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B.C. pulls PST for farm telehandlers, skid steers

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Qualifying farmers in British Columbia are now able to buy telehandlers, skid steers and polycarbonate greenhouse panels for farm use without paying the province’s seven per cent sales tax. The province on Thursday announced the additions, effective Feb. 17, to its list of goods, equipment and services for which eligible farmers are PST-exempt. Farmers wanting
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Tomato producer Mastronardi said seeking buyer

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Reuters — Mastronardi Produce, an Ontario grower and distributor of hothouse tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, is exploring a sale it hopes could value it at as much as $900 million, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Privately-held Mastronardi has hired Bank of Montreal (BMO) to run an auction process, the people said
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Country Crossroads, Local news

Success with succulents

Our Farm Greenhouse nursery at Portage la Prairie specializes in succulents selling 500 different 
types of the drought-hardy plant retail and wholesale across Manitoba, Ontario and points west

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Shea Doherty remembers the weird-looking plant his mom and dad ordered for their fledgling greenhouse business when he was a kid. It was a Mexican Hat-type of succulent with whorled, fleshy leaves. He and his siblings promptly dubbed it their ‘T. Rex’ plant — and were fascinated by it. What they didn’t know then was
Livestock, News

Farm building plans available online

The Canada Plan Service is a co-operative provincial network of agricultural engineers, design draftspersons and livestock specialists. It is concerned with the planning, design and construction of modern farm buildings to serve the needs of Canadian agriculture. Each provincial Department of Agriculture has engineers and other extension specialists who work with farmers who request help
Country Crossroads, News

Growing vegetables in the winter

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For seven winters, Carol Ford and Chuck Waibel have been supplying weekly boxes of fresh cold-weather vegetables and baby greens to a 12-member CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Under the name “Garden Goddess,” they grow the food in their self-designed 16×22 low-energy northern greenhouse. Inside that deceptively small space is 3,520 cubic feet, with roughly 150
Country Crossroads, News

Farm home grounds winner

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A Minnedosa farm couple has won the Chapman Museum Shield from the Manitoba Good Roads Association for the best farm home grounds — District 4. Allan and Barb Dalrymple operate a farm just northeast of town. The RM of Minto nominated them for the award. When you travel north on Bison Drive, you come to
Country Crossroads

Going Green In The Greenhouse

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On first glance they looked like various sizes of peat pots but they were actually Cow Pots. The greenhouse industry is not known for being particularly environmentally friendly. Most of the containers used in plant production are non-recyclable plastic and most of the planting medium used is peat based. The extensive use of plastics, derived

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