Insights and Stories of Amanda Lefley

Jun. 15, 2010 at 4:35 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister says you have to see it to believe it, in terms of the amount of water lying on the province’s cropland. Bob Bjornerud estimated close to 25 per cent of the crop within the province will not get seeded, and crop already planted […]

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Jun. 15, 2010 at 3:55 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The temporary restriction on sexually intact cattle being exported from British Columbia to the U.S. has been lifted, according to an official with the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association. “The (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) went last week to the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) and requested that border […]

By Amanda Lefley

Jun. 14, 2010 at 6:28 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Although the past weekend saw relatively low precipitation levels across Canada’s grainbelt, soil moisture in the area ranges from moderate to excessive, which has caused seeding delays and pushed seeding dates close to the upcoming crop insurance deadlines in the three Prairie provinces. Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate […]

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Jun. 11, 2010 at 11:20 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Grain shipments out of the Port of Churchill, Man. are expected to be consistent with numbers exported in the 2009 calendar year, but according to an official with the Churchill Gateway Development Corp., those numbers could potentially rise depending on the weather in Canada’s grainbelt. In […]

By Amanda Lefley

Jun. 9, 2010 at 11:25 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Exports of Canadian beef and veal during calendar 2010 will be up from the level shipped during 2009, according to an official with the Canada Beef Export Federation. However, the amount of Canadian beef and veal exported could be higher had it not been for the […]

By Amanda Lefley