(Reuters) — Mosaic has reported a 12 percent increase in net sales driven by higher potash and phosphates prices. The company sold 2.5 million tonnes of diammonium phosphate in the fourth quarter at an average price of $348 per tonne, up from $317 per tonne a year earlier. Its average potash selling price was $188 […] Read more
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Mosaic revenue up 12 percent
Striving for discomfort: it’s time to get serious
Aquaculture
Canada’s agriculture and agri-food supply chain will have to operate outside its comfort zone if it is serious about competing on a global level, says a prominent economist. “You want to set an ambition that is not crazy, but it should be really stretched. It should be make you uncomfortable,” said Dominic Barton, chair of […] Read more
Benzene review sheds light on health agency’s methods
LONDON (Reuters) – In the spring of 2015, chemical engineer Melvyn Kopstein wrote to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to alert it to what he thought were serious flaws in its work. Kopstein believed the agency, a semi-autonomous part of the World Health Organization, had made errors in reviewing benzene. The agency […] Read more
VIDEO: U.S. ag secretary defends NAFTA
Sean Pratt is attending the 2018 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California. The gathering of U.S. corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers is America’s largest farmer-led convention. Look for stories in upcoming issues of The Western Producer. In the meantime, here is a blog of some of the things he is hearing at the conference. ANAHEIM, […] Read more
Marshmallow candy recalled
Ikea brand marshmallow candy is being recalled by Ikea Canada due to possible contamination from mice at the manufacturing plant. Product sold in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia is being voluntarily recalled as of Feb. 27. The candy, also labelled as Godis Paskkyckling in Swedish, is in 100 gram packages with 2018 date […] Read more
Bunge’s coveted Argentina plants lure ADM takeover approach
ROSARIO, Argentina/CHICAGO (Reuters) – On the banks of the Parana River, machines hum 24 hours a day in Argentina’s grain ports, churning out soy-based animal feed and shooting it straight into the hulls of ships bound for buyers worldwide. The wind stirs up fine meal dust, creating a protein-filled haze. Rosario is the biggest soy-crushing […] Read more
New spring seasonal forecast cool, slow
An end to very dry or very wet conditions won’t necessarily put Canadian farmers into the pink this spring, unless they get it from wind-chill. Prairie producers can look for relatively normal precipitation this spring and early summer, while the situation will remain damp in Eastern Canada, with slow drying. Long-time agricultural weather forecasters Jim […] Read more
Alberta’s India trip showing some results
The Alberta government and some farmers say their recent trip to India is bearing fruit despite little movement on the tariff issue between both countries. The province announced Feb. 26 that a number of initiatives are in the works since Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier returned from India. Carlier went to the country in mid-February to […] Read more
Scientific research big winner in federal budget
Canadians who were hoping for a repeat of the 2017 federal budget that doubled down on the economic growth potential of the agriculture sector will be sorely disappointed. Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled Ottawa’s latest budget roadmap Tuesday, highlights of which include a major overhaul of how this country conducts scientific research and a target […] Read more
Alta. men die in U.S. plane crash
A plane crash in Utah took the lives of four southern Alberta men on Feb. 23. Bill Kaupp, 64, his son, Clint Kaupp, 28, Ron McKenzie, 67, and Tim Mueller, 28, did not survive the crash of the Piper Lance aircraft Bill Kaupp was piloting on a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Kaupp family […] Read more
