Even under federal government pressure to get more Prairie grain moving by rail to Vancouver and Thunder Bay, crops that make it to the latter port aren’t going anywhere this […] Read more
Heavy ice to keep eastbound grain landlocked for now
Ont. colleges to run Alfred ag campus
Two Ontario francophone colleges plan to step in to keep French-language agriculture and food science programming rolling at the University of Guelph’s Alfred campus — in certain cases as early […] Read more
Ont. racehorse breeders suing OLG over slots program
Over 30 of Ontario’s standardbred racehorse breeders are set to sue Ontario’s Crown gaming agency for $65 million over the loss of the provincial Slots at Racetracks program (SARP). The […] Read more
Same EI premiums, no benefits for seasonal farm workers: study
Foreign workers brought to Canada for seasonal farm employment are seeing no employment insurance (EI) benefits for what they and their employers pay into the EI program, a union study […] Read more
CHS to buy 16 Agrium retail, anhydrous outlets
Corrected, March 17 — U.S. farm co-op giant CHS Inc. is set to expand further into the Prairie ag input retail market as the buyer of 16 crop retail and […] Read more
Governments, Vancouver port propose measures to restart trucking
A package of measures drafted late Thursday by federal, provincial and port officials to end the trucking dispute at Port Metro Vancouver awaits a response from container truckers who’ve been […] Read more
Canadian lamb co-operative near launch
The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative (CLPC) is set to start buying finished lambs this spring and launch a new marketing arm, dubbed the Canadian Lamb Company, this month. The co-operative, […] Read more
W. Manitoba feedlot building wrecked in fire
A cattle feeding operation in western Manitoba has lost its office and several equipment bays in an overnight fire. The fire department and RCMP from Hamiota, about 80 km northwest […] Read more
Campari makes play in Canadian whisky
Staking a claim in the smoking-hot Canadian whisky market, Italian beverage giant Campari is poised to snap up what’s billed as the only independent whisky maker in Ontario. Gruppo Campari […] Read more
Manitoba moves to find space for ‘at-risk’ grain
A grain bin listing service and “flexibility” in spring load limits on provincial roads are among the moves Manitoba plans to pursue to get “at-risk” grain out of harm’s way […] Read more
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