Prairie wheat growers with fusarium-infected No. 2 Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat can now sign up for the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2008-09 fusarium program. Sign-up began Friday (Sept. 19) […] Read more
CWB opens CWRW fusarium program
N.S. poultry plant scores $3.5M loan
Nova Scotia’s provincial government plans to invest $3.5 million in working capital for the province’s sole major poultry processing plant. ACA Co-operative of New Minas, just east of Kentville, will […] Read more
N.B. names new deputy ag minister
New Brunswick’s deputy minster of intergovernmental affairs will move over a chair to become the province’s top bureaucrat for agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Longtime provincial public servant Jim McKay becomes […] Read more
Ont. wines a $529M economic boost: study
Ontario’s wine and grape production industries combined yielded a value-added impact of $529 million for the province’s economy in 2007, a new study reports. The study, done by KPMG for […] Read more
Ont. to fund Niagara agri-tour project
Ontario’s provincial government will provide start-up cash to launch an agricultural co-operative and seasonal tours through the Niagara region. The project, to be co-ordinated by Club 2000 Niagara, is meant […] Read more
Alta. feedlots must report cattle on move
Feedlots in Alberta will soon be required to record and report cattle move-in information to the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. In a newsletter released Thursday, the provincial ag department said […] Read more
Ritz’s listeria cracks should cost job: Grits
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s comments on the listeriosis outbreak have the federal Liberals again calling for his resignation, this time over “inappropriate and insensitive” wisecracks on a conference call. Liberal […] Read more
Maple Leaf reopens deep-cleaned Toronto plant
Following six “intensive sanitizations” to wipe out any trace of listeria, Maple Leaf Foods is restarting production at its Bartor Road meat processing plant in Toronto. The Canadian Food Inspection […] Read more
Community elevator burns in Sask.
Grain growers near the northern Saskatchewan town of Cudworth lost a local shipping point Tuesday as the community’s elevator burned to the ground, Saskatoon’s StarPhoenix newspaper reports. The newspaper, on […] Read more
DuPont names new Canadian ag chem chief
The Canadian wing of chemical company DuPont has named Priscila Vansetti as its new business director for DuPont Crop Protection Canada. Vansetti’s appointment is effective Aug. 1, putting her in […] Read more
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