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Olymel hog plant staff approve strike mandate

Mar. 18, 2015 at 9:41 pm CDT

Updated, March 19 — Olymel has tabled a “final comprehensive offer” for unionized staff at its Vallee-Jonction, Que. hog slaughter plant after the workers gave negotiators a strike mandate. The meat packing arm of Quebec’s Coop Federee said Wednesday it’s at an “impasse” with its workers, represented by the Confederation […]

Sask. budget trims ag spending slightly

Mar. 18, 2015 at 8:19 pm CDT

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Monsanto settles more U.S. farmer claims over GM wheat

Mar. 18, 2015 at 4:42 pm CDT

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WeatherFarm boosts local-level data for farmers

Mar. 18, 2015 at 5:04 am CDT

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CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

Mar. 17, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

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Alberta ag minister books off after surgery

Mar. 17, 2015 at 5:59 pm CDT

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has named an associate agriculture and rural development minister to handle the portfolio while provincial Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson takes sick leave. Grande Prairie-Smoky MLA Everett McDonald, a farmer and former reeve for the County of Grande Prairie, was appointed Tuesday to the associate minister’s post. […]

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Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

Mar. 16, 2015 at 8:02 pm CDT

Four of five groups of Canadian National Railway (CN) employees have voted to ratify the new collective labour deals that kept them from being locked out last month. CN said Monday its unionized clerical/intermodal/fleet mechanic, CNTL and excavator-operator units, all represented by Unifor locals, have all voted in favour of […]

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Legumex Walker puts sale, merger options on table

Mar. 16, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

Pulse, canola and special-crop processing firm Legumex Walker has declared itself open to “strategic alternatives” for its future, including a sale or merger. The publicly-traded Winnipeg company said Monday its board of directors has set up a review committee to “identify and consider strategic and financial alternatives… with the ultimate […]

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Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

Mar. 15, 2015 at 3:04 am CDT

Canada has expanded its restrictions on imports of live poultry, uncooked poultry products and eggs to include those from Kansas and Arkansas, as avian flu has now appeared in birds in both states. The Kansas cases of highly-pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu are in a backyard chicken and duck flock in […]

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Ag Safety Week urges farmers to “be the difference”

Mar. 14, 2015 at 2:34 pm CDT

Acting to improve a farm’s safety systems before a problem appears is the focus of this year’s Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, beginning Sunday. The week, running March to 21 in a co-promotion between the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Federation of Agriculture (CFA) with sponsorship from Farm Credit Canada, […]

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