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That’s progress: Event rebrands as ‘Canada’s Farm Show’

By GFM Staff December 9, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute One of Canada’s biggest annual trade shows is downsizing its brand to three words for 2020. Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. (REAL) announced Monday that Canada’s Farm Progress Show, running June 16 to 18 next year at Regina’s Evraz Place, will now be titled Canada’s Farm Show, with a “new visual identity.” “With the increase of […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Viterra to buy ILTA Grain pulse processing plant

By GFM Staff August 20, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Creditor-protected Prairie pulse processor and exporter ILTA Grain is set to sell a next-to-new southern Saskatchewan facility to one of Canada’s biggest grain firms. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm said Tuesday it has signed a purchase deal for the assets of ILTA’s processing facility at Belle Plaine, Sask., about 25 km east of Moose Jaw. Financial […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 10, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canola contracts one the ICE Futures platform held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, waiting for a catalyst to push futures one way or the other. To Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, canola’s path is connected to a trade deal between the U.S. and China, which be a […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Canada takes tougher line with China over canola ban, demands evidence

By David Ljunggren March 28, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday took a notably tougher line with China over its ban on Canadian imports of canola seed, saying Beijing had provided no scientific evidence to justify the move and was hurting its own reputation. China, citing the discovery of pests, expanded its ban on canola seed imports on Tuesday […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: China’s canola issues already well known

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 27, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — To some who follow commodities markets, it was clear some other participants had overreacted to the news of China banning canola imports from Viterra. Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm was one of those who saw Canadian exports of canola to China have pretty much dried up since January. That came a few weeks after […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China’s ban on Canadian canola expands to Viterra

By Dominique Patton, Julie Gordon March 26, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing/Ottawa | Reuters — China expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports on Tuesday to include shipments from Viterra, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries. Viterra is the second canola exporter to have its registration cancelled, after Beijing halted shipments from top exporter Richardson International earlier this month. […] Read more

Crops

Viterra buys up all of North Dakota grain terminal

By GFM Staff March 1, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute Viterra has bought up the other half of a U.S. joint-venture grain terminal the company helped build in its SaskPool days. The Regina-based grain handling arm of commodity firm Glencore announced Thursday it has closed a deal to buy U.S. food processor General Mills’ 50 per cent stake in the two companies’ grain terminal at […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Viterra offers up 24/7 online grain contracting

By Dave Bedard February 3, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie grain growers doing business with Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm can now create their own grain contracts with the company anytime online. In what it describes as the “first and only full range” of online contracting options for farmers in Western Canada, Viterra launched its new system on its myViterra platform in December. A Prairie […] Read more

Crops

Viterra to boost two Prairie elevators’ capacity

By GFM Staff November 23, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the Prairies’ biggest grain handlers has pledged to boost the handling and rail capacity at two of its inland terminals. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm announced Thursday it plans to upgrade its elevators at Stettler, Alta., about 80 km east of Red Deer, and at Binscarth, Man., about 120 km southeast of Yorkton, Sask. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Grain company hunt goes on for Glencore

By Gus Trompiz November 15, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva | Reuters — Commodities giant Glencore has made unsuccessful moves for three or four smaller targets in the grain sector this year as it seeks acquisitions to grow upstream, the head of its agricultural arm said. “We have looked at three or four possibilities in our core area already this year but couldn’t reach […] Read more

Prairie livestock vet named B.C.’s chief veterinarian

U.S. livestock: Hog futures weaken, cattle futures advance

Beef Breeds Council becomes arm of CCA

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