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Livestock, Reuters

Trump expects only ‘tweaking’ of trade relationship with Canada

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Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the country would be “tweaking” its trade relationship with Canada, stopping short of calling for a major realignment in a development likely to please visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump has pledged to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) linking the […] Read more
Got winter blues? Try sprouting some greens
FarmLife, Fruit/Vegetables

Got winter blues? Try sprouting some greens

Sprouts are delicious and packed with nutrition and only take a few days to grow

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My green thumb gets a little twitchy in wintertime and there’s only one cure. I start a little garden on the windowsill, planting to plate in just five days. Yes, I am speaking of sprouts. Delicious, nutritious and green. It is well documented that sprouts are more nutritious than the seeds themselves and, in some […] Read more
An Agrium fertilizer distribution facility west of Portage la Prairie, Man. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Reuters

Agrium forecasts less profitable year than expected

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Reuters — Fertilizer maker Agrium, the world’s biggest farm retailer, on Thursday forecast a less profitable year than expected and said its quarterly profit plunged. The Calgary-based company said after normal trading hours that it expects to earn $4.50-$6 per share in 2017. The midpoint of $5.25 fell below analysts’ average estimate of $5.45, according […] Read more
(Syngenta.com)
Crops, Reuters

Syngenta sees ChemChina deal closing in second quarter

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Reuters — Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta pushed back the expected closure of its agreed US$43 billion takeover by ChemChina to the second quarter of 2017, but said it was making progress in winning regulatory approval for the deal. The transaction is important for China, the world’s largest agricultural market, which is looking to […] Read more
Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)
Crops, Reuters

Minnesota probes Palmer amaranth’s sudden appearance

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Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota has launched an investigation to find the source of seed mixes contaminated with weed seeds after the aggressive, herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth weed was found on 30 areas planted in a federal conservation program. The weed grows very fast, reaching up to eight feet in height and can hold back commercial […] Read more
A meadow is inspected to see if it fulfills the requirements for the subsidy program — diversity of plant species.
Features

Two markets; two attitudes

Letters from Europe: European growers work in a different policy and market environment 
than Prairie farmers

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Recently a Swiss workshop speaker, Ruedi Sutter, commented on the many changes to Swiss agriculture in the last 30 years. It caused me to contemplate the similarity and difference of changes compared to western Canadian farmers. What I see when I visit “home” (Alberta), confirms my research on the web. The January 2016 report from […] Read more

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