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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, Markets, Pulses

Quality, not quantity key to chickpea sales

By GFM Network News May 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Chickpeas may be relatively small in terms of acreage in Western Canada, but the quality aspects of the country’s crop, especially the larger-calibre varieties, may help command some premiums in the global market. Canadian farmers intend to plant 140,000 acres of chickpeas in 2015, down from the 170,000 seeded the previous year […] Read more

Crops, Peas

Hope in sight to help protect peas from aphanomyces

NuFarm seed treatment will help protect seedling’s roots during early season growth

By Leeann Minogue May 6, 2015

In early April, NuFarm announced that it had received emergency use registration of its INTEGO Solo seed treatment for suppression of Aphanomyces euteiches in field peas. INTEGO Solo (ethaboxam) is a Group 22 fungicide registered for pythium control and the suppression of seed rot caused by Phytophthora and aphanomyces. It had already been registered Canada-wide […] Read more

Crops, Peas

Aphanomyces hurting pea yield for Sask. producer

After repeated aphanomyces problems, Bernie McLean  is taking a break from growing peas

By Lisa Guenther May 5, 2015

Bernie McClean usually has a positive outlook on everything. But after three years of dealing with aphanomyces, he’s taking a break from peas. “It’s just too risky. I can’t afford the risk,” says McClean over a cup of coffee at his farm, which sits between Glaslyn and Medstead in northwestern Saskatchewan. Up until two weeks […] 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, Pulses

New fababean varieties coming

New varieties of fababeans are being evaluated in AARD variety tests

By Melanie Epp April 24, 2015

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD) has AARD has a unique business model — they work with breeders from both private and government organizations in Canada and overseas. Now, they’re evaluating fababean varieties to see which ones have the best fit under Alberta’s conditions. Mark Olson, unit head, pulse crops, has been working closely with collaborators, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pea growers weigh demand opportunities against root rot

By GFM Network News April 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Pea acreage in Western Canada could rise by five to 10 per cent this year, according to one industry expert, who notes root rot threatens to curtail that projection. Demand from India, China and Bangladesh is strong and that means total pea area could hit four million acres, said Carl Potts, executive […] Read more

Columns, Pulses

Fabas: residues and don’ts

Check your herbicide history before seeding those sensitive fabas this spring 

By Sarah Weigum April 6, 2015

Judging from the tweets I read and the phone calls I received during and after Saskatoon’s Crop Production Week in January, fababean fever has hit Saskatchewan much like it hit Alberta about a year ago. It’s not very often that Albertans get to give their eastern neighbours tips on producing pulses, but it seems that […] Read more

GFM Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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