Reuters — Commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Corp. is in talks to sell a stake to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. For the privately held company, which has been facing a challenging business environment, bringing external investors would be a first in its 169-year […] Read more
Dreyfus reportedly in talks to sell stake to Abu Dhabi’s ADQ
Zimbabwe says foreign white farmers can apply to get back seized land
Harare | Reuters — Foreign white farmers settled in Zimbabwe whose land was seized under Robert Mugabe can apply to get it back and will be offered land elsewhere if restitution proves impractical, the government said on Monday. Last month, Zimbabwe agreed to pay US$3.5 billion in compensation to local white farmers whose land was […] Read more
This harvest, take a bit of time to do things differently
Instead of the usual go-go-go approach, think about how we can all learn to use time more wisely
Reading Time: 3 minutes I watched in horror a video on social media in which a farmer wrapped his preteen son in bale wrap. The child was in the machine! Later that week I coaxed an elderly man holding his electric saw down off a 25-foot extension ladder. At a lavender farm, I encouraged the owner to stop giving […] Read more
Pandemic speeding up adoption of technology
Online ordering and virtual contracts commonplace, traceability and autonomous machines getting new push
Reading Time: 5 minutes Like it or not, the farm of the future will run on technology — and that future has become ever closer because of COVID-19. “It’s been a pretty big disruption for a lot of businesses,” said Wes Anderson, senior fertility specialist at CropPro Consulting. “It has forced a lot of our clients to use technology […] Read more
One in 10 ag societies could close their doors by next year
There’s been no government aid, revenues have fallen to near zero, and reserves have been used up
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two world wars couldn’t stop them. The Spanish flu couldn’t shut them down. But if government support doesn’t come soon, COVID-19 might do what those global crises couldn’t — close the doors forever on century-old agriculture societies across the country. “I’ll be honest, we have less than six months,” said Jenelle Saskiw, general manager of […] Read moreLeduc food centre gets funding
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Food Processing Development Centre in Leduc is receiving more than $4 million for upgrades. Ottawa is putting in nearly $2.7 million for the centre to buy and operate fractionation equipment, which is used to break down crops such as peas and lentils into protein, starch and fibre, which can then be added to food […] Read more
Canadian cannabis retailers poised to merge
High Tide, Meta Growth to create biggest weed retailer
Two major Canadian cannabis sellers are poised to create the largest pot retailer in the country by revenue. Calgary retailer High Tide Inc., which operates the Canna Cabana chain of stores in three provinces, announced a merger deal Friday to take up Toronto-based Meta Growth Corp., which runs the Meta Cannabis and NewLeaf Cannabis chains. […] Read more
Open Farm Days same, but different
Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 80 farms, ag-tourism operations and other enterprises welcomed visitors during Alberta Open Farm Days earlier this month, including Sturgeon River Stock Farm. The Onoway-area farm had a variety of offerings including equipment and 4-H displays along with old-fashioned ice cream making. But as usual, it was the two-footed and four-footed farm residents that […] Read more
COVID-19 and the farm: Stories from the GFM network
COVID-19 has added an unprecedented level of uncertainty and disruption to the agricultural communities we serve. Throughout this crisis, Glacier FarmMedia is leveraging the strength of its farm news network to help you stay up to date on developments important to your family and farm. Look here for links to all the coverage provided by our […] Read more
Farming the web up and running
Reading Time: < 1 minute A virtual marketplace for farmers to buy and sell ag products and services online is now open for business. Farming the Web, which is free to use, has six categories: Hay, straw and other feeds; salt and minerals; livestock and working animals; land for rent or lease; farm equipment; services and contracting; and other. The […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
