Insights and Stories on Livestock

Campbell to shut Ont. food plant

Apr. 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

Campbell Soup Co. says it will close its southern Ontario food plant next year as it sheds several businesses to “enhance long-term profitability.” The 48-year-old facility at Listowel, about 65 km west of Guelph, employs about 500 people making mostly frozen products such as soup, entrees, ramen noodles and Pepperidge […]

U of Guelph ag funding renewed, raised

Apr. 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm CDT

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Viterra buys more U.S. feed mills

Apr. 28, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

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Alta. food firms get help with safety standards

Apr. 25, 2008 at 5:11 pm CDT

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P.E.I. expands ALUS program provincewide

Apr. 25, 2008 at 4:42 pm CDT

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Canada free of “high-path” bird flu: OIE

Apr. 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm CDT

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) now considers Canada free of highly pathogenic avian flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Friday. The OIE’s notification follows the end of a 90-day period after the cleanup of the most recent outbreak of the H7N3 strain of avian influenza on a […]

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Quebec puts up $5M to boost food exports

Apr. 25, 2008 at 3:19 pm CDT

Quebec’s provincial government says it will boost the funding it provides to ag export agencies as part of its response to the provincial commission on the future of farming. Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard, speaking Friday at the Salon international de l’alimentation (SIAL) trade show in Montreal, pledged $5 million to […]

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Canada, Korea working toward beef deal: report

Apr. 25, 2008 at 2:24 pm CDT

“Working-level” talks are reportedly underway to set up negotiations between Ottawa and Seoul to resume Canadian beef exports to South Korea. Korean news agency Yonhap reported Wednesday that Canada is asking for “unfettered access” to South Korea’s beef market after Seoul agreed last week to loosen its ban on U.S. […]

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P.E.I. ag budget up, not down: minister

Apr. 24, 2008 at 6:27 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s agriculture minister is disputing claims that the department’s funding was cut by 30 per cent in Wednesday’s budget. Neil LeClair issued a press release Thursday stating the provincial ag department’s budget has been increased by almost $2 million “over that proposed last year by the previous administration.” […]

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Grain prices cost Maple Leaf in Q1

Apr. 24, 2008 at 2:51 pm CDT

Higher grain prices have bit into Maple Leaf Foods’ bakery and hog production businesses, leading the company to break even in its first fiscal quarter. The Toronto food processing company on Thursday posted a net loss of just $10,000 on $1.2 billion in sales in its quarter ending March 31, […]

By FBC staff