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Action Plan For Food Industry Could Help Farmers

By Alex Binkley July 1, 2010

An action plan to help the Canadian food industry expand its international presence could pay dividends for Canadian farmers as well, says Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister of state for agriculture. “The food processing sector can help propel Canada’s economic recovery,” Blackburn told reporters after a meeting with 50 representatives of the food industry. “This is why

Livestock

Food Safety A Priority

By Alex Binkley February 11, 2010

When Parliament resumes next mo n t h , t h e Harper government should make introduction of long-promised food safety improvements a priority, says a food industry coalition. The Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition, which represents farm, food industry and consumer groups, wants the government to start consulting now. Many factors need to

Livestock

New Centre To Connect People With The Farm

By Ron Friesen December 24, 2009

From the soil to the supper plate. A new facility at the University of Manitoba will give non-farmers a better connection with agriculture, food and the people who deal in both. The building under construction at the university’s Glenlea Research Station will be an interactive interpretive centre for the agri-food industry, with virtual displays and

News, Pulses

New Pulse Buyer Shuttered

By Allan Dawson November 26, 2009

Altona pulse crop processor Sunbelt Prairie Products has closed its doors before it opened. The firm, owned by Makhdoom Abbas, who is also president and CEO of international food-processing firm Zeb Rice Ltd., went into receivership Nov. 16, said Collin LeGall with Winnipeg-based Lazer Grant, a trustee in bankruptcy. There’s a good possibility some other

News

AITC Showcases Modern Cowboy Life

By Daniel Winters November 5, 2009

About 150 Grade 10 students from as far away as Elkhorn and MacGregor and as near as Sioux Valley got a glimpse of the cattle industry from multiple angles on the sidelines of the Wheat City Stampede last week. Passing through 12 interactive stations manned by volunteers, the teenagers listened to presentations on beef cattle

Hogs, News

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Aug. 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

John Murray Cormack was born and raised on a family farm at Rossburn, Manitoba. He obtained a BSA from the University of Manitoba, an MSc from the University of Nebraska and a PhD from Iowa State University. Murray and Cather ine (nee Crookshank) raised four sons: Ron, Ken, Neil and David. From 1957 to 1959,

Crops, Forages

New Annual Legume To Round Out The Tool Box

By Daniel Winters July 2, 2009

“It would make a very good forage crop because it has diosgenin – something no other crop has. I call it the Ben Johnson compound because it is like an anabolic steroid that makes muscle.” – SURYA ACHARYA It’s hard to imagine a more interesting crop. Grown for at least 4,000 years in India, fenugreek

News, Oilseeds

Viterra To Buy Manitoba Canola Crusher

By Dave Bedard June 18, 2009

The “cold-press” canola crushing plant at Ste. Agathe is becoming the latest acquisition for Canada’s largest grain company. Viterra announced Monday it will buy the Associated Proteins plant in the industrial park on the community’s west side for $64 million plus “working capital.” Pending approval from the federal Competition Bureau, the company said it expects

Opinion

Keep The Prison Farms

By Laura Rance-Unger June 18, 2009

It’s hardly surprising to hear that the six prison farms operated by Corrections Canada across the country collectively cost $4 million annually. Farming is a complex business – one that calls for skills that aren’t necessarily compatible with the skills or training required to successfully operate a prison. A lot of career farmers can’t make

Livestock, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

Ag Growth’s gone corporate: Winnipeg-based Ag Growth, owner of grain-handling equipment makers including Rosenort auger firm Westfield Industries, has wrapped up its conversion from an income trust to a publicly traded corporation. The common shares of what will be named “Ag Growth International Inc.” were expected to begin trading on the TSX around about June

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries

U.S. livestocK: CME cattle advance as brutal cold threatens herds

Federal food affordability measures, food security strategy announced

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