Cash-strapped U.S. chemical and plastics giant Dow Chemical is reportedly considering a “For Sale” sign for its high-performing farm chemical and biotech company. Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences, which operates worldwide including a Canadian wing based in Calgary, is one of 12 major assets for which Dow Chemical is evaluating potential buyers, according to a recent report […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: Dow may shed Dow Agro
Editors’ Picks: Study shows rural injury risks higher
Rural areas of the U.S. boast much higher rates and severities of injuries needing hospitalization in most categories, compared to that country’s cities, according to a West Virginia University study. WVU’s Injury Control Research Center on Monday announced the results of its findings in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: Double-doubles may yield diesel
A bit of the world’s biodiesel may eventually come from Juan Valdez rather than the Exxon Valdez if a pilot project at the University of Nevada at Reno pans out as planned. Manoranjan Misra, a professor in the university’s department of chemical and materials engineering, is leading a team that recently published a study in […] Read more
Buhler relaunches Versatile tractor brand
Reading Time: 2 minutes A storied brand name in the Canadian farm tractor business is coming out from under other companies’ logos for the first time in about 20 years. Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, makers of the Buhler Versatile and Genesis tractor lines, officially announced that Versatile will be the only brand associated with Buhler’s tractor division, which until now […] Read more
FarmPure creditors take Pickseed’s offer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Staff Unsecured creditors of FarmPure Seeds have agreed to take a deal that may see them get back six cents on every dollar they’re owed by the Regina firm. Pickseed, a well-known Ontario forage seed and turfgrass company that plans to buy FarmPure Seeds’ forage and turf seed business at Nipawin, Sask., has offered those […] Read more
Buhler relaunches Versatile tractor brand
A storied brand name in the Canadian farm tractor business is coming out from under other companies’ logos for the first time in about 20 years. Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, makers of the Buhler Versatile and Genesis tractor lines, officially announced Thursday that Versatile will be the only brand associated with Buhler’s tractor division, which until […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: U.S. feedlot suing over COOL
A cattle feedlot owner at Pasco, Wash., is suing his own government over the arrival of country-of-origin labelling (COOL), the Canadian Press reported this week. The Toronto-based national news agency reported Wednesday that Cody Easterday filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a U.S. District Court last month. His company claims COOL will […] Read more
Court date set for FarmPure Seeds deal
Ontario forage seed firm Pickseed’s proposal to buy out the forage seed assets of Regina’s FarmPure Seeds will go to court in mid-November for approval, the latter firm’s trustee said Monday. FarmPure trustee Naida Kornuta of the Saskatoon office of Meyers Norris Penny said she will submit the proposal for approval before Justice Allisen Rothery […] Read more
FarmPure creditors approve Pickseed offer
Unsecured creditors of FarmPure Seeds have agreed to take a deal that may see them get back about six cents on every dollar they’re owed by the Regina firm. Pickseed, a well-known Ontario forage seed and turfgrass company that plans to buy FarmPure Seeds’ forage and turf seed business at Nipawin, Sask., has offered those […] Read more
Pickseed offers deal to FarmPure creditors
Unsecured creditors of Regina seed marketing firm FarmPure Seeds may get about six cents on the dollar out of a deal with the company’s proposed new owner. Ontario turfgrass and forage seed firm Pickseed announced a deal in June to buy FarmPure’s forage and turf seed business and assets at Nipawin, Sask., about 140 km […] Read more