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A Richardson ag retail site at Three Hills, Alta. (Richardson.ca)

Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 22, 2018

Prairie grain firm Richardson International plans to build out its retail market share in west-central Saskatchewan with a new inputs centre southwest of Saskatoon. Privately-held Richardson said July 30 it would begin construction shortly on the new facility in Delisle, about 35 km southwest of the city, to open for the 2019 growing season. The […] Read more

Parrish and Heimbecker’s current elevator at Dutton Siding, west of Gilbert Plains, Man. (ParrishAndHeimbecker.com)

Crops, Machinery

P+H to double down on northwestern Manitoba grain

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 17, 2018

UPDATED/CORRECTED, Aug. 17 — Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has plans to double its grain handle out of northwestern Manitoba with a new elevator and crop input centre. The company announced Aug. 1 it will put up a new facility in the RM of Gilbert Plains, with 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes of storage capacity […] Read more

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Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 16, 2018

Grain firm Richardson Pioneer’s crop input retail business is expanding into an area of eastern Alberta its network hasn’t yet reached. The company, an arm of Winnipeg-based agrifood firm Richardson International, closed a deal April 4 to buy Eagle Agro Services, an inputs dealer at Veteran, Alta., about 200 km east of Red Deer. The […] Read more

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CPS outlets to take merged parent’s name

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 5, 2018

A well-known and unusually literal brand in Canadian and U.S. agribusiness is set to disappear this summer under the name of its new parent firm. Crop input retail stores and facilities run by Crop Production Services (CPS) — the brand today used across North America by the retail arm of the company formerly known as […] Read more

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Cargill selling Ontario grain, inputs businesses

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 22, 2018

Quebec agrifood co-operative La Coop federee is set to stake a larger claim in Ontario’s grain and crop input sector with a deal for Cargill’s assets there. Cargill’s Winnipeg-based Canadian arm announced Thursday it will sell its Ontario grain and crop input outlets and its joint-venture stake in South West Ag Partners to La Coop […] Read more

Crops, Features

One grower’s experience with biostimulants

By Angela Lovell March 20, 2018

Saskatchewan grain farmer, Sean Edwards first tried biostimulants on his crops about five years ago. He wanted to grow healthier plants with less fertilizer and reduce his fungicide use. “We were fairly wet and we had a lot of sclerotinia on our canola and fusarium on our cereals, and root rot in our peas was […] Read more

Crops, Features

Biostimulant market taking off

The biostimulant market is growing fast. Find out what they can do for plants 

By Angela Lovell March 20, 2018

Five or six years ago few people had heard of biostimulants, which were only being used in some high-value, horticultural crops. Today, the biostimulant market is one of the fastest growing, global agri-input sectors, increasing by 12 to 15 per cent annually. “Biostimulants is a rapidly growing field right now in agriculture, largely because these […] Read more

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The annual rebate roundup: 2018

Get the most for your hard-earned input dollars by understanding these cash-back plans

By Leeann Minogue January 9, 2018

Once again, it’s time for the Grainews annual rebate roundup. We’ve talked to experts at 11 different companies to ask what they’re offering in the way of cash-back savings for the 2018 growing season. Three of these companies have no special rebate programs, some have simple programs, and some companies have rebate programs with so […] Read more

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Agrium, Potash Corp merger shouldn’t have much of an impact yet

By GFM Network News January 5, 2018

CNS Canada – Farmers shouldn’t be too concerned yet that the recent Agrium, Potash Corp of Saskatchewan merger will cause an increase in the price of fertilizer, at least according to the president of one provincial producer group. “(The merger is) a hard one to find a whole bunch of negatives or positives about it. […] Read more

Bestland Air’s facility near Starbuck, Man. (Photo courtesy Richardson International)

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Richardson buys Winnipeg-area input retailer

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 18, 2017

An independent crop input retailer is being merged into one of its neighbours near Winnipeg as grain firm Richardson International continues on a retail expansion track. Privately-held Richardson announced Dec. 11 it has closed a deal to buy the retail assets of Bestland Air Ltd. at Starbuck, Man., about 30 km southwest of Winnipeg. Bestland […] Read more

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Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

P+H to double down on northwestern Manitoba grain

Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

CPS outlets to take merged parent’s name

Cargill selling Ontario grain, inputs businesses

One grower’s experience with biostimulants

Biostimulant market taking off

The annual rebate roundup: 2018

Agrium, Potash Corp merger shouldn’t have much of an impact yet

Richardson buys Winnipeg-area input retailer

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