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Agropur to consolidate B.C. milk processing

Nov. 6, 2015 at 12:26 pm CST

Dairy co-operative Agropur plans to tighten up its fluid milk processing on British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, upgrading its milk plant at Burnaby and shutting its plant at Chilliwack. Quebec-based Agropur took over the Burnaby plant, along with facilities in Edmonton and Winnipeg, when it bought the former Canada Safeway milk […]

Pete Luckett’s stores to become arm of Sobey’s

Oct. 31, 2015 at 3:31 pm CDT

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More grain revenue on less grain in CN’s Q3 ledger

Oct. 29, 2015 at 2:32 pm CDT

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McDonald’s Canada to tighten antibiotic policy for chicken

Oct. 27, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

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Cancer ‘hazard’ not a cancer ‘risk,’ meat industry cautions

Oct. 26, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

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CP books more grain revenue on less grain in Q3

Oct. 25, 2015 at 1:28 am CDT

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) boosted its income from Canadian grain by five per cent in its third quarter ending Sept. 30, on its way to its highest-ever Q3 gross revenue. Across all its business segments, the Calgary-based railway on Tuesday reported net income of $323 million on $1.709 billion in […]

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Alta. names new deputy ag minister

Oct. 24, 2015 at 3:35 pm CDT

A former assistant deputy minister in municipal affairs is now Alberta’s chief agricultural bureaucrat. Beverly Yee was named Thursday as the new deputy minister for agriculture and forestry, replacing Jason Krips. Yee, who has worked for the province since 1994, has held several executive management positions, the province said. Her […]

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Court rejects Ont. growers’ bid for stay on neonic regs

Oct. 23, 2015 at 7:17 pm CDT

The association for Ontario corn and soybean growers is “evaluating several options” after its request for a stay of the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments was rejected. The Ontario Superior Court denied the request from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) for a stay and interpretation on the neonic […]

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Sask. moves to toughen farmland ownership law

Oct. 21, 2015 at 4:56 am CDT

The Saskatchewan government is set to lay down new law on who can and can’t buy up farmland in the province, backstopped with more enforcement and heavier penalties. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday introduced amendments to the province’s Farmland Security Act, the legislation that already prevents non-Canadians and entities […]

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Most of farm file’s handlers to return to Commons

Oct. 20, 2015 at 6:10 am CDT

Most federal parliamentarians with experience in the agriculture and agri-food portfolio will be back in the House of Commons under a new majority Liberal government. As of Tuesday morning, prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected or leading in 184 of 338 seats, for a decisive majority following Monday’s federal […]

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