Insights and Stories on General

Jul. 19, 2011 at 3:35 pm CDT

The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced a combined $21.5 million for the Traceability Foundations Initiative, a new program to track food “from the farm to the dinner plate.” A joint release said the program will support projects led by the agri-food industry to share information, enhance industry competitiveness […]

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Jul. 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm CDT

The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame has announced three inductees for 2011. Full biographies are in the accompanying document. • Dr. David Chalack (nominated by the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association)• Laurent Souligny (nominated by Egg Farmers of Canada)• Frank Stenger (nominated by Jersey Canada) The formal induction ceremony will take place later […]

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Jul. 18, 2011 at 4:20 pm CDT

After several months of cool wet weather, Manitoba has turned hot and dry, conditions which are reflected in Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report. Conditions vary throughout the province, but there are some concerns about heat stress depending on seeding date and crop staging. However haying conditions are generally favourable. Because […]

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Jul. 14, 2011 at 11:01 am CDT

A survey backed by Canada’s federal farm lender finds most Canadian consumers are all for buying locally-grown or -produced food, but fewer than half of those would pay more for it. The survey, run in mid-March for Farm Credit Canada (FCC) using a sample of 2,015 Canadians from a panel […]

Jul. 10, 2011 at 10:59 pm CDT

An agreement has been signed between federal and provincial ag ministers on the goals of the follow-up to the Growing Forward ag policy funding framework — but with one major holdout. Ontario’s ag minister Carol Mitchell did not sign onto the ministers’ joint statement Friday on what’s been dubbed “Growing […]