Insights and Stories of Staff

Ardent to buy major Ontario soft wheat mill

Aug. 20, 2015 at 7:44 pm CDT

The owner of Canada’s Robin Hood flour mills is poised to buy the biggest soft wheat milling operation in the country. Ardent Mills, the joint North American flour venture of agrifood giants Cargill, CHS Inc. and ConAgra, announced Thursday it will buy the former Kraft Milling operation in Mississauga, Ont. […]

Ex-Viterra chief to take Ontario’s Hydro One public

Aug. 20, 2015 at 11:55 am CDT

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Tumour surgery to sideline CN chief

Aug. 13, 2015 at 8:24 pm CDT

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Over-the-border canola crusher gets new owner

Aug. 7, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

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N.S. halts local-level biomass, wind power plan

Aug. 7, 2015 at 6:42 pm CDT

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Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

Aug. 7, 2015 at 5:37 pm CDT

U.S. animal health officials have closed the books for now on avian influenza infections in 10 states, with five others remaining. In its latest report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last week, the U.S. federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said all control areas for […]

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Alta. cuts ranchers’ water pump rental fees

Aug. 6, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

Ranchers and farmers renting the Alberta ag ministry’s pumps and pipes to move water for livestock watering and domestic use in dry areas may now get the equipment for half the going rate. The province announced Thursday it will cut the rental fees charged under its annual Water Pumping Program, […]

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Loan called on Legumex’s U.S. canola crusher

Aug. 5, 2015 at 6:27 pm CDT

Prairie special crop processor Legumex Walker is weighing its options after major lenders to the company’s U.S. canola crushing arm called their loan. Pacific Coast Canola, a cold-press canola crushing operation at Warden, Wash., about 160 km southwest of Spokane, is 84 per cent owned by TSX-traded, Winnipeg-based Legumex, and 16 […]

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Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

Aug. 4, 2015 at 7:36 pm CDT

Movement of birds and bird products in, through and out of southwestern Ontario’s Oxford and Waterloo counties is no longer subject to federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday it has removed its second and final avian influenza control zone, which has been in place since April 21 […]

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29 varieties to be removed from CWRS and CPSR classes

Jul. 30, 2015 at 10:03 am CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced that as of August 1, 2017, 29 varieties will no longer be eligible for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat classes. The list (see below) of 25 CWRS and four CPSR varieties includes formerly popular varieties such as […]

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