Canada has won high praise from a senior official with the UN’s World Food Program for becoming one of the first countries to make its minimum nine-figure annual pledge up front as it formally adopts a new international treaty. “Canada is one of the strongest supporters of the World Food Program,” said Pedro Medrano Rojas,
Canada wins high praise for its contribution to food security
FNA will act as sourcing agent for new CWB
Staff with Farmers of North America (FNA) will soon be able to act as the middleman for farmers interested in contracting grain to CWB. Saskatoon-based FNA, a farmers’ buying group negotiating deals on low-cost inputs and other farm supplies and services, announced Jan. 24 its staff will act as “a key sourcing agent for CWB
FNA to act as CWB agent
Staff with Farmers of North America (FNA) will soon be able to act as the middleman for farmers interested in contracting grain to CWB. Saskatoon-based FNA, a farmers’ buying group negotiating deals on low-cost inputs and other farm supplies and services, announced Thursday its staff will act as "a key sourcing agent for CWB contracts"
Dow may hold back Enlist corn in Canada
Dow AgroSciences hasn’t scrapped plans for a limited launch of its 2,4-D/glyphosate-tolerant Enlist corn in Canada this spring, but now grants that it may have to wait. Canadian regulators have already approved the Enlist herbicide tolerance trait for launch, in both corn and soybeans. However, Dow’s Enlist seed-and-chemical package for corn growers also calls for
TOP 10 of ’12: Single desk out, beef packer down, tractor in deep
If you’d put down bets in late 2011 to predict the most-viewed Daily News stories of 2012 on AGCanada.com, you likely wouldn’t have lost money on what turned out to be the No. 1 story. But let’s be honest: in the second spot, who here expected to see quite so much No. 2? One of
Richardson cleared to buy into Viterra’s handle
Canada’s second-biggest grain handler now has all the approvals it needs to buy a substantial chunk of the No. 1 player. Winnipeg’s Richardson International said Thursday it’s received confirmation from the Competition Bureau of Canada to go ahead and seal its deal with Glencore International. The Swiss commodity firm on Monday became Canada’s No. 1
Ont. shepherd charged over alleged CFIA quarantine breach
A vanishing act in April involving 31 sheep from an eastern Ontario farm under federal quarantine has now led to criminal charges against the animals’ owner and three other people. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday announced it has laid criminal charges against Hastings, Ont. farmer Linda Montana Jones and three other people —
Quebec ag minister unseated in PQ minority win
Quebec’s agriculture minister was among the Liberals defeated Tuesday in a squeaker of a provincial election, out of which the Parti Quebecois returns to power — but at a low wattage. Pierre Corbeil, the Liberal MNA for the southwestern riding of Abitibi-Est from 2003 to 2007 and 2008 until now, had been Quebec’s minister of
Go-ahead for BHP’s potash plan not expected in 2013
Mining giant BHP Billiton, in the midst of putting various other projects on hold, now doesn’t expect to seek the final blessing from its board for its potash play in Saskatchewan anytime in fiscal 2013. The Australian/British mining firm on Wednesday released its results for the year ending June 30, logging overall profit of US$15.42
Baskin-Robbins to shut Peterborough ice cream plant
A Nova Scotia dairy processor’s gain will be a loss in central Ontario as retail ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins moves to close the last of its company-owned plants. Baskin-Robbins, the world’s biggest chain of ice cream specialty stores, said Wednesday it will permanently shut its facility at Peterborough, Ont. by mid-October, lay off its 80
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