Cargill to close Man. grain facility

Cargill to close Man. grain facility

Reuters – Cargill Ltd. said on Thursday that it will close its Swan River, Manitoba grain facility, which includes two elevators, as of May 31, 2015. The facility would require costly upgrades if it remained open, Jeff Wildeman, regional manager of Cargill AgHorizons said in a statement. Cargill’s crop inputs facility in Swan River will remain open. The decision comes as Cargill

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Ex-Cargill beef plant worker fined in Alta. court

Reuters — A former worker at Cargill’s High River, Alta. beef plant has been fined for tampering with wastewater samples required by the province, Alberta officials said Wednesday. Cargill Ltd., the Canadian division of the privately held U.S. company, was required by Alberta to study the plant’s wastewater, and limit the amount of phosphorus discharged





Traders engage in turf war for Russian terminals

Investments planned to take export capacity from 
30 million to 50 million tonnes

International trade houses are buying into Russian grain port facilities to try to counter high handling costs from one of the world’s top producers of cereals, making smaller players fear they will lose out. Even with erratic harvests in recent years, Russia normally ranks among the top five global wheat exporters. But a lack of

Greg Porozni, the new chair of Cereals Canada.

Chair of new cereals group says it should model itself after canola council

Alberta farmer Greg Porozni says Cereals Canada will focus on research, market development and leveraging dollars

A new organization formed to enhance the domestic and international competitiveness of Canadian cereal grains will focus on collaboration to create value for the entire sector, says the inaugural chair of Cereals Canada. “We as an industry need to have a unified and cohesive voice to represent the entire industry and we haven’t had that


Weekly livestock auction report

Westward movement of cattle from Manitoba was slow during the week ended June 28, as demand from the West was impacted by recent floods in southern Alberta. Cargill’s packing plant near High River, Alta., had to close down for a few days during the week, Rick Wright of Heartland Buying Order Co. noted. “The plant

Group says GM alfalfa a nightmare scenario

Genetically modified alfalfa threatens Canada’s entire organic grain sector, says Manitoba Organic Alliance. Organic farmers won’t be able to shield their farms from pollen because insects can spread it as far as three miles, says the group. Contamination will then create a trade barrier for any Canadian crop exported to GM-free countries, said Ken Sabatier


Canada wins China canola access, sees Russia meat barriers

Canada has not ruled out WTO action against Russia for banning meat 
from Canadian plants over ractopamine

China has softened its three-year-old import restrictions on Canadian canola, while Russia is set to erect barriers to some of Canada’s biggest meat-packing plants, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said April 16. China approved one additional oilseed-crushing plant, the 600,000-tonne CNOOC-Biolux plant in Nantong, Jiangsu province, to accept shipments of Canadian canola seed, a crop

Mixed messages on gestation stalls

The head of Manitoba Pork Council says his group hasn’t pledged to move away from sow stalls after all

Manitoba hog producers should dig in their heels and say no to phasing out gestation stalls. That was the message Rick Berman brought to the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual general meeting last week, in which he urged producers to go on the offensive against “animal rights lunatics.” “Get your head around the fact you’re in