Quebec’s first commercial-scale cherry orchard has picked up a federal loan toward building and equipping its new cherry processing plant. Le Temps des Cerises, operating since 2000, grows morello cherries (griottes) on about 8,000 trees for processing into products such as dried cherries, jams, jellies, yogurt-covered cherries and chocolate-dipped cherries as well as juices and […] Read more
Que. cherry producer backed for processing plant
Poultry antibiotic pulled in Canada
A feed additive used to help prevent coccidiosis in poultry will be suspended from sale in Canada next month. Pfizer Animal Health’s Canadian arm and Winnipeg veterinary drug distributor Dominion Veterinary Laboratories will voluntarily suspend sales of roxarsone, as sold in the products 3-Nitro-20 and Super Nitro-12, effective Aug. 8. Pfizer’s Alpharma subsidiary in the […] Read more
Klassen: Weak corn equals strong feeder cattle
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $2 higher in comparison to week-ago levels. Very light auction volumes were reported with many sale barns closed for summer holidays. Feedlot buying interest started to improve late in the week but with limited supplies available, there wasn't a significant test of the market. Feedlot operators continue[...]
U.S. to seek Canadian durum as U.S. acres plummet
The U.S. wheat industry is bracing for a tight supply of premium pasta wheat this year after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected durum acres this week to be the lowest in 50 years as heavy rains and flooding prevented seeding. Some industry specialists expect the number to get even smaller as the U.S. Department[...]
Ont. ramps up compensation for losses to predators
The Ontario government's compensation program for livestock losses to wild predators will expand to take in more types of prey and predator alike -- and to provide more money. The province on Thursday updated the 30-year-old program to raise the maximum compensation rates available to affected producers and expand the current list of wildlife species[...]
Sask. vet college resumes horse treatments
Horse patients are again welcome at Saskatoon’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine, which resumed equine services at its Large Animal Clinic on Wednesday morning. The University of Saskatchewan-based veterinary college had voluntarily suspended equine clinical services June 21 following a confirmed diagnosis of equine herpes virus, type 1 (EHV-1) in a Saskatoon-area horse brought to […] Read more
Manitoba rolls out recovery plan for flood-weary farmers
Manitoba has gone ahead and pledged its share of what’s expected to be a $194 million AgriRecovery program, aimed at crop and livestock producers facing various types of wrecks in the wake of unprecedented flooding this year. “Farmers can’t wait any longer for help and that’s why we are coming through for them when they […] Read more
Nationwide biodiesel mandate to arrive Friday
Nationwide regulations requiring two per cent biofuel in Canada’s diesel and heating oil will take effect as planned on Canada Day. Environment Minister Peter Kent on Wednesday announced the amended Renewable Fuels Regulations, which were published for public comment in February, will come into force on their expected start date of July 1. An 18-month […] Read more
Ontario lays out details for permanent RMP
Ontario's grain and oilseed growers will get first crack at enrolling in the province's permanent Risk Management Program (RMP) starting Aug. 2, followed by livestock producers in the fall. The provincial government on Wednesday released the details on the RMP, which the province pledged in its March budget to move beyond the pilot stage and[...]
Pro-CWB farmers aim to test Ritz’s plans in court
The federal government’s plans to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk for Prairie wheat and barley without a farmer vote are the target of a suit filed by a Prairie farmers’ group Monday. The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) has filed in Federal Court in Winnipeg for a judicial review of […] Read more
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