Insights and Stories of Staff

Ont. ag minister seeks ‘move away’ from wide neonic use

Jul. 8, 2014 at 4:49 am CDT

Ontario’s corn and soybean growers’ group says it’s insulted and disappointed to find out the provincial ag ministry plans to put new limits on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman Henry van Ankum said Monday the association is “extremely disappointed” to learn through the media — […]

Canada pans USDA’s planned shifts in cross-border inspection fees

Jul. 7, 2014 at 4:57 am CDT

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Agrium’s turf, ornamental business sale clears

Jul. 4, 2014 at 10:05 pm CDT

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Producer car application system going online

Jul. 4, 2014 at 9:27 pm CDT

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Juice maker Lassonde buys further into U.S. market

Jul. 4, 2014 at 2:43 pm CDT

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Manitoba calls provincial emergency

Jul. 4, 2014 at 12:48 pm CDT

A provincial state of emergency takes effect in Manitoba at noon Friday as municipalities along the Assiniboine River brace for flood levels above those seen in 2011. Declaring a state of emergency allows the provincial government to “take action to prevent harm or damage to the safety, health or welfare of […]

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Sunny weather doesn’t end Prairie flood risk

Jul. 3, 2014 at 6:29 am CDT

A period of relatively dry and sunny weather in eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba between now and the weekend may allow overland water to pass, but doesn’t end the flood risk, agencies say. A high pressure system has moved into Manitoba and is expected to bring sunnier weather for the […]

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PQ’s first agriculture minister Jean Garon, 76

Jul. 2, 2014 at 1:19 pm CDT

Jean Garon, the lawyer and founding Parti Quebecois member who served as Rene Levesque’s first minister of agriculture, died on Canada Day at age 76. Garon, the MNA for the provincial riding of Levis from 1976 to 1998 and mayor of Levis from 1998 to 2005, died Tuesday at l’Hotel‑Dieu […]

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B.C.’s medical-grade grows won’t be farms

Jun. 28, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

The five production sites licensed to grow medical marijuana in British Columbia will not get to call themselves “farms” for tax purposes starting next year. The provincial government announced Wednesday it will exclude federally-licensed medical marijuana production from the list of agricultural uses under which a property could be classified […]

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Storied western Manitoba farmhouse burns

Jun. 27, 2014 at 3:27 am CDT

The centrepiece of the tale of a famously unconventional western Manitoba pioneer family has been erased. The vacant old farm home at the Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Heritage Park, about 10 km south of Canadian Forces Base Shilo, was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday evening. Blue Hills RCMP, in a release Thursday, […]

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