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Ont. chicken farmers name new GM

Oct. 23, 2007 at 3:18 pm CDT

Bill Laidlaw has been named the new general manager for the Chicken Farmers of Ontario. Laidlaw has worked in not-for-profit and association management since 2000, most recently as executive director of The Biotechnology Initiative and the Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre. He also previously worked as the CEO for St. […]

Grain researchers owe CPR $871K: CTA ruling

Oct. 23, 2007 at 12:10 am CDT

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Grain helps hold up CN’s Q3 ledger

Oct. 22, 2007 at 11:31 pm CDT

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Atlantic Beef may get bailout: CBC

Oct. 22, 2007 at 11:14 pm CDT

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Toepfer manager named Viterra VP

Oct. 22, 2007 at 10:51 pm CDT

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Broken hoist idles Sask. potash mine

Oct. 22, 2007 at 10:26 pm CDT

A broken hoist at Mosaic Co.’s K2 potash mine at Esterhazy in eastern Saskatchewan will idle the active mine for about two weeks, the company said Monday. “This temporary shutdown may result in a loss of production of approximately 100,000 tonnes of potash,” the Minneapolis company said in a release. […]

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Alta. backs biogas project

Oct. 22, 2007 at 10:17 pm CDT

A project to generate power and heat from livestock waste and improve water remediation in Alberta’s Peace River country will get over $904,000 in provincial government funding. The province announced Friday that Smoky Pork Development Ltd. will get funding through its Bio-refining Commercialization and Market Development program and its Bio-energy […]

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CN’s hopper car bookings can continue: CTA

Oct. 22, 2007 at 6:17 pm CDT

CN can continue to run its advance car booking program for grain hopper cars while the Canadian Transportation Agency hears the complaint against it, the CTA ruled Friday. The railway’s advance booking programs are at the heart of a level-of-service complaint against it to the CTA, filed by the Canadian […]

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Quebec funds agro-environmental R&D

Oct. 22, 2007 at 5:51 pm CDT

The Quebec government has put up $2.7 million as part of a $4 million project to add research and development capability for agro-environmental goods and services at the Centre de developpement bioalimentaire du Quebec at La Pocatiere, about 90 miles northeast of Quebec City. The investment will allow the CDBQ […]

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Canadian vintners to study HACCP

Oct. 22, 2007 at 1:20 pm CDT

Five wineries are testing out a new HACCP food safety protocol for the Canadian wine industry. The Canadian Vintners Association on Friday picked up $312,000 in federal funding to develop an industry-wide system using the U.S.-developed Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) model. The five wineries are assessing the HACCP […]

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