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DuPont doubles down on cost cuts ahead of Dow Chemical merger
(Reuters) – Chemicals and seed producer DuPont’s quarterly profit topped analysts’ estimates as the company intensifies its cost-cutting efforts ahead of its merger with Dow Chemical Co. DuPont said on Tuesday it was looking to cut its costs in 2016 by $730 million from 2015-levels. The company’s previous cost-reduction plan, launched under former CEO Ellen […] Read more
Students give Alberta ag minister an earful on Bill 6
RED DEER — Agriculture groups can wait for weeks or months for an appointment with a government minister. Nine Olds College students had Alberta agriculture minister Oneil Carlier’s ear for an hour during a bear pit session at the Alberta Federation of Agriculture meeting. The group talked about social license, becoming an agriculture promoter, shelter […] Read more
Canola lags in quiet futures market
Crop futures markets had a relatively quiet day, with canola lagging, as equity markets reversed downward. Soybean oil was the weakest part of the crops market, hurting canola, even as a weak Canadian dollar helped stop canola slipping further. Soybean meal rose, and wheat had a strong day. Wheat’s strength might have been due to […] Read more
Coalition fights to save experimental farm in Ottawa
A coalition of scientists and heritage advocates are trying to save what may be the second oldest piece of agricultural research land in the world. The farmland isn’t in Egypt or in Iraq; it’s a 15-minute drive from Canada’s House of Commons. In 2014, the federal government ceded 60 acres of land from the Agriculture […] Read more
B.C. farmers warn against mandatory overtime
Producers say an ill-fated experiment in the province in the early 2000s wreaked havoc in the agricultural industry
LANGLEY, B.C. — The Alberta government should think hard before implementing overtime pay on agriculture operations or they will force jobs out of the province, warned British Columbia agriculture producers. “The whole primary agriculture needs an overtime exemption. We cannot live with overtime,” said Stan Vander Waal, chair of the British Columbia Agriculture Council and […] Read more
Ont. bean breeder pushes seed sector
RIDGETOWN, Ont. — Seed production could add to Ontario’s 100,000 acres of field beans, says a University of Guelph plant breeder. Dr. K. Peter Pauls told the Southwest Agricultural Conference Jan. 5 that a growing number of varieties developed by the program have resistance to bacterial blight, anth-racnose or both. “Our hope in the long […] Read more
Safety group helps farmers navigate rules
ALDERGROVE, B.C. — Translating government regulations to farm speak is what AgSafe staff does best. The not-for-profit education and training agency helps farmers implement British Columbia’s mandatory, but not always clear, farm safety rules. It’s who Ana Ante called when she wanted help resolving a longstanding order from WorkSafe BC to fix safety violations at […] Read more
CME live cattle futures rally ahead of USDA report
CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained for a second day in row on Friday, supported by follow-through buying after contracts settled up by their 3-cent-per-lb daily price limit on Thursday, said traders. Investors also tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CST […] Read more
TPP deal on edge in U.S.
American participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in potential jeopardy, says an American forecaster and strategy adviser. Bob Treadway said the outcomes of current leadership struggles in the United States to determine Democrat and Republican party presidential candidates will affect trade and Canadians should take note. The TPP is opposed by every candidate who has […] Read more
