by Breanne Baker | Jun 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Albaugh, the manufacturer of Clear Out 41 (FNA’s flagship Glyphosate) has been acquired by Makhteshim Agan. The recent acquisition is leaving FNA supporters wondering if they will still be supplied with Clear Out in the future. Makhteshim Agan operates in Canada as...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
These aren’t company names that typically come up on coffee row, but a large deal is pending among two giants in off-patent crop protection products. The Makhteshim Agan Group, considered the world leader in branded off-patent products, has a letter of intent to...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has received notification from Mexico that all imports of Canadian canaryseed will be held and tested for the presence of quarantine weed seeds. Specifically, Mexico is looking for wild buckwheat and they have indicated that the...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Complications from all the wet weather are dominating the inquiries to the Ag Knowledge Centre of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. Producers have been asking about nitrogen losses and whether topdressing fertilizer might pay. It’s hard to give a clear cut...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 25, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The difficult growing season in Western Canada has moved many of the grain markets, but wheat, durum and barley prices remain stubbornly depressed. In the latest Pool Return Outlook from the Canadian Wheat Board, new crop wheat with good protein is up a little bit,...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 24, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What a waste. The seeded acreage report released yesterday by Statistics Canada has almost no value. More than 7,500 Saskatchewan farmers were surveyed for the report, but the survey took place from May 25 to June 3. At the time, seeding was 67 per cent complete and...