Insights and Stories of Staff

Voluntary COOL still not OK: Ritz and Fast

Jul. 24, 2015 at 9:08 am CDT

Two U.S. senators have introduced a bipartisan bill which would replace mandatory country-of-origin labelling for meat within a voluntary program, but it doesn’t impress Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast. The bill is intended to bring the U.S. into compliance with a World Trade Organization (WTO) […]

Ukraine opens to more Canadian beef imports

Jul. 22, 2015 at 1:58 pm CDT

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Ont. group to weigh school models for Kemptville

Jul. 18, 2015 at 3:20 am CDT

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Fertilizer spill halts water use from Alta. river

Jul. 18, 2015 at 2:07 am CDT

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Sask. grain handler cancels share buyback in dry spell

Jul. 16, 2015 at 7:52 pm CDT

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Parmalat getting land to expand Winnipeg milk plant

Jul. 16, 2015 at 1:18 am CDT

Dairy giant Parmalat plans to expand its Winnipeg milk operations and has been cleared to buy the acres to do so. While the Italian company’s Toronto-based Canadian arm has so far been quiet about its plans, Winnipeg’s city council on Wednesday voted to approve the sale of about 15 acres […]

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Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end

Jul. 15, 2015 at 8:36 pm CDT

The three southwestern Ontario poultry operations under quarantine since April with highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu can expect to see their quarantines lifted before the end of July. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Tuesday that cleaning and disinfection work were completed June 29 at the two infected turkey farms […]

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Talks wrap on Canada/Ukraine free trade pact

Jul. 14, 2015 at 6:37 pm CDT

Canada’s crop and livestock producers expect to benefit soon from a free trade agreement with Ukraine, on which the two countries’ governments have now formally completed talks. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday, during a visit from Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, that trade negotiations between the two countries wrapped up in […]

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Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

Jul. 14, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

Crown-held native prairie and other grasslands held for wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan will be opened up to ranchers needing grazing land for cattle in dry areas. Environment Minister Herb Cox announced Tuesday the province will make about 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land available to cattle […]

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Calgary researchers get rooster back on feet

Jul. 14, 2015 at 9:08 am CDT

Technology usually used as teaching tools for veterinary students at the University of Calgary has given an injured rooster a new pair of feet. Calgary’s animal and bylaw services agency removed the rooster, now named Foghorn, from a city property earlier this year, the university said in a release. The […]

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