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A botanist with APHIS’ National Identification Services (NIS) examines the contents of an unsolicited package of seeds under a microscope on July 30, 2020. (Photo courtesy USDA/APHIS)
Crops, Other

Unasked-for seed packets considered ‘low-risk’

But don't plant, flush or compost them, CFIA warns

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Federal inspectors say the unsolicited packages of seeds that have recently turned up in mailboxes across the country so far look to be “low-risk” — but still advise the public not to plant them. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have both reported
Francois Labelle, seen here with his miniature donkeys, says the grain industry was the source of a long and interesting career for him.
Farmit Manitoba

Labelle looks back on pulse sector career

A serendipitous summer job redirected his career path

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Francois Labelle thought he was going to be a horticulturist when he started a degree in agriculture in 1974, but his day job for the last 42 years has been in the grain business — mostly pulses crops. As a student, Labelle, who retired as executive director of Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers July 15,
Alberta greenhouse grower Whole Leaf is booked to provide lettuce for U.S. burger chain Wendy’s restaurants across Canada. (CNW Group/Wendy’s Restaurants of Canada)
Crops

Wendy’s secures Canadian greenhouse lettuce supply

Alberta grower to provide sandwich, salad lettuce nationwide

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The Canadian wing of U.S. burger chain Wendy’s is going strictly indoors, in southern Alberta, to supply all the lettuce for its salad, burger and chicken sandwich offerings across the country. Whole Leaf, based outside Coaldale, about 20 km east of Lethbridge, was announced last week as the lettuce supplier for the chain’s 384 stores
(Dave Bedard photo)
Markets, Other

Loblaw beats profit estimates as online sales surge

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Reuters — Loblaw beat quarterly revenue and profit estimates on Thursday, driven by a near-fourfold jump in online sales, as stay-at-home Canadians used the retailer’s pickup and delivery services to stock up on bread, milk and eggs. With consumers still limiting their trips outdoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said it would invest
(BriggsandStratton.com)
Other

Briggs + Stratton filing for reorganization, courting buyers

Stalking-horse deal in place with private equity firm

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U.S. outdoor power equipment maker Briggs + Stratton has locked in a stalking-horse buyer for its assets as it seeks a court-supervised reorganization. The Milwaukee-based company announced Monday it has a stock and asset purchase agreement in place with New York private equity firm KPS Capital Partners, best known as an investor in manufacturing companies.
(TopconPositioning.com)
Crops, Other

Brandt closes GeoShack deal, locks up Topcon sales in Canada

Tractor company revives Ontario deal

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A deal to make Brandt Tractor the exclusive dealer for Topcon geopositioning equipment clear across Canada has been resuscitated. Regina-based Brandt announced Tuesday it has closed its previously-announced deal to buy the assets of GeoShack Canada — two weeks after Dallas-based GeoShack declared that “a mutually beneficial deal… has not been attained.” GeoShack has been
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops

Ontario to insure for crop loss due to lack of labour

AgriInsurance offering hailed as a first in Canada

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Ontario’s federal/provincial AgriInsurance program has been temporarily expanded to include coronavirus-related labour shortages as a covered cause for crop loss. Producers already enrolled in an eligible production insurance plan and hit by crop losses due to labour disruptions during the 2020 growing season will be able to get further insurance coverage, the Ontario and federal
(File photo by Greg Berg)
Crops

Newfoundland farmers may shoot problem moose at night

Province to provide permits to qualified farmers

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Moose causing crop damage on farms in Newfoundland and Labrador may now be shot by farmers at night under a new special permit system. Farmers dealing with “problem moose” can now apply for permits for night shooting, via provincial agriculture development officers in their areas, the provincial fisheries and land resources department said Thursday. The
(OntLA.on.ca)
Crops

Ontario investigating 17 temp agencies after virus outbreaks on farms

"We stand firm against exploitation in our province"

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Toronto/Winnipeg | Reuters — Ontario is investigating 17 temporary recruitment agencies, the province’s labour ministry said, after health officials warned that agencies that move workers from farm to farm could be contributing to COVID-19 outbreaks. Canadian farms rely on some 60,000 people who come to Canada on temporary work permits every year, typically living and

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