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Higher fees, outside inspectors, and mandate change in the works, and changes to wheat variety registration may follow
Major changes are coming to the Canadian Grain Commission. “We’ve been around 100 years,” said CGC chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson. “If we want to be relevant for the next 100 years we have to make some changes to adapt to an industry that’s changing very quickly so we’re… providing the right services at that rightResearch and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short line railways are just three of the issues KAP is trying to address
Manitoba’s farm leaders are scrambling to plug holes that will be left by the demise of the single-desk CWB. Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short lines were high on the agenda when Keystone Agricultural Producers delegates gathered at their General Council meeting last week. But challengesWithout fresh funding, the animals will be euthanized and their genetic material put into cold storage
Pigs that might have become the world’s first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption may instead face an untimely end, as key backers of Canada’s “Enviropig” project withdrew their support for the controversial engineered animal. Scientists at the University of Guelph, 90 km west of Toronto, bred the first GMO pig that was developedStaff say the more grain it gets the closer it can get to providing the benefits of the soon-to-be-dismantled CWB
The tiny village of Somerset was shrouded in fog March 30, not unlike the outlook for Western Canada’s new open wheat and barley market. More than 80 farmers made their way through the morning mist to hear about the CWB’s new pricing options, which includes two pools and cash offerings. It was the last in
