Quebec’s cheese industry, fighting an uphill marketing battle against a recent listeria crisis of its own, will get $8.4 million in provincial support over the next three years for development. […] Read more
Quebec to back beleaguered cheese industry
Income fund buys up Sask. pulse processor
A Regina special crop-processing firm has bought up all the shares of a Saskatchewan pulse processor that it didn’t already own. Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund, owner of 55 per […] Read more
Alberta’s ALMA launches web site
Alberta’s provincial Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), has opened up its new website for information on programs coming up as part of the province’s livestock and meat strategy. The site […] Read more
Scotian Gold apple facility gets $2M loan
The biggest apple packing and storage business in Eastern Canada will get a $2 million provincial loan to retool its packing system. The Nova Scotia government on Thursday announced a […] Read more
Man. extends TB mustering fee funding
The Manitoba government has announced a three-year extension of its program to help cover ranchers’ costs to gather animals for bovine tuberculosis (TB). The provincial ag department said Thursday it […] Read more
Agrium seeks buyback, shares drop
Calgary fertilizer giant Agrium has announced plans to buy back up to five per cent of its common shares, considering them undervalued, the day before its stock and those of […] Read more
P.E.I. potato growers up for AgriRecovery aid
Potato growers on Prince Edward Island affected by “extreme wet weather” can now share up to $12.4 million in federal/provincial aid through the AgriRecovery program. AgriRecovery, one of the programs […] Read more
Saskferco now “Yara Belle Plaine”
The Saskatchewan government and the Mosaic Company have sealed their $1.6 billion deal to sell Regina-based nitrogen maker Saskferco to a major chemical firm from Norway. Yara International on Wednesday […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: Fertilizer mix cuts explosion risk
A New Jersey firm says it’s discovered a mix that makes it “extremely difficult” to weaponize ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Honeywell Resins and Chemicals, which bills itself as one of the […] Read more
Canada’s farms still largely Tory blue: poll
A new poll by Ipsos Forward Research before the Oct. 14 election puts Canadian farmers’ support for the federal Conservatives at 59 per cent overall, well ahead of the pack […] Read more
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