WINNIPEG - Dec 1/06 - SNS -- Efforts by federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl to terminate Adrian Measner as President and CEO of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is opposed by board's directors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 4/06 - SNS -- Trading volume at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) continued to advance during November, rising 31.6% above year earlier levels to 216,794 contracts for the 18th consecutive month of increased total volume when compared to the same month of the previous year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Dec 6/06 - SNS -- Bunge North America will resume canola operations at its oilseed processing plant in Hamilton, Ontario. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Dec 7/06 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. (SWP) reported a net loss of CDN $5.134 million on sales of $341.262 million during the first quarter ending October 31, compared to a loss of $7.654 million on sales of $273.957 million during the same three-month period last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Dec 7/06 - SNS -- Bunge Limited declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per common share. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Dec 11/06 - SNS -- The Australian barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd, bought all shares in the Australian seed company Graintrust. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Dec 11/06 - SNS -- The USDA reappointed two members and named one new member to serve on the Popcorn Board. The nominees were appointed from nominations submitted by the industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Dec 12/06 - SNS -- Monsanto Company declared a quarterly dividend on its common shares of 12.5 cents per share, up from the previous dividend level of 10 cents. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 13/06 - SNS -- Agricore United's board of directors have unanimously recommended that shareholders reject the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) bid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Dec 13/06 - SNS -- Canada's federal government included the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) under the provisions of the Access to Information Act as part of Bill C-2, The Federal Accountability Act. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 14/06 - SNS -- Agricore United declared a quarterly dividend of CDN $0.04 per share on the Limited Voting Common Shares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 14/06 - SNS -- Agricore United has bought the key assets of Green Acres Fertilizer Service (Major) Inc., Green Acres Chemical Ltd. (collectively Green Acres) and Kerrobert Agro Services Ltd. (Kerrobert), two full service crop production businesses in western Saskatchewan, effective December 18, 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 15/06 - SNS -- Rogers Sugar Income Fund authorized a monthly distribution of $0.035 per trust unit. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Dec 20/06 - SNS -- Canada's federal agriculture minister Chuck Strahl fired Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) president Adrian Measner over his public opposition to plans to strip the CWB of its marketing monopoly for western Canadian wheat, durum and export barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Dec 21/06 - SNS -- General Mills, Inc. reported net earnings of U.S. $385 million on sales of $3,467 million for the second quarter ending November 26, compared to a net of $370 million on sales of $3,293 million during the same three month period last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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