A Canadian program to assist Ukrainian farmers in the transition to a more modern economy has been extended for two years. The Canada-Ukraine Facility for Agriculture Reform and Modernization (FARM) Program is managed by Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) with partnerships with the Saskatchewan and Manitoba Provincial Governments and the Canadian International Development Agency […] Read more
Ukraine assistance program extended
Saskatchewan crops above average
Saskatchewan Agriculture’s crop report for the week ending July 27 says pre-harvest crop production estimates indicate that farmers are expected to harvest 25.35 million tonnes of grains, oilseeds and specialty crops. However, crop reporters said crops are still one to two weeks behind normal for this time of year. This estimate, if realized, would result […] Read more
Manitoba crops look good overall
Manitoba Agriculture’s crop report for the week ending July 28 indicates generally good though variable conditions for Manitoba crops, with some areas needing more rain and others suffering from excess moisture from storms last week. In the southwest, crops progressed well with early canola coming off flower but the majority is in full bloom. Flax […] Read more
Mission Terminal buys Man. elevator
A Winnipeg firm better known for handling Prairie farmers’ producer-car grain shipments is entering the grain handling business itself. Mission Terminal Inc. (MTI), which operates a terminal at Thunder Bay, Ont., has bought a 6,000-tonne-capacity primary grain elevator at Alexander, Man., about 25 km west of Brandon. The company, owned by Winnipeg-based Upper Lakes Grain […] Read more
Soy rust spores reach Ont., Man.
Emphasizing that spores by themselves don’t mean a disease outbreak, the Ontario ag ministry reports soybean rust spores have been found in rainfall samples collected in early July from eastern Ontario through to southern Manitoba. In a newsletter on crop pests released Friday, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) said the […] Read more
Seven Sask. bison die from anthrax
Seven bison on one farm in the northern Saskatchewan municipality of Paddockwood, near Prince Albert, were confirmed Thursday to have died of anthrax, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. The dead animals make up the second separate case of anthrax poisoning in the province this week, the CFIA said, noting one death in a […] Read more
P.E.I. fluid milk prices rise Sept. 1
Prince Edward Island’s minimum wholesale price of fluid milk and cream products will rise two cents a litre on Sept. 1, the P.E.I. Marketing Council announced Thursday. The council did not increase the minimum home delivery price of fluid milk products, chairman Gordon MacBeath said in a provincial release. Distributors are expected to adjust their […] Read more
Ont. backs horse centre project
Ontario’s provincial government will put up $500,000 for a new equine and agricultural centre in the southwestern municipality of Central Huron. The funding, announced Wednesday, goes to what will be called the Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron. The facility, to be built in an existing school building, will be used for education and […] Read more
New functional food research labs funded
Federal, provincial and city funding will support new Winnipeg laboratories and equipment for research on functional foods, nutraceuticals and other health products. The Winnipeg Partnership Agreement this week granted $800,000 to the Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) at St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre. “The enhanced facility will enable CCARM […] Read more
Wheat drops back in 2008-09 PRO
Wheat values have retreated in the new 2008-09 pool return outlooks (PROs) from the Canadian Wheat Board as wheat harvests get underway on the northern half of the globe. The CWB, in its 2008-09 PROs released Thursday, show nearly all wheat values down by $11 per tonne compared to June levels, putting No. 1 Canada […] Read more
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