Insights and Stories on General

Jun. 13, 2009 at 2:22 am CDT

The company with the largest canola crushing presence in Canada has shut down two of its plants after shipments of canola meal to the U.S. tested positive for salmonella, the Reuters news agency reported Friday. Reuters quoted a spokesperson for Bunge North America as saying a shipment that tested positive […]

Jun. 12, 2009 at 4:16 pm CDT

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Jun. 12, 2009 at 1:56 am CDT

The government-backed council dealing with human resources issues in the ag sector has gone online to lay out the options for skills training in agriculture. The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC), during its recent annual meeting in St. John’s, unveiled a new website, Agritalent.ca, an online database meant to […]

Jun. 11, 2009 at 6:15 pm CDT

A new five-year, $163 million Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) has been launched in place of the expiring Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) plan. As was the case with ACAAF, projects funded under CAAP will be proposal-based and originate from industry, the federal government said Thursday in announcing the […]

Jun. 11, 2009 at 12:21 am CDT

The heads of international trade for Canada and the European Union have held their first meeting toward the free trade agreement (FTA) they first proposed last month. “This first meeting represents a solid step toward a historic economic agreement with the world’s largest market,” International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said […]