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CWB building grain elevator east of Saskatoon

Apr. 10, 2014 at 4:38 pm CDT

The grain company formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board has picked a site for a second high-throughput Prairie grain elevator, this time in central Saskatchewan. CWB announced Thursday it has started construction of a 42,000-tonne capacity steel facility on Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) track just southeast of Colonsay, about […]

PEDv found in hogs at W. Manitoba site

Apr. 10, 2014 at 2:19 pm CDT

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Livestock price insurance plan now taking applications

Apr. 9, 2014 at 1:10 pm CDT

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Que. ag minister, ag critics hold seats in PQ loss

Apr. 8, 2014 at 4:33 pm CDT

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Sask. to ease kill rules on wolves, ravens

Apr. 8, 2014 at 3:13 am CDT

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Get grain piles safely binned before May, expert warns

Apr. 7, 2014 at 7:14 pm CDT

One of the Prairies’ top experts in stored grain’s circle of life is warning farmers to get piled or bagged crops up off the ground before next month. Last fall’s bumper harvest and this winter’s grain rail freight backlog have together left Prairie farmers without sufficient bin space storing crops […]

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PotashCorp CEO to step down, replacement named

Apr. 7, 2014 at 5:22 am CDT

Saskatchewan-based fertilizer giant PotashCorp has announced its CEO’s plans to step down in July and has named a copper mining firm’s CEO as his replacement. Bill Doyle, PotashCorp’s CEO since 1999, announced Sunday he will step down as chief executive after 27 years with the company, and remain as a […]

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U.S. appeal court to reconsider whether to block COOL

Apr. 7, 2014 at 3:53 am CDT

A U.S. appeals court which last month rejected North American meat and livestock industry groups’ plea to halt U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) on meat has scrapped its own ruling and will re-hear the groups’ case in May. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit announced […]

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Toronto pork packer in creditor protection

Apr. 4, 2014 at 1:26 pm CDT

Ontario’s hog farmers are still processing news that a mainstay of the Toronto meat packing industry is in creditor protection. Quality Meat Packers and its Toronto Abattoirs arm have been granted 30 days’ creditor protection Thursday to “evaluate restructuring alternatives,” Ontario Pork reported Friday morning. Ontario Pork, which represents the […]

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Mountie pursues stolen tractor on snowmobile

Apr. 4, 2014 at 11:31 am CDT

RCMP at Blackfalds, Alta., north of Red Deer, have charged a 25-year-old man with theft and breaking and entering in the wake of a rural “mini-crime spree” and a wild, albeit geared-down, chase through snow-covered fields. CLICK HERE to read Alexis Kienlen’s story on the Alberta Farmer website.

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