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Bayer, Corteva among companies stepping off Facebook

Major firms pledge to pause advertising for July

A couple of major players in the agriculture sector are on an expanding list of major companies pausing advertising on Facebook for the month of July in pursuit of policy changes at the U.S.-based social media giant. Bayer and Corteva Agriscience recently announced they have joined the #stophateforprofit campaign, backed by organizations including the Anti-Defamation […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Nutrien cuts 2020 forecast as corn demand, potash prices hit

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 7, 2020

Reuters — Fertilizer maker Nutrien said Wednesday it has seen limited impact from the COVID-19 outbreak, but cut its annual forecast as oil downturn hit corn demand and potash prices are hard-pressed outside North America. Biofuel producers have been hit by plummeting demand for gasoline and jet fuel after severe global travel restrictions were imposed […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Farm suppliers race COVID-19 spread for planting season

By Tom Polansek, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 26, 2020

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — North America’s biggest farm suppliers are accelerating shipments of fertilizer, seeds and agricultural chemicals to crop-growing regions in an unprecedented race against the coronavirus that threatens to disrupt planting season. The timing could not be worse for farmers preparing to plant crops. Disruptions in deliveries of fertilizer, seeds or chemicals could […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Court orders big ag firms to hand over documents in antitrust probe

By Kelsey Johnson, GFM Network News February 12, 2020

Ottawa | Reuters — A Canadian federal court has ordered a group of major agriculture companies to hand over records and communications in an antitrust probe sparked by allegations some businesses tried to block online farm-supply startup Farmers Business Network (FBN). In a series of court orders issued Tuesday, Federal Court Justice Denis Gascon said […] Read more

Crops

Probe eyes possibility of ‘co-ordinated behaviour’ in Big Ag

Competition Bureau probes majors' response to FBN's Canadian launch

By D.c. Fraser February 8, 2020

Canada’s Competition Bureau is investigating leading agriculture companies for allegedly attempting to drive a California-based online farm-supply retailer out of the Canadian market. Documents filed in Federal Court show Federated Co-operatives, Cargill, Winfield United Canada, Univar Canada, BASF Canada Inc., Corteva and Bayer CropScience (and, by extension, Monsanto Canada) are all under investigation. Investigators with […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Corteva to stop making Lorsban

By Tom Polansek February 6, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Corteva will stop producing the agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos by the end of the year, the company said on Thursday, removing the world’s largest manufacturer of a chemical that has been linked to low birth weight, reduced IQ and attention disorders in children. Corteva, spun off last year after a merger of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Competition Bureau probing big ag chem companies

Probe to look at firms' response to FBN's arrival in Canada

By Arundhati Sarkar, Kelsey Johnson February 6, 2020

Reuters — The Canadian Competition Bureau said on Thursday it was investigating certain agriculture companies for alleged anticompetitive practices over allegations of trying to block an online farm-supply startup from doing business in Western Canada. The regulator did not provide details on specific companies involved in the probe, but documents filed on Jan. 30 in […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Corteva to accelerate Enlist E3 soybean rollout

By Reuters January 30, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. seed and crop chemical maker Corteva said Thursday it will accelerate production of its next-generation biotech soybean seeds and complementary herbicides in Canada and the U.S. over the next five years. The move heightens the competition for sales to farmers with rivals Bayer and BASF. Up to 20 per cent […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Supercluster backing canola protein production

By GFM Staff January 16, 2020

The federally-backed research and development “supercluster” set up to boost Canada’s protein industries is funding work to wring more and better proteins out of canola seed. In Saskatoon on Wednesday, federal Industry Minister Navdeep Bains announced the Protein Industries Canada (PIC) supercluster has approved a new $27.6 million project to breed high-protein canola hybrids for […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

Corteva signals hit from delayed planting in Brazil, slowing China

By Nishara Karuvalli Pathikkal October 31, 2019

Reuters – Corteva Inc said on Thursday demand for grains and oilseeds could be hit by a delayed soybean planting in Brazil and cooling growth in China and emerging economies, sending its shares down 8 percent. Persistent dry weather has pushed out soybean planting and the use of crop protection products in Brazil, the world’s top […] 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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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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Bayer, Corteva among companies stepping off Facebook

Nutrien cuts 2020 forecast as corn demand, potash prices hit

Farm suppliers race COVID-19 spread for planting season

Court orders big ag firms to hand over documents in antitrust probe

Probe eyes possibility of ‘co-ordinated behaviour’ in Big Ag

Corteva to stop making Lorsban

Competition Bureau probing big ag chem companies

Corteva to accelerate Enlist E3 soybean rollout

Supercluster backing canola protein production

Corteva signals hit from delayed planting in Brazil, slowing China

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