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

Dow, DuPont to shed Canadian assets for merger approval

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 27, 2017

Competition for the Prairie farmer’s crop protection dollar will survive following the planned merger of chemical giants Dow and DuPont, by way of a handful of asset sales, Canada’s Competition Bureau has ruled. The federal antitrust watchdog on Tuesday announced it has an agreement with DuPont and Dow Chemical to head off what would otherwise […] Read more

DuPont’s headquarters in Delaware. (DuPont.com)

Crops, Reuters

Mexico gives conditional approval to Dow, DuPont merger

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 27, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s antitrust watchdog said Tuesday it has given approval to DuPont and Dow Chemical to merge on the condition that they sell certain crop protection products and other assets. The asset sales required by Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) is similar to what U.S. antitrust enforcers asked of the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 27, 2017

Basel | Reuters — Switzerland’s Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must sell to gain regulatory approval for its takeover of Monsanto. Syngenta, a distant third in the global seeds market behind Monsanto and Dupont, is determined […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. clears Couche-Tard to buy CST, with conditions

By GFM Network News June 27, 2017

Washington | Reuters — Alimentation Couche-Tard has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy rival CST Brands on condition that it sell up to 71 stores in eight states, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. Alimentation Couche-Tard, a major Canada-based chain of convenience stores and gas stations, said in August that it would buy the […] Read more

Implementing strategies to stave off herbicide resistance can bring increased costs  to individual farmers in the short term, while the economic benefits are delayed.

Crops, Features

Managing herbicide resistance costs

Farmers considering herbicide resistance strategies are looking at the economics first

By Angela Lovell June 26, 2017

There are several reasons many farmers haven’t yet adopted herbicide resistance management (HRM) plans. These include a lack of information, the complexity of different management strategies and limited time. But a major reason is still economics. Many farmers worry about the costs of implementing a resistance management plan, especially if they’re uncertain about the potential […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan wheat acres watched closely

By GFM Network News June 26, 2017

CNS Canada — Persistent concerns over the state of the U.S. spring wheat crop should place more attention than normal on Canada’s wheat area when Statistics Canada releases updated acreage estimates on Thursday. Ahead of the report, trade estimates for all-wheat area range from 21.5 million to 23.2 million acres, which would compare with the […] Read more

Livestock

Former Alberta agriculture minister LeRoy Fjordbotten, 78

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 25, 2017

Memorial services will be held Sunday in Claresholm, Alta. for LeRoy Fjordbotten, the farmer and consultant who served as Alberta’s agriculture minister from 1982 to 1986. Fjordbotten, who died June 8, farmed northeast of Granum, about 60 km northwest of Lethbridge, and was a member of Flying Farmers of Alberta before running for the Progressive […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Recent rain boosts crops, some inclement weather, insects causing damage

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 19, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 22, 2017

With the recent rainfall across the province in the past week, crop development has improved. The warm and wet weather was welcomed in areas that were experiencing moisture stress. Eighty-eight per cent of the fall cereals, 60 per cent of the spring cereals, 56 per cent of the oilseeds and 70 per cent of the […] Read more

Rick’s pea plants were yellowing and browning off in random patches across the field.

Crops, Features, Pulses

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: What’s got this farmer seeing red?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 28, 2017 issue of Grainews

By Alan Mittelstadt June 22, 2017

Rick grows wheat, canola, peas and malt barley west of Hussar, Alta. On July 6, last year, he placed a call to the office after he noticed his pea plants were yellowing and browning off, not just in low-lying areas, but in random patches across the field. He thought there were a few stressors at […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Trade sees Canadian farmers trimming wheat, canola acres

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 22, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Soggy spring conditions in key crop-growing areas of the Canadian Prairies left farmers unable to plant as much as they intended, but canola seedings still look record-large, according to a Reuters survey of 16 traders and analysts ahead of a government report next week. Wet weather made fields sloppy in Alberta’s […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures spike, hogs mixed

U.S. grains: Soybean ease on harvest pressure, competition from Brazil

Russia’s top agriculture official blames low global grain prices for export slowdown

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Dow, DuPont to shed Canadian assets for merger approval

Mexico gives conditional approval to Dow, DuPont merger

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

U.S. clears Couche-Tard to buy CST, with conditions

Managing herbicide resistance costs

StatsCan wheat acres watched closely

Former Alberta agriculture minister LeRoy Fjordbotten, 78

Recent rain boosts crops, some inclement weather, insects causing damage

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: What’s got this farmer seeing red?

Trade sees Canadian farmers trimming wheat, canola acres

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