The Serbian chef who helped found the World Testicle Cooking Festival has compiled his hobby into an interactive digital cookbook, the Reuters news service reported Tuesday. Ljubomir Erovic has launched […] Read more
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St. Lawrence strike could hit grain prices: CWB
Grain prices could be pressured if a strike by unionized workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway comes to pass, the Canadian Wheat Board warns. The CWB and “other key stakeholders” […] Read more
CFIA caps melamine in Chinese milk imports
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has set interim standards to limit the amount of melamine in imported foods that contain milk or milk products from China. CFIA announced in a […] Read more
Ontario Pork out as single-desk hog marketer
Ontario Pork has until Dec. 1 to come up with a new structure and governance model to match its new role in hog marketing in Ontario. That role, announced Monday […] Read more
Rain stalls Man. harvest, Sask. nearly done
Farmers in Saskatchewan are on last year’s pace to bring their 2008 crop in, while Manitoba farmers must now wait out rain that fell on much of their remaining crop […] Read more
Farm Business Communications earns 11 at CFWF
Farm Business Communications came away with 11 national awards Saturday at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards banquet in Courtenay, B.C. The Farm Business Communications division, based in Winnipeg and […] Read more
Rethink yield math: Sask. crop insurance review
Yield trending and yield cushioning are among the changes recommended in a new review of Saskatchewan’s provincial crop insurance program. The province hasn’t yet specified what changes it will make […] Read more
UAP launches slow-release N fertilizer
UAP has rolled out a new slow-release nitrogen fertilizer that it says will allow farmers to plan around a “more targeted” foliar N application later in a growing season. The […] Read more
Friends of CWB look for quick court date
A farmers’ group hoping to overturn changes to the voters’ list for Canadian Wheat Board director elections wants to have its case heard before the election process moves ahead. Friends […] Read more
Equipment funding extended for VBP participants
Cattle producers taking part in a Verified Beef Production (VBP) workshop now have until Dec. 31 to apply for funding to purchase equipment via the Canadian Food Safety and Quality […] Read more
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