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Beef cattle, Livestock

Ontario backs feed processing at Cargill beef plant

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Ontario’s provincial government plans to put up over half a million dollars for Cargill to process byproducts from its Guelph beef plant for feed. Provincial Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal on Wednesday announced a $582,000 investment toward Cargill’s installation of a “value-added” processing system converting raw byproduct into a “protein-rich animal feed ingredient.” The “leading-edge technological
Crops, News, Oilseeds

Canola council names new VP of production

A familiar face in canola research has joined the Canola Council of Canada as its new vice-president of crop production. Curtis Rempel, who has been serving as acting director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba, will join the council July 17. Rempel is stepping into the position
Cereals, News

Familiar Faces On New Ag Committee

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The Commons agriculture committee will hold its first meeting of the new Parliament June 21 and it’s generally expected Larry Miller will be re-elected chairman. Joining him on the Conservative side will Pierre Lemieux from Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, the parliamentary secretary for agriculture, and Ben Lobb from Huron-Bruce. Randy Hoback from Saskatchewan, LaVar Payne and Brian Storseth
Cereals, Crops

New Flour Mill To Be Built In Ontario

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“The key is rail access. It’s taken us three years at least to find the right spot.” AManitoba farmer and former owner of the company that built the flour mill at Elie over a decade ago plans to do the same thing again near Guelph, Ontario. Andreas Boersch is president of LVB Milling of Elie,
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Nuffield Scholar Examines Recruitment Strategies

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The 2009 recipient of the Nuffield Scholarship will study agricultural college and university recruitment strategies. Karen Daynard, a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph, is concerned about the decline in numbers of students applying to agricultural programs. “With the industry at an exciting position where the potential for biotechnology
Cereals, News

Kyle recognized for its contribution to durum sales

A program to recognize public seed breeders’ contributions has expanded west and named the durum variety Kyle as its 2008 western honouree. Seed of the Year was developed in 2005 by the University of Guelph and SeCan with support from the Ontario and federal Agriculture Departments. The Western Grains Research Foundation and SeCan have brought

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