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Ranchers Can Access To CRP Lands

The U. S. Agriculture Department says it will extend emergency use of Conservation Reserve land for North Dakota livestock producers facing losses from recent flooding. USDA said the emergency use of reserve land would be extended from April 30 to May 15. Conservation Reserve land is usually off-limits to livestock, but the department said extending
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Listeria Committee Back In Gear

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Government and opposition MPs on a special Commons subcommittee investigating last summer’s listeria outbreak have ironed out their differences and will begin questioning witnesses in late April. The first meeting of the subcommittee turned into a two-hour quarrel when NDP MP Malcolm Allen proposed an extension of the committee’s investigation to the end of the
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In Brief… – for Apr. 9, 2009

Fair gets its grant: The Manitoba government has given the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair a $100,000 grant as part of a five-year commitment, said Rosann Wowchuk, minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is the only fair in Western Canada designated as royal. Attendance in 2008 exceeded 118,000 visitors. The
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Maple Leaf Steps Up Its Battle With Listeria

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“If one of our facilities doesn’t find it during regular testing, we would audit them to make sure their testing was thorough enough.” – MAPLE LEAF FOOD SAFETY OFFICER RANDY HUFFMAN Maple Leaf Foods is tackling listeria on several fronts in its 27 Canadian food plants to try to keep the wily bacteria out of
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Listeria investigator announced

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It took almost four months but Prime Minister Stephen Harper has got someone to investigate the Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak of last summer. Just how Sheila Weatherill, former president and CEO of Capital Health in Edmonton, will investigate the outbreak that killed 20 and sickened at least 50 more may be a secret until
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Niverville hog firm buys Winkler Meats

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The new owners of slaughter and packing company Winkler Meats hope to build on its product lines with a more consistent supply of cull sows. The Progressive Group, a Niverville hog company with a production base of about 35,000 sows, has bought the federally inspected meat packing company from Winkler’s Dyck family and other local
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Wily McCain settles class-action suits

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Michael H. McCain is a wily strategist. First, as president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., he made a big deal of dismissing advice from the company’s lawyers and accountants to not admit any liability for Canada’s most notorious case of food poisoning last summer. He won praise from business reporters and
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CFIA, union butt heads on food safety

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ottawa The Canadian Food Inspection Union and one of its main unions are again butting heads over food safety. The quarrel started back in the summer when the two sides were in contract negotiations and the disagreement escalated during the Maple Leaf listeria outbreak. The Agriculture Union of the Public Service Alliance of Canada wants
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Bin maker posts record quarter

Vicwest Income Fund, owners of Winnipeg grain bin maker Westeel, reported a record quarter based partly on “record output” from its agricultural storage business. The Oakville, Ont. income trust last week posted $16.3 million in net income on revenues of $126.38 million for its quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $11 million on $101.05 million
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Recall drives Maple Leaf to Q3 loss

Maple Leaf Foods reported a third-quarter net loss on Oct. 29 as charges mounted from a costly recall of tainted meat that the company said was now complete. The company, one of Canada’s largest food processors, posted a loss of $12.9 million compared with a year-earlier profit of $220.4 million. The company said the 2008

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