Russian combine manufacturer Rostselmash has officially sealed the deal for a majority stake in farm implement maker Buhler Industries. The Russian firm, which according to Buhler makes over 17 per cent of the total world production of farm combines, has paid $7.25 per share in cash to take up an 80 per cent position in […] Read more
Russian firm closes Buhler deal
Sask. restrictions lifted on poultry transit
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted most of the restrictions on movement of poultry in and through Saskatchewan after testing found no more cases of avian influenza H7N3 in the province. The highly pathogenic strain of bird flu killed some animals on a poultry farm in the Regina Beach area, north of Regina, in […] Read more
New P.E.I. case of potato wart confirmed
A single potato field at Freetown on Prince Edward Island has been confirmed to have potato wart, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. The potato wart fungus was confirmed through soil sample testing in the field over the past couple of weeks. The field was “in close proximity” to a field that’s already known […] Read more
Prairie wind farmer gets $16M expansion financing
Good Energies, a multinational renewable energy investment firm, has announced $16 million for Winnipeg-based wind power firm Sequoia Energy, to finance its new developments in rural Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota. Sequoia launched Manitoba’s first wind farm, a 99-mW project at St. Leon, and picked up provincial environmental licenses last fall to build wind turbines […] Read more
Nufarm to market Curtail M
Nufarm Canada will take over marketing and sales responsibility in Western Canada for Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide Curtail M. Curtail M is a Group 4 (clopyralid and MCPA ester) herbicide that controls Canada thistle, sow thistle, dandelion and other broadleaf weeds in barley, wheat, oats, flax and forage grasses. The product can also be tank-mixed with […] Read more
KUC to build geothermal greenhouse
B.C.’s Kwantlen University College will build a new greenhouse to study the potential of geothermal to heat commercial operations. The Lower Mainland school’s Institute for Sustainable Horticulture has picked up $2.2 million in provincial funding to build a 500-square metre greenhouse and an attached 450-square metre lab at KUC’s Langley campus. “Commercial greenhouses are, not […] Read more
Yukon to draft tick control plan for elk
Elk farmers in the Yukon can expect to be consulted on a proposal to use medicated feed for tick control in the wild elk population. Territory Environment Minister Dennis Fentie said Tuesday that the government plans a three-phase approach to manage and remove the winter tick infestation that’s hit wild elk in the Yukon. Department […] Read more
Ottawa backs HACCP for grocers
Independent grocery store owners and managers can get training on an in-store food safety system through the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG), backed by almost $285,000 in federal funding. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced the funding Tuesday in Ottawa. CFIG’s program will train store owners and managers to introduce the Hazard Analysis Critical […] Read more
Canola sector backs nutrition research
(Revised) — The Canola Council of Canada and industry partners have set up a new fund to back research of canola oil’s use in healthy diets, the commodity group announced Tuesday. The Canola Product Research Fund is backed by the Canola Council, the three Prairie canola growers’ associations, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto and Pioneer […] Read more
Danish biotech firm to buy Philom Bios
Saskatoon crop inoculant maker Philom Bios recommended Wednesday that its shareholders accept a $25.6 million all-cash takeover bid by Novozymes A/S, a major player in the enzyme and microorganism business. Novozymes, based in Denmark, markets over 700 products in 130 countries for use in industrial and food production. The company has signed a “pre-acquisition agreement” […] Read more
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