Insights and Stories of Staff

Green group targets Super Bowl’s official hummus

Jan. 23, 2015 at 4:44 pm CST

If you’re a chickpea grower and you didn’t already know it, you’ll be pleased to hear Americans watching the Super Bowl this weekend might not only be chowing down on chicken wings. Thanks to its designation as the National Football League’s (NFL) official dip sponsor, they could also be dipping […]

CP books record profit, more grain revenue in 2014

Jan. 22, 2015 at 8:08 pm CST

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Work stoppage possible for CN engineers in mid-February

Jan. 22, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

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Lethbridge College to set up farm BRM curriculum

Jan. 21, 2015 at 8:28 pm CST

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Manitoba seeks more climate-responsive risk management

Jan. 21, 2015 at 7:01 pm CST

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Manitoba to boost insurance coverage on pedigreed soybeans

Jan. 20, 2015 at 8:08 pm CST

Increased coverage for pedigreed soybeans is among the changes planned for Manitoba’s provincial crop insurance program for the 2015 growing season. Soybeans are expected to be the largest pedigreed seed crop in Manitoba this year, the province said in a release, and the increased coverage is expected to reflect the […]

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Sask. study strengthens case for chocolate milk

Jan. 16, 2015 at 8:24 pm CST

Pulling chocolate milk from schools over its sugar and calorie content may drive down children’s overall milk consumption at school and make the nutritional benefits tougher to replace, a new Saskatchewan study finds. Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, with funding from Dairy Farmers of […]

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N.S. puts feed-in-tariff program on hold

Jan. 16, 2015 at 7:02 pm CST

Nova Scotia will stop taking applications for its local-level renewable electricity program pending a review. The province on Thursday announced seven new approvals under its Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) program, but also that it will “pause and evaluate” the program. The pause, the province said, is meant to see that […]

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Ont. boosts rewards for standardbred racehorses

Jan. 16, 2015 at 5:51 pm CST

Standardbred racehorse breeders in Ontario are hailing what they describe as a $12 million boost to the province’s Standardbred Improvement Program. The Ontario Racing Commission approved the program’s budget and elements earlier this week, pledging almost $16 million in purses for 2015 and just over $2 million in “Ontario Bred” […]

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Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

Jan. 16, 2015 at 4:24 pm CST

A combination of multiple computer models of weather’s impact on wheat warns of a six per cent dent in world wheat production for every degree Celsius in temperature increase. Scientists have been trying for 20 years to estimate effects of temperature increase and climate change on wheat production, which accounts […]

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