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Canterra buys pedigreed seed firm Alliance Seed

Alliance will remain a 'standalone' brand under Canterra ownership

By Dave Bedard May 2, 2025

The lone remaining shareholder in a pedigreed seed company formed by a group of independent grain handling companies in Western Canada is selling that business to another Prairie seed firm. Canterra Seeds announced May 1 it has acquired Alliance Seed for an undisclosed amount, and will continue to operate Alliance as “a standalone brand under […] Read more

General, Markets

Paterson buys out P&H’s share of Alliance Seed

Alliance Seed's operations won't be effected the companies said

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News December 12, 2023

Paterson Grain has bought out Parrish & Heimbecker's (P&H) share in Alliance Seed Corporation, the companies announced Dec. 8.

Crops

Safety protocols in place for farmers’ grain deliveries

Grain moving as normal, but farmers need to practice social distancing when delivering to elevators

By Jennifer Blair, GFM Network News March 25, 2020

Grain deliveries to country elevators should continue without any disruptions, the executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association says. “All of the members of the Western Grain Elevator Association are doing everything in their power to keep the grain supply chain functioning” during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Wade Sobkowich said Tuesday. “That means we’ll […] Read more

Crops

Fire guts Saskatchewan town’s last elevator

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News February 1, 2017

Residents of Prelate, Sask. had a rude awakening Tuesday as the village’s last grain elevator, owned by Paterson Grain, was engulfed in flames. Calls to 9-1-1 started coming in at 5:48 a.m. Tuesday, according to Jason Gizen, a local volunteer firefighter and pedigreed seed grower. Gizen lives in the house closest to the elevator and […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Paterson taps brakes on China canola sales

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 2, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Crop handler Paterson Grain will take a more cautious approach to selling canola to Chinese buyers for the near term, after China said it would toughen its standard on canola shipments from Canada, the CEO of parent Paterson GlobalFoods said. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, told Ottawa last week it would allow […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Paterson to build central Alta. grain terminal

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 30, 2015

Winnipeg’s Paterson Grain plans to make its move into the central Alberta grain handling market with a new inland terminal about an hour southeast of Edmonton. Paterson announced Thursday it plans to build a 55,000-tonne capacity handling site at Daysland, about 40 km southeast of Camrose, to start accepting grain sometime next year. The new […] Read more

Klassen: Western Canadian calf markets surge on New World screwworm fears

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

GFM Network News

Klassen: Western Canadian calf markets surge on New World screwworm fears

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

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Canterra buys pedigreed seed firm Alliance Seed

Paterson buys out P&H’s share of Alliance Seed

Safety protocols in place for farmers’ grain deliveries

Fire guts Saskatchewan town’s last elevator

Paterson taps brakes on China canola sales

Paterson to build central Alta. grain terminal

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