Ontario ethanol firm GreenField Ethanol has signed on for a project to produce ethanol from Edmonton’s municipal waste. The company announced Thursday it will work with the Alberta capital’s civic […] Read more
GreenField to produce waste-based ethanol
CWB’s June PROs increase across board
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Canterra Seeds names new CEO
A marketing manager with Cargill’s Canadian grain handling, seed and ag inputs wing has been named the new CEO of Winnipeg’s Canterra Seeds. The company announced Thursday that Richard Kieper, […] Read more
XL Foods to buy Lakeside Packers
U.S. meat giant Tyson Foods plans to sell one of the largest beef packing plants in Canada to an Alberta rival. Saying its Lakeside Farm Industries plant “no longer fits […] Read more
New N.B. farmland development funded
The New Brunswick government has pledged $650,000 for a program to help farmers bring new land into production and improve productivity on ag land already in production. The New Brunswick […] Read more
Financing lined up for E. coli vaccine plant
An Ontario firm’s planned scale-up of production for an E. coli vaccine for cattle is now fully financed, the company announced Wednesday. Pharmaceutical firm Bioniche Life Sciences of Belleville said […] Read more
Canpotex to raise potash shipping capacity
Potash marketing firm Canpotex plans to spend over $500 million over the next four years to expand its export capacity over two Canadian west coast terminals by over 90 per […] Read more
Ont. puts up $4M for farmers’ market projects
The Ontario government has pledged $4 million over four years to help farmers’ market groups encourage and promote direct farm marketing to consumers. The new funding comes from a $56 […] Read more
CWB posts new midge maps
Weather data and computer modeling will help the Canadian Wheat Board post new daily maps estimating how and when wheat midge will emerge across the Prairies. The CWB announced Wednesday […] Read more
Ag secretary named public works minister
Quebec MP Christian Paradis, the federal secretary of state for agriculture, has been named the federal minister for public works and government services. Paradis’ new duties will be in addition […] Read more