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KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

Gerry Ritz says rail performance, which is being monitored,  is adequate given the big crop to move

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he has yet to see conclusive proof that the railways aren’t doing an adequate job moving this year’s bumper crop to market. “I hear a lot of anecdotal evidence and I follow it up and say, ‘give me the car numbers… give me the dates,’ and nobody can, nobody has,”

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market. The Western Grain Elevators Association says it’s not good enough and farm groups agree. photo: allan dawson

Crops

Ritz rates current rail service for grain ‘adequate’

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2013

Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told an industry conference last week. “The increase in volume means the logistics system must fire on all cylinders to ensure farmers’ products are making it to market on time. To date our system is proving effective

Beef cattle, Crops

Country-of-origin labelling appeal gaining U.S. support

By Jennifer Blair November 14, 2013

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has one thing to say about country-of-origin labelling (COOL): “It’s not cool.” In the midst of an appeal to quash COOL in the United States, Ritz has been working to gain supporters in the U.S. in an effort to halt non-science-based trade practices that could have far-reaching implications for Canadian

Cereals, Crops

Farmers, Ottawa put $25.2 million over five years into national wheat research program

By Allan Dawson November 14, 2013

Canadian wheat research is getting a boost thanks to $25.2 million in farmer and federal government investment over the next five years. “The primary output will be new varieties, however, there will be other projects that look at breeding tools to support varieties,” said Garth Patterson, executive director of the farmer-funded Western Grains Research Foundation

Cereals, News

White reappointed to CWB

November 14, 2013

Ian White has been reappointed president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) for a two-year term, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said last week. “Mr. White has shown exceptional leadership during a time of significant transition for the CWB. He has my full support and confidence in continuing to lead the CWB

Livestock

Ritz again vows to boost food safety inspections

By Alex Binkley June 12, 2013

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is promising major changes following the release of a scathing report into last year’s contaminated beef fiasco at XL Foods. But critics say they’ve heard that before, and that the federal government still has a long way to go to fulfil the recommendations of an inquiry into a deadly food poisoning

Beef cattle, Cereals, International news, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Empty handed but happy in Japan

By Alex Binkley March 16, 2013

While he had nothing new to announce at the end of his fourth trade mission to Japan, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz sounded jubilant in a news conference from Tokyo before he returned to Canada. He and a delegation of commodity groups met key Japanese politicians and business leaders. “We now have a clearer understanding of

Crops, Weather

Ritz is uncomfortable paying for same flood twice

By Shannon VanRaes March 7, 2013

The federal government says it is uncomfortable paying for the same flood twice, following calls for 2012 flood compensation in the Lake Manitoba region. Speaking to Harry Siemens for the blog Siemens Says, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said, “this is the second claim for the same flood, there was not a second flood, it’s

Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets, Oilseeds

China not yet seeking checks on Canada pork — minister

By Rod Nickel March 7, 2013

Reuters / China is not yet requiring a third-party review of Canadian pork imports to ensure they are free of the feed additive ractopamine, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Feb. 25. But Ritz said he expects China to require third-party verification of Canadian pork at some point, as it will require of U.S. pork

Cereals, Opinion

More than met the eye to Whelan

By Alex Binkley February 28, 2013

Eugene Whelan will be remembered mostly for his green Stetson, inability to speak either of Canada’s official languages and his cheerleading for the farm community. Too bad because there was a lot more to the former Liberal agriculture minister, who died just weeks after his Conservative counterpart John Wise. He was a lot politically shrewder

Daily Network News

CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN stays in bounds

Canada October retail sales down 0.2 per cent; seen up 1.2 per cent in November

Pork imports to drop after 2026 as Philippines ramps up hog repopulation drive

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