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Buying Clubs

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Once a month a delivery truck pulls up in front of Anna Weier’s Winnipeg home on Langside containing pre-ordered packages of meat, jars of honey, bags of grain and other farm-grown produce. Over the next hour people pull up to Anna’s house, to collect and pay for their purchases. They chat with each other and
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ITAC Says CGC User Fees Should Be Election Issue

The Inland Terminal Association of Canada (ITAC) says what it calls “massive” price increases proposed for Canadian Grain Commission user fees are ill-conceived and counterproductive, and should be an election issue. ITAC represents 11 inland grain terminal companies that are at least 50 per cent owned by farmers. In a release, ITAC said that recent
Hogs, Livestock, News

Hog Industry Announces New Sustainability Commitments

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Major and possibly expensive changes lie ahead for Manitoba hog producers as the result of a new road map for the industry’s future. The Manitoba Pork Council plan released last week commits the province’s 700 pork producers to eliminating sow gestation stalls within the next 15 years. “Manitoba Pork commits to encouraging producers to phase
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Food Safety Offenders To Be Revealed

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will start posting the names of importers and domestic food companies that run afoul of food safety laws. “This is a fair and balanced way to protect consumers,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told a media briefing at a small community grocery store. “While consumers have a high degree of confidence
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Pullet Growers Seek Separate National Agency

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Canada’s supply management industry could have a new member if efforts by pullet growers to form a national marketing agency succeed. Pullet farmers are asking the Farm Products Council of Canada to grant them Part 2 Agency status under the Farm Products Agencies Act. The move, if granted, would recognize pullets as a separate sector
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Stony Plain Honey Producers Walk The Safety Talk

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Honey farming may be sweeter but it’s no safer than any other farm business. That’s why one of Canada’s leading commercial honey-producing families has a living safety plan. Tim and Pam Townsend started TPLR Honey Farms Ltd. at Stony Plain back in 1979. Their son Lee and his wife Elise are now partners in this
Cereals, Crops

Some CGC Fees Proposed To Increase More Than 400 Per Cent

Farmers and grain companies could suffer sticker shock when they see the new fees the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is proposing. For example, the CGC is proposing a fivefold increase for inward grain inspection. If endorsed, the CGC will charge $107.50 a car to grade wheat as it enters a terminal elevator instead of the
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Mar. 3, 2011

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New president:William Hill has been appointed president of the Flax Council of Canada, replacing Barry Hall, who is retiring. Hill has 30 years experience in the Canadian grain and agricultural futures industry, including 13 years at the senior management level. Most recently he was president and COO of ICE Futures Canada (previously Winnipeg Commodity Exchange).
Livestock

Keep Your Information And Create Value For Your Cattle

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The cattle industry is moving into the information age and some producers are going to be rewarded for their ability to collect, understand, and respond to data on their animals, says the senior cattle buyer at Cargill Foods. “Information is what you need to focus on,” Aaron Fehlauer told attendees at the recent Ranching Opportunities

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