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CHS Inc., the largest U.S. farm co-operative, said on Thursday that it plans to acquire farm retail supplier DynAgra Corp, continuing its steady move into the newly opened Western Canada grain market.
Minnesota-based CHS expects to complete its acquisition of DynAgra late this month. It will operate under the name CHS DynAgra.
Western Canada’s move to an open wheat and barley market as of August 1, which ended the Canadian Wheat Board’s long marketing monopoly, has stoked interest in the region from new players.
CHS opened a small grain marketing office in Winnipeg, Manitoba last year and began buying durum wheat to take advantage of the end of the monopoly.
Western Canada’s farm retail supply industry is dominated by Viterra Inc., and other key players include Richardson International Limited, Cargill Ltd, Agrium Inc. and many independent dealers.
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Perry C. Harvey, Jr. served as President of ILA Local 1402.Perry C. Harvey Jr., a top union official on Tampa’s docks and the first African-American elected to the Tampa City Council, died Wednesday. He was 81.
Known for his political boldness, he once was described as a headline waiting to happen.
“There’s probably never been a more fierce advocate for the African-American community,” said Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who had known Mr. Harvey since the mid 1980s.
“He was vocal. He was animated. He was relentless. And he never, ever lost sight of the fact that he represented those who had never had a fair playing field,” Buckhorn said.
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