The federal government has named former Agricore United CEO Brian Hayward to the board of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Hayward is now president of Aldare Resources, the […] Read more
Former AU CEO joins BDC board
Sask. food centre chief moves to canola
The manager of Saskatchewan’s provincial Food Industry Development Centre next month becomes executive director of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission. Catherine Folkersen takes the new post starting July 28, the […] Read more
Ont. dealership fined $100K over worker death
An Ontario farm equipment dealership worker’s fatal injuries in a forage harvester will cost the company a $100,000 fine, a provincial court ruled Monday. Weagant Farm Supplies of Winchester, about […] Read more
Hagen renamed B.C. ag minister in shuffle
A former British Columbia agriculture minister will take on the portfolio again in a cabinet shuffle Monday by Premier Gordon Campbell. Comox Valley MLA Stan Hagen, who has been Campbell’s […] Read more
Canada’s 13th mad cow found in B.C.
Few details have been released so far about Canada’s 13th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), found in a cow in British Columbia. Details not yet available Monday in the […] Read more
Man. pork co-op to shut assembly yard
The Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op plans to close its St. Boniface hog assembly yard this Friday after 43 years, as it plans a new location on Winnipeg’s outskirts. And in […] Read more
N.B. orchards, vineyards get rehab funding
Tree fruit and grape growers in New Brunswick will get almost $773,000 in federal and provincial funds to pull up old plants and trees and upgrade to varieties that are […] Read more
Don’t turn PKI pigeons loose: Fanciers
Farmers in Canada and the U.S. left holding flocks of pigeons after the reported bankruptcy of Pigeon King International shouldn’t just release the birds, a national fanciers’ group urged Monday. […] Read more
Federal judge unties gag on CWB
In deciding how or if the Canadian Wheat Board should promote single-desk marketing of Prairie wheat and barley, the buck stops with CWB directors, not with the federal minister responsible, […] Read more
Ag groups propose bridge over funding gaps
Leading up to the expected launch of the federal and provincial governments’ latest ag policy framework, several of Canada’s general farm groups have relaunched a proposal for a new program […] Read more