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Extension Requested For Old Cattle Tags

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“Kick me when I’m down.” – ROBERT SHWALUK Some Manitoba cattle producers want a national agency to extend a rapidly approaching deadline for eliminating bar code tags used to trace cattle back to their original herds. Producers at a Manitoba Cattle Producers Association district meeting voted to ask the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency to allow
News, Oilseeds

Chinese Demand Blackleg-Free Canola

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China’s demand that Canada start delivering certified blackleg-free canola starting Nov. 15 will be tough to fulfil because the fungus disease is common here, says Canola Council of Canada president JoAnne Buth. But she says the Canadian government and canola industry are working hard to restore access to one of Canada’s major canola customers. Last
News, Oilseeds

What Is The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network?

The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is a special operating agency of the Manitoba government and is involved in the development of grains and oil-seeds, fruits, vegetables, meat and bakery products for the supermarket shelf, as well as agricultural products for health. The FDC operates under a licence from the Canadian Food Inspection
Cereals, News

Briefs Continued – for Oct. 29, 2009

Drive away hunger: Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Drive Away Hunger program finished the last leg of its annual five-week journey on Oct. 16, with 1,627,617 pounds of food raised for food banks nationwide. Six tractor tours took place in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Regina (where FCC’s corporate office is located) from October
Opinion

Defining “Natural” Is A Tricky Proposition

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Indirect or implied “natural” claims are everywhere already and the industry will continue to get bolder. With a public suffering from chemical paranoia, there is a growing consumer demand for more “natural” products. Growing doubts about the meaning of “organic” and the spotty regulatory efforts to limit the amount of misleading labelling led the food
Opinion

The Precautionary Principle Is Not The Answer – for Oct. 8, 2009

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Food safety regulators cope every day with applying science-based standards to complex fact situations. The task is tough enough when the science is relatively certain but when the science is not so clear – and this is far more common than is generally recognized – then the regulator faces a truly daunting challenge. In recent
Crops, Oilseeds

Changes To Canola Registration System Proposed

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“I think companies will only take this path (interim registration) if they know for sure they’re going to pass in the second year.” – JOANNE BUTH The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) says its proposal to change the canola registration system will get improved varieties to farmers faster while still safeguarding them and processors from
News, Oilseeds

Changes Likely For Flax Industry

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“It’s going to be a wake-up call for somebody.” – DALE ADOLPHE Canada’s flax industry will have to change how it does business to restore European Union (EU) confidence if genetically modified (GM) flax is verified in Canadian exports. Farmers might have to declare the variety of flax they deliver, or grow only certified seed,

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