Application packages are expected to be available late next week for Ontario beekeepers to seek compensation for the past year’s “higher than normal” bee colony death losses. Before Friday’s loss […] Read more
Ontario preparing bee loss compensation
SW Ont. tobacco farmers arrested in black-market probe
Farmers and brokers in southwestern Ontario’s tobacco sector are among nine people arrested for alleged roles in a black-market network for domestic tobacco. RCMP at London, Ont. on Friday reported […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus launches level-of-service action against CN
The Canadian grain arm of commodities giant Louis Dreyfus plans to bring Canadian National Railway (CN) up before federal regulators to answer for the railway’s level of grain service. No one […] Read more
Maple Leaf books Q1 loss under PEDv cost pressure
A rise in pork prices due mainly to porcine epidemic diarrhea’s effects on the U.S. hog herd has bit deeper into Maple Leaf Foods’ bottom line for its first quarter […] Read more
Internal trade panel rips Que. limits on edible oil products
Quebec has been given until the end of the year to repeal provincial laws that have effectively banned sales in that province of edible oil dairy substitutes, such as some […] Read more
Rules to be tightened for halal label claims
Labels, packaging and/or advertising billing food sold in Canada as certified halal will soon be required to include the name of the food’s certifying body. The federal government last week […] Read more
Limits on antibiotics’ use acceptable for ranchers
New federal limits halting use of “medically important” antibiotics as growth promotants in livestock production aren’t expected to hurt the industry. “There won’t be as much restriction as we first […] Read more
Diesel, exchange rate to boost cost index for Prairie grain freight
A price index on which the math is based for how much revenue Canada’s big two railways get to keep from handling Prairie grain will see an above-average raise for the […] Read more
Another off-farm Manitoba site turns up PEDv
Another unnamed “high-traffic” off-farm site in western Manitoba has been found to have the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) present — albeit briefly, the province reported Monday. Manitoba’s office of […] Read more
Possible new clubroot strain seen beating resistant canolas
Higher-than-expected levels of clubroot infection, recently confirmed in some Edmonton-area canola fields seeded to clubroot-resistant seed varieties, may suggest a new pathotype of the disease in play. Stephen Strelkov, a […] Read more
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