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Maple Leaf sees 'inflection point' beyond red ink of 2022

Another of Canada's major pork and poultry packers has reported significant net losses in its 2022 ledger, but sees "green shoots" suggesting a return to normal pork markets and stable supply chains this year. Maple Leaf Foods on Thursday reported a net loss of $311.89 million on $4.739 billion in gross sales for its fiscal[...]

Dairy commission fills board vacancy

Concerns that the Canadian Dairy Commission could be caught short at its board table have been resolved with a new appointment to a vacant commissioner's chair. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Sept. 27 announced Shikha Jain will be the CDC's commissioner for a four-year term effective Sept. 15. Jain, who lives at Guelph, is[...]

Saputo to consolidate U.S. cheesemaking, shut three plants

The Canadian company ranked among the three biggest cheesemakers in the U.S. is preparing to consolidate five of its cheese plants in that country down to two. Montreal-based Saputo announced last Thursday it has construction underway on a new $240 million cut-and-wrap cheese plant in the Milwaukee suburb of Franklin, to be up and running[...]

Country icon, Alberta rancher Ian Tyson dies at 89

Ian Tyson, the British Columbia-born cowboy who became a Canadian folk and country music legend and southern Alberta rancher, died Thursday at age 89. Among his many accolades, Tyson was named to the Order of Canada since 1994 and the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2006. A cause of death was not released Thursday but[...]

Olymel restarting hog slaughter at Red Deer

Meat packer Olymel plans to restart slaughter operations Thursday at one of Canada's largest hog plants following a major outbreak of COVID-19 among employees. Olymel, an arm of Sollio Co-operative, said late Wednesday it had recalled "employees that are needed to ensure that the gradual restarting of operations goes smoothly" at its Red Deer, Alta.[...]

Feds line up projects for surplus food program

The federal government has lined up eight projects to source and distribute perishable produce, meat, eggs and seafood piling up across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the federal pandemic response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in early May that Ottawa would budget $50 million for a food surplus purchase program. The[...]

F. Menard's pork industry assets cleared for sale

Antitrust regulators have cleared the path for La Coop federee to take up a significantly larger, vertically integrated share of its home province's pork packing, feed milling and hog production sectors. The agribusiness co-operative announced Thursday its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture arms have "received the green light" from the federal Competition Bureau to buy the[...]

CCA, Sask. minister question traceability cost, timing

A pledge by most of Canada's ag ministers last week for a mandatory, nationwide livestock traceability system by 2011 has left too much unanswered for Canada's cattle producers or the Saskatchewan government to support. The Canadian Cattlemen's Association on Monday rolled out a statement of disappointment, saying not much else other than the 2011 deadline[...]

Editors' Picks: Save land, use oilsands as cemeteries

Student researchers from the University of Alberta suggest Canadian industries, such as oilsands companies, consider preserving the country's useable land base by helping rejuvenate used land as "environmentally friendly cemeteries." The students, working on a class project in the U of A's department of renewable resources, researched the viability of creating "peaceful green spaces" by[...]

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