The Alberta and federal governments have assembled $1.35 million in funding for the province’s hog sector to further build up biosecurity against diseases such as porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The […] Read more
Alta. gathers GF2 funding for PED prevention
More Manitoba hogs turn up with PED
Another small group of Manitoba hogs has tested positive off-farm for the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), this time at an unnamed “high-traffic site” in the province’s livestock-intensive southeast. The […] Read more
Quebec’s PQ, CAQ name ag critics
Quebec’s opposition Parti Quebecois (PQ) and Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) have named their agriculture critics for when the provincial assembly reconvenes next month. Interim PQ leader Stephane Bedard on Friday […] Read more
Alta. pet food firm to make U.S. play with Kentucky plant
An Edmonton pet food manufacturer with a penchant for home-grown ingredients plans to expand its reach south of the border with a new U.S. facility, and new U.S. suppliers, in […] Read more
Ex-ag committee chief Paradis named Que. ag minister
A former agriculture critic for Quebec’s provincial Liberals and former chair of the assembly’s agriculture, fisheries and food committee is the province’s new agriculture minister. Announcing his cabinet Wednesday following […] Read more
CP, CN book higher Q1 grain revenue, smaller grain handle
First-quarter revenue from grain handling is up at both Canadian Pacific (CP) and Canadian National (CN) Railways as the two companies both reported higher overall quarterly profit. CP on Tuesday […] Read more
OAC’s Kemptville campus funded for skills training
The Ontario government has put up $2 million to extend skills training programs at the Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) soon-to-be-shuttered Kemptville campus for the coming academic year. The province announced […] Read more
Billiton resumes Sask. potash work at ‘modulated’ pace
Global mining giant BHP Billiton has resumed excavation work it put on hold late last year at its potash mining project in Saskatchewan — but plans to pace its dig […] Read more
Sask. sets up pre-emptive PEDv response fund
Saskatchewan and its hog industry are setting up a contingency fund against the day porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) arrives in the province. The federal and Saskatchewan governments on Thursday announced […] Read more
Maple Leaf’s Hamilton wiener plant now closed
A wiener processing plant on Maple Leaf Foods’ list of six further-processing facilities tapped for closure in the company’s 2011 “value creation” plan has officially shut its doors. The Toronto […] Read more
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