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Major veal processor launches new brand, non-GMO label

By GFM Network News September 30, 2019

Quebec veal, lamb and beef processor Delimax-Montpak is set to launch a new consumer brand across Canada featuring what it bills as the only GMO-free milk-fed veal on the market. The company said Tuesday it expected to have the new brand — Fontaine Family, named for the company’s founding family — available via “most major […] Read more

Employees at the Fire and Flower store in Ottawa prepare an order for a customer as the first legal cannabis stores open in Ontario on April 1, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

By GFM Network News July 9, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Ontario has blamed a shortage of legal cannabis from the federal government for its slow rollout of retail outlets, a claim dismissed by the federal government and regulatory bodies from other provinces, raising prospects the black market for weed may thrive longer in Canada’s most populous province. Canada became the first […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Alberta input retail chain expands westward reach

By GFM Network News March 10, 2019

A pair of independent crop input retail outlets in west-central Alberta will be networking with seven others by month-end. Crop Management Network (CMN), a joint venture between an employee-owned network of retail outlets and La Coop federee’s Agrico Canada arm, announced Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy Performance Ag Group. Performance Ag, which […] Read more

Crops

Richardson buys Peace-region input retailer

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News February 21, 2019

Grain handler Richardson Pioneer has moved to shore up its presence in northern Alberta’s crop input market with a deal for a Peace-region dealership. Winnipeg-based Richardson announced Wednesday it has bought Agland Seed and Chemical at La Crete, Alta., about 320 km north of Peace River. The deal, which closed Tuesday, will see all of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Gardiner Dam Terminal set to go full Viterra

By GFM Network News November 17, 2018

The farmers who own half of central Saskatchewan’s Gardiner Dam Terminal have reached a deal to sell their half to their business partner and wind up the company. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm announced Friday it will buy the half of GDT it doesn’t already own and take over operation of the GDT inland grain terminal […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

By GFM Network News September 17, 2018

Toronto/London | Reuters — A favorite of DIY stock pickers, Canadian cannabis firms are trying to bolster their institutional investor base by ramping up efforts to woo European funds as countries across the region approve marijuana for medical use. For some time companies including Canopy Growth, Aurora Cannabis and Tilray Inc. have been signing export […] Read more

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

Crops

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

Crops

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

Crops, Reuters

Recreational marijuana sales in Canada face fresh delays

By GFM Network News February 16, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — The sale of legalized recreational marijuana in Canada, which has already been pushed back once beyond the planned July start date, is set to be delayed even further, government officials said Thursday. The ruling Liberals are sparring with the upper Senate chamber, where a draft law is currently under review. Critics […] Read more

General

Market shifts, weather push back Food Freedom Day

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 10, 2018

Food Freedom Day, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s bellwether of affordability for food in Canada, is a day later in 2018. The CFA on Wednesday announced that by its calculations, a Canadian household of average income has earned enough to pay an entire year’s grocery bill on Friday, Feb. 9. Canadians spent 11 per cent […] Read more

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

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

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

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives retail

Major veal processor launches new brand, non-GMO label

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

Alberta input retail chain expands westward reach

Richardson buys Peace-region input retailer

Gardiner Dam Terminal set to go full Viterra

Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

Richardson to retail in west-central Saskatchewan

Richardson moves further into eastern Alberta retail

Recreational marijuana sales in Canada face fresh delays

Market shifts, weather push back Food Freedom Day

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