Other fruit-vegetable Archives - Page 149 of 185

Subway to ramp up Canadian meat sourcing

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 20, 2016

One of the biggest fast-food players operating in Canada has pledged to lock in Canadian suppliers for some of its Canadian stores’ meat supplies by the end of 2016. The U.S.-based sandwich chain Subway said Tuesday it has now introduced “Canadian-raised” ham, turkey and shaved steak at its Canadian restaurants and is “committed” to sourcing […] Read more

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

Crops, Reuters

Tough farm conditions right time for merger, Agrium CEO says

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 20, 2016

Reuters — Plunging crop and fertilizer prices may not have hit rock bottom yet, and the market’s weakness makes it the right time to merge leading farm input suppliers, the CEO of Agrium said on Tuesday, making his pitch to skeptical investors for a US$26 billion union with PotashCorp. “Are we at the bottom yet? […] Read more

Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), led by the country’s economy minister Sigmar Gabriel, shown here in March, have voted at their congress to approve a Canada-E.U. trade pact. (Susanne Eriksson photo, BMWI.de)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

By GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Wolfsburg, Germany | Reuters — Germany appeared set on Monday to back an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada after the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partner in the ruling coalition, overcame left-wing resistance to the deal within his party. The SPD decision paves the way for EU member states […] Read more

Mosaic Co. said its staff at Mulberry, Fla. are using this on-site 800-foot-deep ground water well to recover water lost from the sinkhole formation at their phosphate facility. (MosaicCo.com)

Crops, Reuters

Sinkhole at Mosaic fertilizer site leaks radioactive water

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 17, 2016

Reuters — A sinkhole spanning 45 feet in diameter opened at a Mosaic Co. phosphate fertilizer facility in Florida, leaking 215 million gallons of “slightly radioactive water,” a company spokesman said Friday. Mosaic said the monitoring system at its New Wales facility at Mulberry, Florida, showed a decline in water levels on Aug. 27 from […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer betting billions farmers will back linked-up supplies

By GFM Network News September 16, 2016

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer’s US$66 billion purchase of Monsanto amounts to a long-term bet that farmers will grow to trust combinations of seeds and pesticides rather than continue to pick from ranges of separate products. In the short term, the German drugs and chemicals firm hopes to benefit from a marketing and sales force […] Read more

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

German minister expects to win vote on CETA

By GFM Network News September 15, 2016

Montreal | Reuters –– Germany’s economy minister said Thursday he expected the country’s Social Democrats, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, to vote in favour of a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union at a party meeting on Sept. 19. “We will get a majority vote,” German Vice-Chancellor and Economic Affairs Minister […] Read more

Southwestern Saskatchewan MP David Anderson (centre), shown here last year visiting Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s research facility at Swift Current, is the federal Tories’ new agriculture critic. (DavidAnderson.ca)

Crops

Anderson named federal Tories’ ag critic in shuffle

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 15, 2016

A vocal critic of the former Canadian Wheat Board single marketing desk for Prairie wheat and barley is now the lead agriculture critic in Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. David Anderson, the MP for the southwestern Saskatchewan riding of Cypress Hills-Grasslands since 2000, was named Thursday as the Conservatives’ critic for agriculture and agri-food by interim Tory […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Climate’s field software en route to Eastern Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 14, 2016

San Francisco-based ag software firm and Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation is making a run for the border with its Climate FieldView farm data suite. Appearing Wednesday at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, company representatives announced their suite of digital farm data tools, Climate FieldView, will be offered for sale in Eastern Canada this winter, for […] Read more

Austria’s Parliament Building, in Vienna. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Austrian government split on opposition to CETA

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 14, 2016

Vienna | Reuters –– Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern’s opposition to a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada was countered by fervent praise for the deal from his deputy at a special parliamentary session on the issue on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada, negotiations for which have finished, […] Read more

Bayer CEO Werner Baumann (l) and Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant on Wednesday announced plans for a friendly merger in which Bayer will buy all Monsanto stock for US$128 per share. (PRNewsFoto/Bayer)

Crops, Reuters

Bayer clinches Monsanto with raised US$66 billion bid

By GFM Network News September 14, 2016

New York/Frankfurt | Reuters — German drugs and crop chemicals company Bayer has won over U.S. seeds firm Monsanto with an improved takeover offer of US$66 billion including debt, ending months of wrangling after increasing its bid for a third time. The $128 a share deal announced on Wednesday, up from Bayer’s previous offer of […] 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

Other fruit-vegetable

Subway to ramp up Canadian meat sourcing

Tough farm conditions right time for merger, Agrium CEO says

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

Sinkhole at Mosaic fertilizer site leaks radioactive water

Bayer betting billions farmers will back linked-up supplies

German minister expects to win vote on CETA

Anderson named federal Tories’ ag critic in shuffle

Climate’s field software en route to Eastern Canada

Austrian government split on opposition to CETA

Bayer clinches Monsanto with raised US$66 billion bid

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News