Insights and Stories of Staff

Coop federee to exit machinery parts distribution

Jun. 10, 2017 at 2:23 am CDT

Citing “a period of pronounced decline” in its farm machinery business, Quebec farm co-operative La Coop federee plans to get out of parts distribution by next fall. The co-operative announced May 30 it plans to “gradually” close its Dispro farm equipment and parts distribution centre at Trois-Rivieres over a 12- […]

Washouts shut Hudson Bay Railway for shipping season

Jun. 9, 2017 at 8:27 pm CDT

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DLF to buy Syngenta sugar beet seed business

Jun. 9, 2017 at 4:38 am CDT

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Hothouse produce grower to devote site to marijuana

Jun. 8, 2017 at 8:16 pm CDT

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New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

Jun. 7, 2017 at 7:20 pm CDT

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CFIA eyes replacing ‘Cellared in Canada’ claim for wine

Jun. 2, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

Labels declaring blends of imported and domestic wine sold in Canada as “Cellared in Canada” could soon be on the way out in favour of more specific wording. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Thursday announced a round of consumer and stakeholder consultations, running until June 30, on a […]

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GrainsConnect picks second Alberta terminal site

Jun. 2, 2017 at 7:20 pm CDT

The joint venture between Australia’s GrainCorp and Japan’s Zen-Noh Grain is taking its Prairie grain handling model to southern Alberta. GrainsConnect Canada announced plans Thursday to build a fourth Prairie high-throughput grain terminal on Canadian National (CN) Railway track at Huxley, Alta., about 75 km southeast of Red Deer. The […]

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Federal food policy consultations underway

Jun. 1, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

The long-discussed-and-debated notion of a public pan-Canadian food policy has taken a move forward with a new online survey from the federal government. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday announced an initial round of consultations and called on the public to “share their input to help shape a food policy […]

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CONTEST CLOSED: Free to good home: Farm Progress Show tickets

Jun. 1, 2017 at 12:01 am CDT

Editor’s Note: Well, that escalated quickly. The contest is now closed; all our Farm Progress Show passes are now spoken for and will be in the mail shortly. If you’ve entered the contest and won tickets, expect to hear from us by email. If your entry arrived a little too […]

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PED cases fan out in southeastern Manitoba

May. 31, 2017 at 7:56 pm CDT

Three more farms in southeastern Manitoba have been confirmed with cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) — all of them outside the buffer area in which six previous infected sites were confirmed earlier this month. Two farms, a sow operation and a finisher operation “linked by live pig movements,” were […]

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