Insights and Stories of Staff

Nova Scotia ag minister, critic keep seats in election

May. 31, 2017 at 9:05 am CDT

Nova Scotia’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead ag critic have both hung onto their seats in an election which saw the governing Liberals return to power with a slightly slimmer majority. Preliminary results from Tuesday’s election show Premier Stephen McNeil’s Liberals elected in 27 ridings — down from 34 at […]

CN’s conductors serve strike notice

May. 29, 2017 at 1:10 pm CDT

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Flour recall widened to products from 11 loads of wheat

May. 27, 2017 at 2:34 pm CDT

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Path of Manitoba PED infections tough to track

May. 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm CDT

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Stats from 2016 show uptick in net farm income

May. 25, 2017 at 8:02 pm CDT

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New Alberta labour standards for paid farm workers tabled

May. 24, 2017 at 6:11 pm CDT

Waged farm workers in Alberta will be allowed to unionize and get new rules governing vacation pay and youth employment, under a provincial labour bill tabled Wednesday. The new rules are tucked into Bill 17, the Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act, which went through first reading Wednesday and, if passed, […]

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Deadline extended for comment on cash ticket deferral

May. 23, 2017 at 7:37 pm CDT

Public consultations on the income tax treatment of deferred grain cash tickets, with an eye toward “potential elimination” of farmers’ option to defer grain income, have been extended by two months. The federal government on Tuesday said the consultation, first announced in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s March budget and due […]

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Quebec sets up single line for flooded farmers

May. 22, 2017 at 2:26 pm CDT

Quebec farmers whose operations have been hit by flooding in recent weeks will have a single number to call for provincial support starting Tuesday. The province’s agriculture ministry (MAPAQ), public security ministry (MSP) and ag lending agency, la Financiere agricole du Quebec (FADQ) on Friday announced a “concerted effort” to […]

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Regional-level biosecurity urged against PED in Manitoba

May. 19, 2017 at 8:10 pm CDT

Producers in southeastern Manitoba’s “hog alley” are being urged to keep animal movements to a minimum and limit contact with hog operations in an area that’s seen five on-farm cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) this month. The province’s chief veterinary officer on Thursday confirmed positive test results for PED […]

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Take time to judge frost damage on canola

May. 19, 2017 at 7:40 pm CDT

After temperatures Thursday dropped as low as -5 C in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, growers who’ve already seeded may be wondering whether emerging canola plants have survived. It’s best not to write off those seedlings right away, according to the Canola Council of Canada in a Canola Watch newsletter […]

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