Insights and Stories of Staff

Hi-Pro buying, shutting Lethbridge feed mill

Nov. 26, 2014 at 8:08 pm CST

The livestock feed business in southern Alberta is set for consolidation as feed miller Hi-Pro Feeds moves to buy, then close, a fellow feed mill. Hi-Pro, the former feed milling business of grain handler Viterra, announced Wednesday it’s bought New-Life Mills’ Lethbridge feed plant for an undisclosed sum, will hire […]

Rail engineers, conductors seek mediation with CP

Nov. 25, 2014 at 7:16 pm CST

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Ontario proposes deep cuts to farmers’ neonic use by 2017

Nov. 25, 2014 at 4:42 pm CST

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Alta. Wildrose ag critic joins Tories

Nov. 25, 2014 at 8:19 am CST

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Farm websites earn national honours

Nov. 21, 2014 at 12:50 am CST

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Man. farmers to get compensation for swamped land

Nov. 19, 2014 at 8:20 pm CST

Farmers around southern Manitoba’s Portage Diversion whose fields were submerged by the province’s flood-control efforts this summer can expect some compensation. The province on Wednesday pledged up to $1.15 million to compensate growers following last summer’s use of the Portage Diversion to help regulate water flow and protect rural and […]

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Ontario eyes expanding production insurance

Nov. 19, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

Ontario’s government plans to give itself more latitude to expand its farm production insurance offerings. The province said Wednesday it’s proposing to amend its Crop Insurance Act and grant itself authority to expand production insurance beyond just crops. That authority already is available to every other provincial government in Canada, […]

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COOL as is can’t be patched to satisfy WTO, Vilsack says

Nov. 18, 2014 at 7:57 pm CST

U.S. federal officials don’t see a way their mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation can do what it was designed to do and satisfy global trade rules at the same time. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking Monday on a U.S. Department of Agriculture podcast, said officials “do not think that there […]

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Richardson’s Sask. oat milling staff ratify deal

Nov. 18, 2014 at 7:23 pm CST

Unionized workers with Richardson International’s oat processing and grain milling plant at Martensville, Sask. are headed back to work after ratifying a new labour deal. About three dozen Richardson Milling employees, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1400, were locked out Sept. 10 after voting in […]

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BASF moves Clearfield system to open-ended agreements

Nov. 18, 2014 at 10:16 am CST

Farmers wanting to grow Clearfield canola, wheat, sunflowers or lentils will now only need to sign one agreement to use the herbicide-tolerant crop system, rather than sign up every year or every few years. BASF, developer of the Clearfield Production System, on Monday announced a new “evergreen,” or open-ended, version […]

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