viterra

Ottawa blesses Bunge’s Viterra takeover, with conditions

Merged firm must sell six elevators, keep distance from G3

Canada’s federal government will allow the acquisition of major Canadian grain firm Viterra by one of the world’s biggest grain industry players, but not without conditions. Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand on Tuesday announced the government’s decision to approve Viterra’s acquisition by U.S.-based Bunge, the ‘B’ in the ‘ABCD’ group of the world’s most influential […] Read more




Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, pictured here at a Remembrance Day event in 2023. Photo: Supplied/X.

Premiers urge senate to pass Bill C-234

The bill, which would see farm propane and natural gas exempted from the carbon price has been in the Senate since March

The premiers of Ontario and Alberta are urging Senate to pass a bill that would see fuels for grain drying and barn and greenhouse heating exempted from the carbon price.