Some said more than 10,000, others 7,000 to 8,000, but one way or another, a lot of farmers showed up at a rally at the Manitoba legislature on Oct. 9, 1991. They then marched down Portage Avenue to Portage and Main, receiving many waves and signs of encouragement from city dwellers along the route. The
Farmers march on the Manitoba Legislature
Our History: October 1991
Alta., U.S. ag co-ops partner on fertilizer plant
The Canadian arm of U.S. farm, fuel and agrifood co-op CHS is moving to expand its stake in Alberta’s ag input retail market, this time partnering with one of Canada’s top ag co-ops. CHS Canada and Alberta’s UFA announced a partnership deal Wednesday for a seed and crop input retail operation, plus agronomic and advisory
Three Alta. girls smothered in truckload of canola
Two 11-year-old girls and a 13-year-old girl have died after being smothered in a truckload of canola on a farm in western Alberta, according to RCMP and local media. Rocky Mountain House RCMP said late Tuesday they were called at about 6:15 that evening to a farm near Withrow, about 60 km west of Red
G3 to build Hamilton port terminal for Ont. grain
The grain company formerly known as CWB plans to build up a market share in Ontario grain and oilseed handling for export, with a new Lake Ontario terminal at Hamilton. G3 Canada announced Tuesday it will build a new lake terminal at the Port of Hamilton to ship crops out of southern Ontario en route
Could ‘The Martian’s’ scientist survive on potatoes alone?
Bean seeds would increase chances of survival — not to mention their potential as a source of biogas
With all the attention on the potential for life on Mars lately, the Crop Science Society of America is turning attention to foods best suited to supporting life there. In a release issued last week, the society notes that in the soon-to-be-released movie “The Martian,” the main character, when astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt
Labatt buys Toronto craft brewer Mill Street
An award-winning Toronto craft brewer, famed as the biggest certified organic brewer in Canada, is now owned by the makers of Bud and Blue. Labatt Breweries, the Canadian arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced Friday it has bought Mill Street Brewery for an undisclosed sum and will “immediately” invest $10 million in upgrades at Mill Street’s
Canada now avian flu-free
With no new cases in poultry since April and no farms in quarantine since July, Canada has officially declared itself free of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday it has informed the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) that Ontario is free of notifiable avian flu. No new outbreaks of highly pathogenic
Gluten-free Cheerios recall not for Canada
Gluten-free Cheerios or Honey Nut Cheerios in bilingual English-French packaging aren’t affected by a recent recall over undeclared wheat ingredients, the cereal’s manufacturer says. General Mills Canada said Wednesday that the products it sells in Canada aren’t included in the recall announced Tuesday in the U.S. General Mills recalled several days of production of Cheerios
Former UGG, CWB chief Lorne Hehn, 79
Lorne Hehn, at his funeral last week, was remembered as the Saskatchewan farmer-turned-businessman who led the Canadian Wheat Board toward its next-to-last incarnation as a farmer-controlled marketing agency. Hehn, who died Sept. 16 at age 79, had farmed at Markinch, about 65 km north of Regina, and was involved in several farm organizations, becoming a
Farmers in Alta. and Sask. strike, hundreds of pickets set up
Our History: October 1946
If you wanted good value in a grain crusher, you could visit your local co-op for either an eight- or 10-inch size of this model advertised in our Oct. 1, 1946 issue. That week, farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan were still on a strike that had begun Sept. 7. It was led by the Alberta
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