Winnipeg foodservice egg processor MFI Food Canada is poised to become an arm of breakfast giant Post as part of the U.S. company’s biggest-ever takeover deal. Post Holdings, whose brands […] Read more
Winnipeg egg processor to join Post
Que. flood concerns briefly shut Olymel pork plant
Quebec meat packing firm Olymel called off shifts Wednesday at its Beauce-region pork slaughter plant due to potential flood threats. Olymel, the meat processing arm of agrifood co-operative Coop Federee, […] Read more
CWB bidding for full ownership of Prairie West Terminal
Western Saskatchewan farmers with shares in grain handler Prairie West Terminal are to vote next month on a $43.23 million cash bid from CWB for the 90 per cent it […] Read more
Rise in farmland values most pronounced in Sask., Man., Que.
Farm Credit Canada’s annual charting of the ebb and flow of Canada’s farmland values saw price increases ahead of the curve in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec pushing nationwide values to […] Read more
ADM set to take full control of Toepfer
U.S. agrifood giant Archer Daniels Midland plans to buy the stake it doesn’t yet own in international grain trading house Toepfer International, and to forge ahead with the sale of […] Read more
Kochia becomes Manitoba’s first glyphosate-resistant weed
It’s in just a pair of fields out of over 280 surveyed in the province last fall, but it’s now Manitoba’s first official glyphosate-resistant weed. It’s kochia, and it’s been […] Read more
CFIA widens plum pox net in Niagara region
The quarantine area is now slightly larger in southern Ontario’s Niagara region where tender fruit trees are still considered at risk for the yield-robbing plum pox virus. The Canadian Food […] Read more
Letnick re-appointed as B.C. ag minister
Former British Columbia agriculture minister Norm Letnick has been re-appointed to the post, replacing Pat Pimm as the latter recovers from cancer surgery. Letnick, the MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country, had […] Read more
Federal deputy ag minister retiring, new DM named
One of Canada’s former federal trade negotiators for the North American market is set to become the country’s top agriculture bureaucrat at the end of this month. Andrea Lyon, who […] Read more
Viterra to boost Vancouver port terminal throughput
Canada’s biggest grain handler plans to take on a $100 million-plus list of “improvements and upgrades” to boost annual throughput at its Pacific Elevators terminal in Vancouver to as much […] Read more
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