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Grains Act amendments get good grade but could be higher

By Alex Binkley November 21, 2012

Proposed changes to the Canadian Grain Commission grade well with national farm groups, but they say the results could be even better. The commission’s operating costs “must be driven down through a more comprehensive streamlining of operations than the current amendments facilitate,” said Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada and spokesman for the Canadian Special

Cereals, News

Farm groups set objectives for fall session of Parliament

By Alex Binkley September 17, 2012

With the Canadian Wheat Board battle in the rear-view mirror, this fall’s parliamentary session won’t be as controversial. But long-promised legislation to set standards for railway service levels, drought aid for Ontario and Quebec farmers, and the new Growing Forward deal — expected to make farmers more responsible for their financial well-being — should generate

Crops, News

Canadian farm groups want curbs on Agrium’s clout

By Rod Nickel June 16, 2012

Reuters / Two influential Canadian farm groups will urge the country’s Competition Bureau to scale back Agrium Inc.’s proposed purchase of Viterra Inc. assets, saying Agrium might become too powerful in the sale of fertilizer and other crop supplies. In a $6.1-billion deal, global commodities giant Glencore International PLC will buy Viterra, Canada’s biggest grain

Cereals, News

Farmers want Competition Bureau to scrutinize sale of Viterra’s input stores

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

Most farm groups are giving the Viterra sale a thumbs up on the grain side of the transaction, but there’s concern about potentially less competition in farm input sales. Glencore is buying Viterra, but will sell 232 of Viterra’s 258 input stores in Canada and all 17 in Australia, along with 34 per cent of

News

Food industry wants say in new legislation

By Alex Binkley January 27, 2012

Food safety is a job for the companies that make food, and government should focus on setting nutrition and health standards and policing the industry. That’s the pitch being made by large processors as the federal government prepares to revamp food-safety legislation. “Let’s not lose perspective: We can’t regulate bugs out of our food,” said

News

Uncertainty surrounds food safety legislation

By Alex Binkley January 24, 2012

The food industry wants meaningful consultations with the federal government while it’s preparing new food safety legislation, but so far is only being served promises of more advisory committee meetings. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz plans to introduce legislation in 2012 to overhaul the roles of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada, and the Public

Livestock

Richardson Centre For Functional Foods And Nutraceuticals Marks Fifth Anniversary

By Lorraine Stevenson June 2, 2011

When James Richardson International made a multimillion donation to the University of Manitoba in 2006 to set up the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, words like antioxidants, probiotics and plant sterols were mostly the stuff of the science labs, not lunchroom chatter. Those words are heard more often nowadays, as products containing them

News

Canadians Join Patent Lawsuit

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 14, 2011

Aclutch of Canadian organic producers has signed on with a long list of mostly U.S. farm plaintiffs to “pre-emptively” sue Monsanto against any chance that the company could sue them over patent infringement. Ottawa-based Canadian Organic Growers (COG), along with 20 other farm groups, 12 seed businesses, including Interlake Forage Seeds of Manitoba, and 26

News

National Science Agency Axes Food Research

By Ron Friesen January 20, 2011

Agricultural scientists and farm groups are expressing dismay at a decision by a federal research agency to stop funding food research. The decision by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council sends a negative message, both at home and abroad, that Canada is not interested in research which a hungry world urgently needs, say researchers

News

Food Safety Committee Will “Get The Job Done” Says Cattlemen’s Rep

By Alex Binkley November 11, 2010

Farm groups are participating in an industry-government food safety committee because they expect results, says Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “A common thread to the committee is our efforts on food safety and pursuing a solution-based approach between the food industry and government,” said Laycraft. “What we have is a partnership

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Tag Archives farm groups

Grains Act amendments get good grade but could be higher

Farm groups set objectives for fall session of Parliament

Canadian farm groups want curbs on Agrium’s clout

Farmers want Competition Bureau to scrutinize sale of Viterra’s input stores

Food industry wants say in new legislation

Uncertainty surrounds food safety legislation

Richardson Centre For Functional Foods And Nutraceuticals Marks Fifth Anniversary

Canadians Join Patent Lawsuit

National Science Agency Axes Food Research

Food Safety Committee Will “Get The Job Done” Says Cattlemen’s Rep

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