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Sources say BASF mulling potential bid for Syngenta

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 3, 2015

Reuters — German chemicals group BASF is considering a potential offer for Syngenta, its Swiss rival which has received a C$56 billion takeover offer from Monsanto, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. BASF is speaking to investment bankers about the possibility of an offer for Syngenta, though it has made no decision and […] Read more

West Central Road and Rail will sell its producer car loading sites, including this one at Beechy, Sask., for $22 million. (WCRR.ca)

Cereals, Crops, Lentils, Machinery, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Sask. producer car loader firm owners approve AGT bid

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 2, 2015

Shareholders in a western Saskatchewan producer car loading firm have approved a deal to sell their loading sites to Regina pulse processor AGT Food and Ingredients for $22 million. AGT announced Tuesday it has completed its deal, announced in April, to buy the bulk loading assets from Eston, Sask.-based West Central Road and Rail. The […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Tight lentil market watching weather

By GFM Network News May 28, 2015

CNS Canada — Old-crop large green lentils saw a jump in price over the past week, but actual supplies are few and far between, with most market participants turning attention to new-crop opportunities and weather uncertainty across Western Canada’s lentil-growing regions. “The trade is very thin right now,” said analyst Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses, Weather

Strong new-crop prices could entice more pea, lentil area

By GFM Network News May 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Stronger prices for new-crop lentils and peas over the past few weeks could lead to an increase in Canadian acreage compared to the Statistics Canada estimates released last week. “You have to look at the timing of when the survey was done for the StatsCan report. Of course there’s a bit of […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Record Prairie lentil area likely

By GFM Network News March 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canadian lentil acres are expected to rise considerably this spring, with most of the increase in red lentils, according to industry participants. While the acres are going up, the opposite is likely in prices. “Everybody is looking for an increase (in lentil acres),” said Darren Lemieux of Simpson Seeds at Moose Jaw, […] Read more

Features, Lentils, Peas

Minimizing the impact of Aphanomyces

There are no in-crop solutions to root rot in peas and lentils. But there  are ways to minimize your risk of losing yield to Aphanomyces

By Melanie Epp March 13, 2015

Given the wet springs and dry summers we’ve seen in recent years, Aphanomyces euteiches — Aphanomyces root rot — has become a real problem for pea and lentil growers. First confirmed in Saskatchewan in 2012 and then in Alberta in 2013, the disease has been slowly creeping across the country, destroying crops in its wake. Making […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Red varieties driving lentil acreage increase

By GFM Network News March 11, 2015

CNS Canada — As Canada’s remaining old-crop lentils shuffle off to buyers overseas, interest is building in the potential for new crop in 2015. Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research in Winnipeg said he expects more acres will be planted this spring as a result of the strong interest. “Oh, there’ll definitely be more; the […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Low stocks-to-use ratio to keep pea bids well supported

By GFM Network News February 24, 2015

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Canadian pea exports have been running at a very solid pace during the 2014-15 crop year to date, but supplies are seen to be running out and the market will need to work to ration demand over the later portion of the marketing year. Canadian peas have been leaving the […] Read more

Double cropping of rice and lentils would increase income for smallholder farmers in India and Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy ICARDA)

Crops, Lentils, Pulses

Double-cropping project aims to cut Indian lentil imports

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 19, 2015

Researchers on a project in India and Bangladesh say they hope it will greatly reduce their lentil imports. Farmers in the project are growing lentils in fields left fallow after rice harvests, with the help of a research and training project by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). In a […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Lentils, Spring Wheat

BASF moves Clearfield system to open-ended agreements

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 18, 2014

Farmers wanting to grow Clearfield canola, wheat, sunflowers or lentils will now only need to sign one agreement to use the herbicide-tolerant crop system, rather than sign up every year or every few years. BASF, developer of the Clearfield Production System, on Monday announced a new “evergreen,” or open-ended, version of its Clearfield Commitment, available […] Read more

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