Insights and Stories of Staff

Gluten-free claim allowed on some oat products

May. 29, 2015 at 8:32 pm CDT

Celiac sufferers needing foods free of gluten will now be able to get certain oat products with a “gluten-free” claim. Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose on Friday announced the allowed claim for oat products that are produced and processed to avoid cross-contamination by gluten from other cereals’ grains and products. […]

Que. pledges reserve to backstop risk management programs

May. 28, 2015 at 8:08 pm CDT

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West’s soaked, parched tax deferral zones expanded

May. 28, 2015 at 4:25 pm CDT

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Canada to check India’s feed corn for aflatoxin

May. 26, 2015 at 8:24 pm CDT

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CONTEST CLOSED: Farm Progress Show tickets

May. 26, 2015 at 12:55 pm CDT

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Alberta NDP taps ex-AAFC staffer as ag minister

May. 24, 2015 at 6:07 pm CDT

A former technician with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has been named as the Alberta New Democrats’ first minister of agriculture, forestry and rural development. Premier Rachel Notley on Sunday named Whitecourt-Ste. Anne MLA Oneil Carlier to the now-expanded portfolio, which takes over responsibility for forestry from the department of environment and […]

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Arrest made in alleged Alberta hay fraud

May. 23, 2015 at 2:03 am CDT

A Lethbridge businessman is due in court next month to answer to charges that a Taber, Alta.-area farm business was defrauded out of six figures’ worth of hay. The Taber Police Service said Friday it had completed a “lengthy investigation” into allegations of fraud in which hay was obtained “under […]

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SW Ont. poultry sectors nearer business-as-usual, almost

May. 22, 2015 at 8:24 pm CDT

Quarantines on several poultry operations in southwestern Ontario could be removed by the end of next month, assuming no new cases of avian flu turn up in the region — just in time for another notifiable poultry disease to appear. The Feather Board Command Centre — the emergency response unit […]

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Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

May. 21, 2015 at 8:13 pm CDT

Canadian and U.S. food inspectors have agreed on what they mean by a “field” in any restrictions they place on potato trade on account of potato cyst nematodes. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Tuesday announced new revisions to their […]

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Sask. opens farmland ownership review

May. 20, 2015 at 7:56 pm CDT

Saskatchewan has kicked off public consultations for a review of its rules on investment in the province’s farmland. The consultation period, which runs until Aug. 10, is meant to help the province “understand who should, or should not be, allowed to own farmland in Saskatchewan,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said […]

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