Farmers and others hit by widespread summer flooding in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan may be able to seek deferrals on payments to lenders. Some Prairie lenders, while pledging financial […] Read more
Lenders offer breaks in flood-impacted Prairie areas
Ont. ag minister seeks ‘move away’ from wide neonic use
Ontario’s corn and soybean growers’ group says it’s insulted and disappointed to find out the provincial ag ministry plans to put new limits on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Grain […] Read more
Canada pans USDA’s planned shifts in cross-border inspection fees
Plans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to recover more of its agricultural quarantine inspection (AQI) costs from users moving goods into the country have left Canada officially underwhelmed. Canada’s […] Read more
Agrium’s turf, ornamental business sale clears
Fertilizer and ag retail firm Agrium has officially shed its turf and ornamental business in a deal with U.S. producer Koch Fertilizer. Calgary-based Agrium said Wednesday it has sealed its […] Read more
Producer car application system going online
Grain growers wanting to apply for producer cars will be able to do so online later this month. Starting Monday (July 7), farmers who administer their own producer cars, as […] Read more
Juice maker Lassonde buys further into U.S. market
Quebec-based fruit juice processor Lassonde Industries plans to buy its way further into the U.S. juice market — this time in the branded juice business, with a play for a […] Read more
Manitoba calls provincial emergency
A provincial state of emergency takes effect in Manitoba at noon Friday as municipalities along the Assiniboine River brace for flood levels above those seen in 2011. Declaring a state of […] Read more
Sunny weather doesn’t end Prairie flood risk
A period of relatively dry and sunny weather in eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba between now and the weekend may allow overland water to pass, but doesn’t end the flood […] Read more
PQ’s first agriculture minister Jean Garon, 76
Jean Garon, the lawyer and founding Parti Quebecois member who served as Rene Levesque’s first minister of agriculture, died on Canada Day at age 76. Garon, the MNA for the […] Read more
B.C.’s medical-grade grows won’t be farms
The five production sites licensed to grow medical marijuana in British Columbia will not get to call themselves “farms” for tax purposes starting next year. The provincial government announced Wednesday […] Read more
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