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A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen outlet in Costa Rica. (Businesswire.com)

Tim Hortons owner reported near deal to buy Popeyes

By GFM Network News February 20, 2017

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International, owner of the Burger King and Tim Hortons fast food chains, is nearing a deal to acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The deal, which will likely value Popeyes at more than US$1.7 billion, is a bet by Oakville, Ont.-based Restaurant Brands that it can […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Kraft walks away from ‘friendly’ bid for Unilever

By GFM Network News February 20, 2017

New York | Reuters –– U.S. food company Kraft Heinz withdrew its proposal for a US$143 billion merger with larger rival Unilever, the companies said Sunday, raising questions about whether Kraft will turn its focus to another target. Kraft had made a surprise offer for Unilever to build a global consumer goods behemoth — an […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 20, 2017

Saskatchewan’s provincial Water Security Agency has signed off on what it describes as the largest single agricultural drainage project in the province’s history, with more projects of a similar scale to come. The province announced Thursday it has issued a single approval for 73 landowners in the province’s southeast to set up an “organized and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Austere empire-building weighs on Kraft’s Unilever bid

By GFM Network News February 18, 2017

Reuters — Buyout firm 3G Capital managed to build a consumer empire with a market value of over US$140 billion in just seven years. Yet its ruthless approach to costs may end up hampering 3G-backed Kraft Heinz’s US$143 billion bid for Unilever Plc. 3G made its name in corporate America by orchestrating large debt-laden acquisitions […] Read more

Researchers in Newfoundland harvested the province’s first-ever canola field in September 2016. (Gov.NL.ca)

Livestock

Newfoundland expands Crown land base for farming

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 18, 2017

CORRECTED, Feb. 28, 2017 — The Newfoundland and Labrador government plans to boost the amount of land available to the province’s farmers by allocating more Crown land for development. The province’s Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods announced Thursday it has now identified 62 “agriculture areas of interest” to date, totalling about 158,150 acres. The […] Read more

Pepitas are the seeds from an oilseed pumpkin variety.

FarmLife

Pumpkin seeds with no shells

Pepitas are loaded with nutrition and have no hulls

By Debbie Chikousky February 17, 2017

Growing up, pumpkin seeds were a once-a-year treat. As a child there was the confusion of whether they were to be shelled like a sunflower seed or just chewed. Personally, the hulls were a bit too fibrous, but once you got inside, those seeds were very yummy. As an adult I noticed that there were […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s farm income to dip, but remain above average

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 17, 2017

Reuters — Canadian farmers’ incomes will decline seven per cent in 2017, falling for the second year in a row but remaining at above-average levels, the country’s agriculture department predicted on Friday. A drop in North American cattle and calf prices from record highs in 2015 is the main reason for the two-year dip, Agriculture […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU, Canada secure clearance to kick-start free trade deal

By GFM Network News February 15, 2017

Strasbourg | Reuters — The European Union and Canada secured clearance on Wednesday for their contentious free trade deal and the removal of import duties that supporters say will boost growth and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic. The two parties can claim a success for their open markets policy after months of protest […] Read more

(CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc.)

Livestock

A+W books sales growth despite Prairie ‘challenges’

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 14, 2017

Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has chalked up another year of same-store sales growth despite “economic challenges” in the Alberta and Saskatchewan markets. Posting its year-end results on Tuesday, A+W’s Vancouver-based income fund reported same-store sales growth of 3.4 per cent in 2016 over 2015, down from a 7.6 per cent sales growth […] Read more

Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)

Crops

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 14, 2017

Canada’s farmers aren’t likely to see less competition for their crop chemical dollars if the owner of Adama Canada buys Syngenta, the Canadian antitrust watchdog has ruled. The Competition Bureau on Tuesday issued a “no action” letter for the takeover of Syngenta by China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina), saying the deal is “unlikely to result […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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