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Russia Will End Black Sea Grain Deal if Demands Not Met

Russia Will End Black Sea Grain Deal if Demands Not Met

Russia says there will be no extension of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal beyond May 18th, unless the West removes a series of obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertilizer.
Olymel Announces Closure of Plant in Quebec

Olymel Announces Closure of Plant in Quebec

Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers.
Rail Merger is Official

Rail Merger is Official

The merger of Canadian Pacific Railway with Kansas City Southern Railway is now official. The fusion, under the banner of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, marks the continent's first major railroad rail merger in more than two decades.
Explosion at Texas Dairy Farm Kills 18 000 Cattle

Explosion at Texas Dairy Farm Kills 18 000 Cattle

An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of cattle is the deadliest barn fire recorded since the Animal Welfare Institute began tracking the fires.
US Meatpackers Warned Against Using Child Labour

US Meatpackers Warned Against Using Child Labour

Meatpackers and other companies in the food-supply chain need to do a better job taking steps to ensure illegal child labor isn't being used in their operations, or by their suppliers, subcontractors or other vendors.
New-Crop Canola Futures Sagging

New-Crop Canola Futures Sagging

According to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, there is presently little upside to new-crop November canola on ICE Futures.
Colorado Passes Right to Repair Legislation

Colorado Passes Right to Repair Legislation

Colorado is the first US State to pass right-to-repair legislation for farmers. The Consumer Right to Repair Agriculture Equipment Act passed 46-14 in Colorado's Senate late Tuesday night.
Saskatchewan Government Reacts to Expansion at LDC Yorkton Canola Crushing Plant

Saskatchewan Government Reacts to Expansion at LDC Yorkton Canola Crushing Plant

The Government of Saskatchewan welcomes the announcement that Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) will expand its canola crushing facility at Yorkton.
LDC Yorkton to Double its Canola Crushing Capacity

LDC Yorkton to Double its Canola Crushing Capacity

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, announced today the expansion of its canola processing complex in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, reinforcing its capacity to supply food, feed and energy cust
Manitoba Signs on to Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

Manitoba Signs on to Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced $221 million for strategic agricultural initiatives in Manitoba under the new the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (