sale plan secures EU backing for Dow, DuPont merger

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