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Tisdale-based Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers has been acquired by Fargo, North Dakota-based Steffes Auctioneers. The announcement was made Friday morning. Both Schapansky Auctioneers and Steffes deal with farmland, farm equipment, and farm real estate. Starting in 1960, Steffes has locations in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and now in Canada. Schapansky Auctioneers primarily […]

A report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says the food manufacturing sector in Canada has an opportunity to meet the growing demand for food globally. FCC says the need to grow more food with the same or less inputs will increase as the global population expects to reach nearly ten billion people by the year […]

In it’s report on the proposed Bunge-Viterra merger, the Competition Bureau of Canada says it is likely the merger would reduce competition for grain buying in the Prariries and the sale of canola oil in Eastern Canada. The Bureau also said Bunge could influence the behaviour of G3, which operates grain elevators in the same […]

The expression is “it’s just nice to be nominated”. Last Mountain Distillery in Lumsden has brought back some prestigious awards from the Canadian Whisky Awards, held in Victoria, B.C.. For the fifth year in a row, Last Mountain has been named as having the best Wheat Whisky of the year for its “Straight Wheat Whisky”. […]

A proposed merger between Glencore’s Viterra and Bunge Ltd. has the support of two of Canada’s largest pension funds, according to a person close to the matter. The source, according to Bloomberg News, noted that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. are willing to swap their combined 49.98 […]