A U.S. dairy sector economist is the latest observer to suggest Canada’s concessions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership may eventually lead to more imports of U.S. milk than Ottawa bargained for. Ag economist Andrew Novakovic of New York’s Cornell University said in a release that the TPP, for U.S. producers, marks a major opportunity in Canada’s
Critics see TPP as edge of wedge for U.S. milk
Agricultural Hall of Fame: Robert Roehle
The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in July 2015. Here is one of the new inductees
Robert (Bob) Gilmor Roehle grew up on a grain and dairy farm at Blackdale, Manitoba. Following his education at Irwinton, West St. Paul and Stonewall Collegiate, he attended the University of Manitoba where he earned a B.S.A. in 1968 and an M.Sc. in agricultural economics in 1971. In 1968, he married Judith McKillop, a business
Saputo buys goat cheesemaker Woolwich Dairy
Canada’s biggest cheesemaker is expanding its reach in the goat dairy market with a friendly all-cash takeover of Ontario goat cheese firm Woolwich Dairy. Montreal-based Saputo announced Monday it has paid $80 million for the family-owned cheesemaking company, including its three plants and distribution centre. Based at Orangeville, north of Guelph, Woolwich has operated since
Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact
Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The
Monsanto names 16 Manitoba scholars
Each student takes $1,500 into first post-secondary year
Sixteen Manitobans are among 66 high school graduates set to get $1,500 each from Monsanto for their first year of agricultural schooling. Monsanto Canada on Sept. 23 announced the 66 winners of its 2015 Monsanto Fund Opportunity Scholarships, out of 135 applicants from across the country. Manitoba’s recipients for 2015 include Tara Frisch of Manitou,
John Morriss receives lifetime achievement award
FBC writers score big in annual awards competition
John Morriss, associate publisher of Farm Business Communications, was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian Farm Writers Federation meeting here Sept. 27. Morriss was recognized for his commitment to agricultural journalism over the past four decades, as publisher and editor of the Manitoba Co-operator, and Farmers’ Independent Weekly, and as editorial director
New alliance in grain elevators formed, U.S. durum duties opposed
Our History: October 1993
This ad in our Oct. 14, 1993 issue described a new alliance between Can-Oat Milling and Manitoba Pool Elevators, which had purchased an 11 per cent interest in the operation at Portage la Prairie. SaskPool later bought MPE’s interest and it eventually became part of the Agricore/UGG/SaskPool/Viterra mergers. It is now owned by James Richardson
Agricultural Hall of Fame: David Jeffries
The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in July 2015. Here is one of the new inductees
David (Dave) Jeffries was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1949. However, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, has been his home since his family moved there in 1959. Dave and his wife Judith (nee Abbors), whom he married in 1980, have three children: a daughter Dawn, currently living in Austin, Manitoba, and two sons, Ernie and Roland,
Producer groups lobby for TPP deal in Atlanta
Several Canadian grain and livestock commodity groups have representatives in Atlanta this week pressing for federal negotiators to keep Canada in play on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trade ministers from the 12 TPP countries — also including the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam — are meeting in
Glencore reported moving ahead on ag stake sale
Commodities firm Glencore, the owner of Prairie grain-handling heavyweight Viterra, is reported as already moving forward on plans to bring minority investors into its ag business. Glencore announced earlier this month it plans to tame the debt it’s racked up in its recent major expansions, partly through sales of assets and new shares. Those assets,
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