Agrifood firm Richardson International plans to put up $120 million to dial up the processing capacity of its canola crushing plant in southern Alberta by over 55 per cent. Privately-held, Winnipeg-based Richardson said Wednesday the new upgrades at its Lethbridge plant are expected to boost its peak annual crush to over 700,000 tonnes of canola per year,
Richardson cranking up canola crush, throughput at Lethbridge
Manitoba 4-H gains greater autonomy
The organization is taking over many responsibilities from the provincial Agriculture Department
The Manitoba 4-H Council is taking on a raft of new responsibilities Sept. 1. It’ll be assuming responsibility for club, member and leader support, 4-H Area Council program support, member and leader records and volunteer screening, taking over from Manitoba Agriculture, something the organization describes as an exciting evolution. “It’s terrific that Manitoba 4-H Council
Fletcher’s brand returns to Premium Brands
The Vancouver food processing firm formerly known as Fletcher’s Fine Foods is set to buy back the namesake brand it sold in 2004. Premium Brands, which rebranded in 2000 and sold its U.S.-based Fletcher’s Fine Foods bacon and sausage business to Sofina Foods, announced Monday it will buy the Fletcher’s U.S. business and assets for
Manitoba celebrates bacon month
Winnipeg is considered Canada’s bacon capital
If bacon makes everything better, Winnipeg must be the best place on earth. That’s because Canada’s bacon capital is celebrating Bacon Month in Manitoba, for the third year in a row, and Manitoba Pork is calling on bacon lovers to help celebrate by entering a contest to win bacon for a year. There’s little doubt
In vitro a bison first
Saskatchewan researchers say the techniques will pave the way to battling TB and brucellosis in wild herds
In a world first, veterinary researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have produced three bison calves using in vitro fertilization. Researchers produced them in a laboratory, then transferred the embryos into surrogate mothers. A fourth calf was produced from a frozen embryo that was taken from a bison cow in 2012 and transferred to a
ALUS program expands to Quebec
The Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program has made its move into a sixth province with a new project in Quebec’s Monteregie. ALUS Canada, working with the Monteregie branch of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), formally launched the program Wednesday at its first Quebec location, a farm near St-Jean-Baptiste, south of St-Hyacinthe. ALUS, in
Livestock water supplies still a concern after oil spill
While cleanup and water testing continue on the North Saskatchewan River, livestock producers with river access are still advised to find alternate water sources. Jenifer Heyden, livestock specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in North Battleford, said ministry staffers and Husky Energy did work with a few producers who were having trouble accessing alternate water sources, to
Capture more profit by feeding cattle to finish
Our History: August 1983
The Manitoba Beef Commission, a marketing agency established by the NDP government in the late 1970s, ran this ad in our August 18, 1983 issue. It encouraged cattle producers to capture more profit by feeding their animals to finish, and offered marketing assistance plus financing assistance through MACC. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association and the
Bunge crush plant taking deliveries after fire
U.S. agrifood firm Bunge’s canola crushing plant at Nipawin in northeastern Saskatchewan is taking deliveries from farmers following an Aug. 2 fire. Bunge spokesperson Deb Seidel said via email Tuesday the plant is “partially operational” and the company expects it to be fully operational in about a month. Local media last week quoted fire officials
Agricultural Hall of Fame: Gordon McPhee
Four Manitobans were inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Portage la Prairie July 14. Over the next few weeks, we’re featuring each one with their citations
For most of his career, Gordon McPhee has played a major role in preserving one of our most precious resources, the soil and working with the agricultural industry towards sustainable development. Together with his wife Mary, Gordon has always been able to look at what was happening on farms and then be quick to acknowledge
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