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Dried distillers’ grains find way into Canadian rations

Aug. 31, 2007 at 10:44 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Dried distillers’ grains (DDGs), the byproduct of ethanol production, are seen starting to find their way into Canadian livestock rations. While the price may be right, the actual volumes are still relatively small as the product does create some difficulties of its own. Feed grain merchant […]

Canadian feeder pig market weakens as feeding shifts to U.S.

Aug. 31, 2007 at 10:38 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Tories’ court appeal groundless: CWB

Aug. 30, 2007 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Resource News International

Tories to appeal CWB ruling

Aug. 30, 2007 at 3:46 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE closing: Canola up on CBOT rally

Aug. 30, 2007 at 3:26 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Pool rebrands as “Viterra”

Aug. 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm CDT

Canada’s four Prairie grain pools have made their marriage official, trading in their Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United monikers for a new brand, Viterra. Pronounced “VY-terra,” a word meant to symbolize “life from the land,” the name was officially unveiled today at the rebranded, merged company’s Buffalo Plains high-throughput […]

By FBC staff

Farm Business Communications offers daily news service

Aug. 30, 2007 at 2:32 pm CDT

Farm Business Communications, publishers of Country Guide, Canadian Cattlemen, Grainews, the Manitoba Co-operator and Alberta Express, will launch a new daily news service by e-mail for Canadian farmers starting September 5. The service will include a morning e-mail five times per week, featuring the farm news stories of the day, […]

Closure possible for second Maple Leaf plant in Winnipeg

Aug. 30, 2007 at 2:30 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — The closure of a second hog facility in Winnipeg owned by Maple Leaf Foods is a distinct possibility after employees at the plant voted against opening up the current collective agreement, according to officials with the union representing the workers. “Maple Leaf Foods has threatened […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Prairie canola harvest slows in wet weather: CCC

Aug. 30, 2007 at 2:27 pm CDT

Cool temperatures along with steady precipitation resulted in the canola harvest being slowed across most regions of Western Canada, according to the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) crop briefing for the period ended August 29. Swathing was just getting started in parts of west-central Alberta and the Peace region, whereas […]

By Resource News International

Nova Scotia names new board, CEO for AgraPoint

Aug. 30, 2007 at 2:26 pm CDT

Nova Scotia’s acting agriculture minister Ron Chisholm on August 29 named a new board of directors and interim CEO to lead the Crown-operated agricultural consultancy unit AgraPoint International. Chisholm has named George Smith to the CEO spot for one year while the new board becomes familiar with the organization, which […]

By FBC staff

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