Insights and Stories of Staff

Que. flood concerns briefly shut Olymel pork plant

Apr. 17, 2014 at 4:50 pm CDT

Quebec meat packing firm Olymel called off shifts Wednesday at its Beauce-region pork slaughter plant due to potential flood threats. Olymel, the meat processing arm of agrifood co-operative Coop Federee, said it decided to cancel Wednesday’s evening and night shifts at its plant at Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km south of […]

CWB bidding for full ownership of Prairie West Terminal

Apr. 17, 2014 at 1:46 pm CDT

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Rise in farmland values most pronounced in Sask., Man., Que.

Apr. 16, 2014 at 1:50 pm CDT

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ADM set to take full control of Toepfer

Apr. 15, 2014 at 7:27 pm CDT

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Kochia becomes Manitoba’s first glyphosate-resistant weed

Apr. 15, 2014 at 3:21 pm CDT

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CFIA widens plum pox net in Niagara region

Apr. 13, 2014 at 3:21 am CDT

The quarantine area is now slightly larger in southern Ontario’s Niagara region where tender fruit trees are still considered at risk for the yield-robbing plum pox virus. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Tuesday it has expanded its regulated area for plum pox virus by 800 metres. The expansion is […]

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Letnick re-appointed as B.C. ag minister

Apr. 11, 2014 at 6:05 pm CDT

Former British Columbia agriculture minister Norm Letnick has been re-appointed to the post, replacing Pat Pimm as the latter recovers from cancer surgery. Letnick, the MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country, had served as agriculture minister from 2012 until last May’s provincial election, after which he was dropped from Premier Christy Clark’s […]

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Federal deputy ag minister retiring, new DM named

Apr. 11, 2014 at 4:58 pm CDT

One of Canada’s former federal trade negotiators for the North American market is set to become the country’s top agriculture bureaucrat at the end of this month. Andrea Lyon, who from 2009 to 2011 was an associate deputy minister for agriculture and agri-food and has been associate deputy minister of […]

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Viterra to boost Vancouver port terminal throughput

Apr. 11, 2014 at 6:48 am CDT

Canada’s biggest grain handler plans to take on a $100 million-plus list of “improvements and upgrades” to boost annual throughput at its Pacific Elevators terminal in Vancouver to as much as six million tonnes. “This is a significant investment spanning several projects, that when completed, will enhance our strategic position […]

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Cargill to boost S. Manitoba grain handling capacity

Apr. 10, 2014 at 5:45 pm CDT

Cargill’s Canadian arm is set to start work within the next month on capacity expansions at its grain elevator in southern Manitoba’s Red River Valley. The company said Thursday it plans to triple storage capacity and nearly double its rail car spot at its farm service centre on the Canadian […]

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