McCain Foods has hired from within for its new president and CEO, naming its chief operating officer Dirk Van de Put on Friday to run the Canadian frozen-food giant. In what the company calls a “planned transition,” Van de Put replaces Dale Morrison, who’s leaving the company after seven years as CEO to become a […] Read more
McCain Foods taps COO as new CEO
Quebec ag marketing board to get power to penalize
The Quebec government plans to plug a loophole that allowed an out-of-province maple syrup buyer to make an end-run around the province’s marketing legislation. Provincial Agriculture Minister Pierre Corbeil on Thursday tabled a bill to amend Quebec’s agricultural, food and fish marketing Act to allow the province’s Regie des marches agricoles (Agricultural and Food Marketing […] Read more
CBEF approves merger with BIC, checkoff agency
Members of the Canada Beef Export Federation have voted unanimously to consolidate their operations with the Beef Information Centre and the national beef checkoff agency. CBEF members approved the merger at a special meeting Friday in Calgary, the organization said in a release Tuesday. The consolidation with the BIC and Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market[...]
Seeding nearly done in Alta., rain needed in north
Alberta farmers are nearly finished with their spring seeding operations, having made quick progress in the past few weeks, according to a crop specialist with the province's Ag-Info Centre. With planting wrapping up, fields in the northern part of the province are now in need of some rainfall, while excess moisture is causing some concerns[...]
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Atlantic provinces launch strategy against Johne’s
Atlantic Canada’s four dairy boards and the Atlantic Veterinary College have launched a program of testing and assessment to help limit the spread of Johne’s disease in dairy cattle. The boards and the University of Prince Edward Island’s AVC on Monday launched what’s called the Atlantic Johne’s Disease Initiative (AJDI), a program of herd testing, […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle continue grind lower
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $2 lower last week. Lighter-weight grass cattle held up fairly well, with heavier replacements moving in line with the slaughter market. Alberta fed steers were $2 lower trading at the $100 per hundredweight (cwt) level, down $16/cwt from the highs in early April. Feeder steers weighing 620[...]
Ont. corn processor backed to refit sugar plant
A former beet sugar processing plant in southwestern Ontario will be overhauled to process corn for the food processing industry. Dover Corn Products on Wednesday picked up just under $300,000 from the province's rural economic development program towards its renovations at the Chatham facility. The building, according to various media reports, previously belonged to Redpath[...]
Agrium to buy U.S. micronutrient maker
Fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium plans to buy a Nebraska company making zinc sulphate and other granular and liquid nutrients for the fertilizer and livestock feed markets. Calgary-based Agrium said Thursday it plans to buy Tetra Micronutrients, based at Fairbury, Neb., about 110 km southwest of Lincoln, and close the deal by mid-July. The […] Read more
NAFTA dispute over Quebec 2,4-D ban settled
Dow AgroSciences and the federal government have reached a settlement of the U.S. ag chem firm’s challenge of Quebec’s ban of certain uses of the herbicide 2,4-D. The agreement, signed Wednesday, ends Dow’s 2009 challenge of Quebec’s ban under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which contended that the province’s 2006 ban […] Read more
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