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U.S. grain handler Andersons to exit retail business

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 16, 2017

Reuters — Loss-making U.S. grain handler Andersons Inc. said Sunday it plans to exit the retail business, affecting over 1,000 employees, at a time when the U.S. farm sector is facing a downturn due to a sharp decline in grain prices. The company, which buys grain, produces ethanol and leases rail cars, said it will […] Read more

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Loblaw reports better-than-expected profit

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 16, 2016

Reuters — Canadian grocery and pharmacy retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, as expenses fell and discounting attracted more shoppers. Profit at Loblaw’s main retail unit was helped by lower selling, general and administrative costs, and an increase in same-store sales in the quarter ending Oct. 8, the company said. […] Read more

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P+H bulking up on fertilizer in southeastern Saskatchewan

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 23, 2016

Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has started construction work to further boost its crop input retail profile in southeastern Saskatchewan. The company, in an online newsletter released this week, said it has fast-tracked work on a new 1,800-tonne capacity liquid fertilizer blend plant at Moosomin, Sask., to accompany a 16,000-tonne capacity dry fertilizer storage […] Read more

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Fertilizer merger highlights big-picture concerns

By GFM Network News September 13, 2016

CNS Canada — A multi-billion-dollar merger between two major crop input companies is the latest in a string of consolidation efforts in North America’s agriculture industry, drawing attention again to the possible effects on the value chain. Agrium and PotashCorp announced Monday they plan to combine to create an integrated global supplier of crop inputs, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 8, 2016

Reuters — Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of products for crop producers, could benefit if some of the biggest makers of seed and agricultural chemicals merge, CEO Chuck Magro said on Wednesday. Responding to a question during a company investor day in Toronto about how possible tie-ups of ChemChina and Syngenta, or of Bayer […] Read more

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U.S. grain handler Andersons to exit retail business

Loblaw reports better-than-expected profit

P+H bulking up on fertilizer in southeastern Saskatchewan

Fertilizer merger highlights big-picture concerns

Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

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