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Agri-food supercluster announces board, CEO

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 15, 2017

The new Smart Agri-Food Supercluster (SASC) will field a team of 11 innovation and corporate leaders from across Canada as its interim board of directors. The board (see below), which will be chaired by Doug Beever of Agrium, has also appointed Rob Davies as its interim CEO. Davies brings more than three decades of leadership […] Read more

The Ceus can be equipped with a twin row of dish-shaped rollers that, according to the company, can cope well with stony fields.

Machinery

New ‘Ceus’ tillage tool from Amazone

High-speed Ceus 60002TX Super debuts at field day

By Scott Garvey December 14, 2017

This fall, marketing reps from Amazone were taking the brand’s new Ceus 6000 2TX Super high-speed tillage tool on a demonstration tour across parts of Canada. At about the same time, during an international field day in Germany in September, the brand included the Ceus in its parade of new products and demonstrated what it […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

By GFM Network News December 8, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — EU antitrust regulators are set to warn Bayer its planned purchase of U.S. seed maker Monsanto may hurt competition, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, a move that would force Bayer to offer concessions to address the concerns. The US$66 billion deal would make Bayer the world’s largest […] Read more

The Verkhovna Rada building, home to Ukraine’s parliament, in Kiev. (Cia.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Ukraine’s parliament extends ban on farmland sales

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 7, 2017

Kiev | Reuters — The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to extend a ban on the sale of agricultural land by one year, delaying what financial backers say is a key reform essential to Ukraine’s long-term economic growth. The bill was backed by 236 lawmakers, narrowly over the 226 required to pass. Currently Ukraine’s more […] Read more

Field Roast’s plant-based FieldBurger is made using assorted vegetables, mushrooms and barley. (FieldRoast.com)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Pulses

Maple Leaf buys further into ‘meat’ market

By GFM Network News December 7, 2017

One of Canada’s biggest packaged meat companies is further expanding its space on the non-animal protein shelf with a deal for U.S. processor Field Roast Grain Meat. Maple Leaf Foods announced Nov. 30 it will pay US$120 million (C$153.9 million) for the Seattle-based company, which makes and markets premium grain-based “meat” and vegan cheese products. […] Read more

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canola stocks look less tight in StatsCan report

By GFM Network News December 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers grew a record amount of canola in 2017, despite weather concerns, according to updated production estimates on Wednesday from Statistics Canada. The agency pegged production in 2017-18 at 21.3 million tonnes, up from the September estimate of 19.7 million and last year’s total of 19.6 million. The rise in production […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan to offer discount option on Crown land

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 5, 2017

Facing another rent hike in 2018, some Saskatchewan farmers leasing cultivated and “formerly cultivated” Crown land from the province are getting an option to buy the land instead at a 10 per cent discount. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday announced a “targeted incentive” program aimed at about 1,100 eligible leaseholders, offering the 10 […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Nestle to buy Canadian nutrition firm Atrium

By GFM Network News December 5, 2017

London | Reuters — Nestle is buying Canadian vitamin and nutritional supplement maker Atrium Innovations for US$2.3 billion, expanding its presence in consumer healthcare as it seeks to offset weakness in packaged foods. The world’s largest packaged food company said on Tuesday it will buy the maker of vitamins, probiotics and meal replacements from a […] Read more

(Commercial Port of Vladivostok, vmtp.ru)

Crops, Markets

Baltic Dry Index nears four-year highs

By GFM Network News December 4, 2017

CNS Canada –– The Baltic Dry Index has climbed sharply over the past two weeks, rising to its highest levels in nearly four years. The BDI settled at 1,662 points on Friday, having gained 300 points since the middle of November. The index was last above 1,600 in January 2014. The BDI is compiled daily […] Read more

Regina-based Brandt’s agriculture division plans to make equipment for U.S. corn and soy growers at this plant north of Bloomington, Ill. (CNW Group/Brandt Tractor Ltd.)

Crops, Machinery

Brandt to buy first U.S. manufacturing plant

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 4, 2017

A Canadian farm and industrial equipment manufacturer is preparing to set up its first U.S. base to make farm equipment for U.S. corn and soybean growers. The Regina-based Brandt Group, whose farm equipment lines include loaders and skid steers as well as augers, conveyors and vacuums for grain handling, announced Friday it will buy a […] 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

Pulses

Agri-food supercluster announces board, CEO

New ‘Ceus’ tillage tool from Amazone

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

Ukraine’s parliament extends ban on farmland sales

Maple Leaf buys further into ‘meat’ market

Canola stocks look less tight in StatsCan report

Saskatchewan to offer discount option on Crown land

Nestle to buy Canadian nutrition firm Atrium

Baltic Dry Index nears four-year highs

Brandt to buy first U.S. manufacturing plant

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