Viterra acquiring Dakota Pasta Growers for US$240M in an all cash transaction
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Cows to Chardonnay: Can dwindling U.S. dairy farms convert to grape-growing?
WARREN, Conn. - A winter breeze rustles through the brittle and dormant vines twisting along the hills of Bill Hopkins' vineyard, the latest transformation of a Connecticut farm that since 1786 has been keeping up with changing agriculture, markets and consumer tastes.
The 40-hectare family farm on Lake Waramaug in western Connecticut's Litchfield Hills has raised sheep, race horses, tobacco, grain crops and dairy cows. Responding to falling dairy prices and the round-the-clock demands of running a dairy business, Hopkins quit in 1979 after 25 years and established Hopkins Vineyard.
Agriculture prices mostly lower in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures mostly fell Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery shed 1.75 cents US to $4.7975 a bushel; May corn dropped 1.25 cents to $3.6425 a bushel; May soybeans slid 10.5 cents to $9.475 a bushel; while May oats were unchanged at $2.18 a bushel.
ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices open lower, barley unchanged
WINNIPEG - Prices were mixed at the open at the ICE Futures Canada on Thursday.
Canola: March '10 unchanged $388.40; May '10 $0.80 lower $386.60; July 10 $0.50 lower $392.00; Nov. '10 $1.00 lower $396.00; Jan '11 unchanged $400.70; March '11 $4.00 lower $399.50; May '11 $3.00 lower $402.50; July '11 $4.00 lower $402.50; Nov. '11 unchanged $405.70; Jan. '12 unchanged $405.70; March '12 unchanged $405.70.
Terra says it favours CF acquisition bid, rebuffs Norwegian suitor
CALGARY - Canadian fertilizer giant Agrium Inc. is in danger of seeing longtime target CF Industries Holdings Inc. slip away, now that the U.S. company has won important support for a US$4.7-billion takeover of its own.
The offer by Agrium (TSX:AGU), which has been rebuffed repeatedly in its attempts to buy Deerfield, Ill.-based CF for more than a year, is contingent on CF giving up its pursuit of Iowa-based fertilizer company Terra Industries Inc.
Agriculture futures prices mix on Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery dropped eight cents US to $4.815 a bushel, while May corn lost 3.5 cents to $3.655 a bushel and oats for May delivery slid seven cents to $2.18 a bushel. May soybeans jumped 10.5 cents to $9.58 a bushel.
ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices close higher, barley mix
WINNIPEG - Closing prices:
Canola: March '10 $2.50 higher $388.40; May '10 $2.50 higher $387.40; July 10 $2.60 higher $392.50; Nov. '10 $2.40 higher $397.00; Jan '11 $2.80 higher $400.70; March '11 $3.30 higher $403.50; May '11 $3.30 higher $405.50; July '11 $3.30 higher $406.50; Nov. '11 $3.30 higher $405.70; Jan. '12 $3.30 higher $405.70; March '12 $3.30 higher $405.70.
China vows to step up food safety measures in wake of dairy scandal
BEIJING - China will step up food safety efforts in the wake of a massive dairy scandal, expanding supervision to reach more of the country's countless small farms, an agriculture official said Wednesday.
China has been struggling for several years to overcome a series of food safety problems, including one that started two years ago when at least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill after consuming tainted infant formula.
Agriculture prices mostly lower in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures mostly fell Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery shed 2.5 cents US to $4.87 a bushel; May corn dropped two cents to $3.67 a bushel; May soybeans added 1.5 cents to $9.49 a bushel; while May oats fell six cents to $2.19 a bushel.
Claim: San Francisco giving gardeners toxic sludge
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco wears its environmental consciousness like a green badge of honor. Residents separate and recycle their food scraps. Streets close to cars so people can walk and bike them. A city department even gives away "high-quality, nutrient-rich, organic bio-solids compost" to any and all takers.
But hold on there: A public interest and environmental advocacy group says San Francisco's free compost, used by community, backyard and school gardens in the Bay Area, is processed sewage sludge - the product of anything flushed, poured or dumped into the wastewater system, including industrial, chemical and pharmaceutical toxins.
ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices open higher, barley unchanged
WINNIPEG - Prices were mixed at the open at the ICE Futures Canada on Wednesday.
Canola: March '10 unchanged $385.90; May '10 $1.90 higher $386.80; July 10 $2.70 higher $392.60; Nov. '10 $0.30 higher $394.90; Jan '11 $0.80 higher $398.70; March '11 unchanged $400.20; May '11 unchanged $402.20; July '11 unchanged $403.20; Nov. '11 unchanged $402.40; Jan. '12 unchanged $402.40; March '12 unchanged $402.40.
Frigid Fla. winter is bad news for tomato lovers
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A frigid Florida winter is taking its toll on your sandwich. The Sunshine State is the main U.S. source for fresh winter tomatoes, and its growers lost some 70 per cent of their crop during January's prolonged cold snap.
Wholesale prices are up nearly five times over last year. That means you can say goodbye to the beefsteaks on that burger and prepare to pay more than usual for the succulent wedges in your salad.
Slaughter cows, feeders steady at the Winnipeg livestock market
WINNIPEG - Slaughter cows and feeders traded steady compared with last week's at the Winnipeg livestock market Tuesday.
Total head count: 289.
ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices close mix, barley unchanged
WINNIPEG - Closing prices:
Canola: March '10 $0.30 higher $385.90; May '10 $0.30 higher $384.90; July 10 $0.50 lower $389.90; Nov. '10 $2.30 lower $394.60; Jan '11 $3.70 lower $397.90; March '11 $4.00 lower $400.20; May '11 $4.00 lower $402.20; July '11 $1.20 lower $402.40; Nov. '11 $1.20 lower $402.40; Jan. '12 $1.20 lower $402.40; March '12 $1.20 lower $402.40.
Agriculture futures prices lower on Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery dropped 5.5 cents US to $4.895 a bushel, while May corn fell six cents to $3.69 a bushel and oats for May delivery shed 2.5 cents to $2.25 a bushel. May soybeans slipped 0.5 cent to $9.475 a bushel.
Agriculture prices lower in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures mostly fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery shed seven cents US to $4.88 a bushel; May corn dropped 5.5 cents to $3.695 a bushel; May soybeans fell 11 cents to $9.37 a bushel; while May oats were unchanged at $2.275 a bushel.
ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices open lower, barley unchanged
WINNIPEG - Prices were mixed at the open at the ICE Futures Canada on Tuesday.
Canola: March '10 unchanged $385.60; May '10 $0.80 lower $383.80; July 10 $1.80 lower $388.60; Nov. '10 $3.00 lower $393.90; Jan '11 $4.80 lower $396.80; March '11 $5.30 lower $398.90; May '11 $4.20 lower $402.00; July '11 $0.50 higher $404.90; Nov. '11 unchanged $403.60; Jan. '12 unchanged $403.60; March '12 unchanged $403.60.
Agriculture futures prices mix on Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures were mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery gained 1.5 cents to $4.95 a bushel, while May corn slipped 0.5 cent to $3.75 a bushel and oats for May delivery rose one cent to $2.275 a bushel.
Agriculture prices mostly higher in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade
CHICAGO - Agriculture futures mostly rose Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery added 5.5 cents US to $4.99 a bushel; May corn dropped one cent to $3.745 a bushel; May soybeans rose 5.25 cents to $9.48 a bushel; while May oats added 1.25 cents to $2.2775 a bushel.
ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices open higher, barley mostly unchanged
WINNIPEG - Prices were higher at the open at the ICE Futures Canada on Monday.
Canola: March '10 $2.30 higher $385.70; May '10 $1.80 higher $384.20; July 10 $1.90 higher $390.20; Nov. '10 $1.20 higher $395.90; Jan '11 unchanged $399.40; March '11 unchanged $402.70; May '11 unchanged $404.70; July '11 unchanged $402.90; Nov. '11 unchanged $402.10; Jan. '12 unchanged $402.10; March '12 unchanged $402.10.