Insights and Stories of Staff

N.S. sheep producers backed for handling upgrades

Jan. 2, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

Handling upgrades expected to help Nova Scotia’s sheep farmers cut down parasite loads in their flocks may be eligible for some public funding. The federal and provincial governments and Sheep Producers Association of Nova Scotia (SPANS) recently rolled out a Sheep Handling and Parasite Control Program, which will pay up […]

FCC, BMO offer breaks on loans to poultry farmers

Jan. 2, 2015 at 6:25 pm CST

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Agrium restarts potash output at Sask. mine

Dec. 31, 2014 at 4:07 pm CST

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Ex-Viterra chief dropped as Dreyfus’ CEO-elect

Dec. 31, 2014 at 2:02 pm CST

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Que. Caterpillar dealer to shed ag equipment arm

Dec. 31, 2014 at 1:19 am CST

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Buhler books near-record sales

Dec. 30, 2014 at 7:47 pm CST

Winnipeg tractor and farm equipment maker Buhler Industries logged 2014 as its third-biggest sales year ever, but expects lower commodity prices to weigh on next year’s results. Buhler last Wednesday reported year-end profit of $12.5 million on $325.5 million in sales, down from its record net ($19.9 million on $340.3 […]

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Tax deferrals kick in for soaked and parched West

Dec. 30, 2014 at 3:53 pm CST

Ranchers under pressure from this year’s drought in B.C. and northwestern Alberta and excess moisture in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan may get income tax deferrals for their trouble. The federal government on Tuesday released its first list of designated areas for 2014, within which eligible producers who sold breeding […]

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CFIA caught up on Fraser Valley bird depopulations

Dec. 29, 2014 at 6:56 pm CST

Birds at the 11 commercial poultry farms and one other property hit so far this month by H5N2 avian influenza in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have been euthanized. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported it had completed “depopulation” of the 85 birds including ducks, chickens, geese and turkeys at a […]

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Nearly-shuttered Maple Leaf plants still running for now

Dec. 29, 2014 at 2:23 am CST

Two Maple Leaf Foods processing plants tapped in 2011 to close by the end of this year will stay open for a few months yet. Of six further-processing facilities slated for closure by the end of 2014 in the final phase of Maple Leaf’s “value creation plan,” the company’s Courtland […]

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Asian grain trader makes play in Peace region

Dec. 28, 2014 at 11:21 pm CST

Singapore grain and pulse crop trader Agrocorp has gone into northwestern Alberta’s Peace region to add more grain processing assets to its Canadian operations. The company announced last week it has bought the Falher Co-operative Seed Cleaning Plant at Falher, about 165 km northeast of Grande Prairie, for an undisclosed […]

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