Insights and Stories of Staff

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

Mar. 13, 2015 at 7:51 pm CDT

Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid […]

N.L. ag department moving to fisheries oversight

Mar. 13, 2015 at 6:23 pm CDT

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Loblaw’s ugly-duckling produce to get swan moment

Mar. 13, 2015 at 5:14 pm CDT

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Newfoundland names new agriculture minister

Mar. 12, 2015 at 5:02 pm CDT

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Movement restrictions lifted on B.C. birds

Mar. 11, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

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H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

Mar. 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm CDT

Two more states whose migrating birds’ flight paths cross over much of the Prairies and Ontario now have outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu in commercial turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday expanded its restrictions on cross-border imports of U.S. birds, eggs and uncooked poultry products to […]

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Manitoba Case dealerships to join Rocky Mountain chain

Mar. 10, 2015 at 8:30 pm CDT

Predicting a “challenging environment” ahead for revenue growth as crop prices slip, Case IH dealership mega-chain Rocky Mountain Equipment is set to expand further into Manitoba. Calgary-based RME on Tuesday announced its fourth-quarter and year-end results plus a deal to buy southern Manitoba dealership chain Chabot Implements for $6.8 million. […]

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Wild boar must be PigTrace-compatible by July 1

Mar. 10, 2015 at 7:09 pm CDT

Canada’s farmed wild boar industry has almost four months left to get ready for the same mandatory identification, record-keeping and movement reporting rules as the mainline hog industry. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday put out a reminder to all pork producers that they and other “pig custodians,” such […]

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Mosaic fast-tracking Esterhazy potash mine expansion

Mar. 10, 2015 at 6:10 pm CDT

U.S. fertilizer firm Mosaic Co. has put expansion work at its southeastern Saskatchewan potash mining site on an “accelerated” timeline. Mosaic, which said in 2008 it would invest $1.7 billion to add 1.8 million tonnes of capacity at its Esterhazy, Sask. site by 2020, now plans to have its new […]

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CP’s shopcraft staff ratify new labour deal

Mar. 9, 2015 at 7:57 pm CDT

Repair, maintenance and locomotive and rail car inspection staff at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted to ratify the last-minute deal that kept them off the picket line. The 1,625 unionized workers, represented by Unifor’s CP shopcraft bargaining unit, voted 79 per cent in favour of their four-year deal at […]

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