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Cargill to exit Canadian egg processing

U.S. agrifood giant Cargill is set to step out of the Canadian egg processing business and sell its Toronto-area plant to another processor in the same line of work. The company announced Thursday it plans to sell its egg processing plant at Etobicoke to Global Egg Corp., which also operates out of Etobicoke, for an

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Little chicken

By Gord Gilmour October 20, 2016

A few years ago a potato war erupted in Manitoba. An independent market gardener had been growing table potatoes for years and selling through farmers’ markets and produce stands. With the local food market really coming into its own, he thought he’d spied a growth opportunity. Eventually he began cutting deals with larger and larger

Crops

Canada’s Onex to buy U.S. grocery chain Save-A-Lot

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 17, 2016

Reuters — Food retailer and wholesaler Supervalu Inc. said it will sell its Save-A-Lot business to Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. for US$1.37 billion rather than spinning off the discount grocery chain as previously planned, the companies said on Monday. Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu had been looking to separate the more profitable division, which

Livestock

Belgian ‘Non’ clouds EU meeting to approve CETA

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 17, 2016

Luxembourg | Reuters — European Union trade ministers meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday aiming to approve a free trade agreement with Canada but facing regional opposition in Belgium that threatens to scupper the entire deal. All 28 EU governments now back the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which would be the bloc’s first trade

Wolves in Saskatchewan’s Prince Albert National Park in 2014. (Parks Canada photo, pc.gc.ca)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Saskatchewan to thin out wolf pack along treeline

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 15, 2016

Aiming to prevent “wolf-livestock conflicts” in the region, Saskatchewan’s environment department will again offer a wolf hunting season along the provincial forest fringe starting Saturday. The wolf hunt, running from Oct. 15, 2016 through to March 31, 2017, is to be allowed in wildlife management zones 43 (Melfort, Tisdale), 47 (North Battleford, Turtleford), 48 (Preeceville,

Crops, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees La Nina likely in coming months

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 14, 2016

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government forecaster on Thursday said the chance has increased for weather phenomenon La Nina developing in the coming months in the Northern Hemisphere fall and persist into winter 2016-17. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in a monthly forecast pegged the chance

Our History

The Butler building advantage, rain and slush halts harvest

Our History: October 1954

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 13, 2016

This ad from our Oct. 21, 1954 issue promoted the ease of erection, expansion or relocation of Butler steel buildings. Another ad by the Manitoba Power Commission celebrated a milestone in rural electrification with the installation of the 100,000th power meter at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Weerts at Ochre River. “Just nine

A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen outlet in Costa Rica. (Businesswire.com)

Livestock

U.S. chicken chain makes move on Western Canada

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 13, 2016

The world’s second-biggest quick-service chicken chain by number of stores is set to expand its reach into Western Canada starting next month. Atlanta-based chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen announced Tuesday it plans to open a new store in November in the Tamarack area of Edmonton, followed by a store in Calgary’s Forest Lawn area, then “subsequent

NASA’s Terra satellite observes Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew being absorbed by a cold front along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on Oct. 9 at 11:45 a.m. ET. (NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Livestock, Weather

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that hold hog waste on farms

Dairy cattle, Livestock

EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 12, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — European Parliament member and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove will be allowed to stay in Canada after earlier being told to leave the country, according to organizers of an event where he had been scheduled to speak. The Council of Canadians, a social justice non-profit, said on Wednesday that a decision to

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Poultry