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Taking Ownership

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Farmers have heard lots about value lately – value-added processing, value chains and supply chain partnerships. But quite frankly, the “how” of where these initiatives will add to their bottom lines has remained elusive. Of course, value-added developments often mean additional or expanded marketing opportunities, but many of these tend to be small and selected,
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Fish Farm In Early Construction Stages

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“The cornerstone of this program is research, to measure inputs and outputs.” – GRANT VANDENBERG, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT (IPSFAD) AWarren farm couple is excited about operating a new model fish farm on their property, despite delays that have set the federal and provincially funded project back months. “It’s
Beef cattle, News

Buying Meat From A Virtual Store

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“It’s not just putting up a store and hoping they’ll come.” – ADAM DOOLEY, KEYSTONE PROCESSORS What’s the first thing you do to get a beef roast in the oven? You head for the computer. Manitoba’s newest beef packer has an online meat store providing consumers with home delivery of beef and bison cuts. Keystone
News, Other livestock

More Money In Sheep, Says ALP

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“If you’re getting as good of productivity as you should, your lambs in the first year can pay back the cost of the ewes.” – MARGARET COOK Cattle producers are routinely told that the reason they face such dismal prices for their beef is Canadians can’t eat all the beef they produce. With anywhere from
Country Crossroads

Blastoff Fireworks Success Lit By Savvy Use Of Technology

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In less than a decade, their business has exploded from a family hobby into Canada’s largest wholesale fireworks distributor. The Beausejour brothers who launched it say technology lit its fuse. Blastoff Fireworks, owned by young entrepreneurs Matt Bialek, 27 and Ryan Bialek, 21, is housed in a 40,000-sq.-ft. distribution centre at Selkirk employing 10 staff
Country Crossroads

Crop circle of friends

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Agroup of farmers in the Killarney area has found that friendship and crop tours can boost their productivity. The Killarney Marketing Club, which has been meeting regularly for 18 years to share breakfast and each other’s company, got together June 6 for its Annual Crop Tour and Golf Day. This year there were approximately 50
Livestock, Other livestock

Study Finds Weaknesses In Lamb Value Chain

Canada’s lamb producers are missing out on a $42-million opportunity in farm gate sales and $250 million at retail, due to lack of domestic supply and “ineffective management” of the lamb value chain, according to a new study by the Guelphbased Value Chain Management Centre. The study, released July 22, noted a 100 per cent
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Low-Cost Alarms Improve Farm Security

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Farms are home to some pretty valuable merchandise these days. And although rural residents often expect to be able to leave homes and buildings unlocked, they can fall victim to thefts just as easily as city residents, maybe even more easily given their remote locations. So it may be wise to consider just how secure
Country Crossroads

General Mills Sees Eat-At-Home Trend Sticking

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“You can save a lot of money in a short period of time without the consumer noticing that you are changing your product, in fact, without changing your product at all.” – JEFF HARMENING General Mills Inc. thinks that now that consumers have been eating more meals at home during the recession they will keep
Crops

Agrium Drops To First-Quarter Loss

A drop in potash demand and tighter retail margins have led Agrium’s run of record quarterly profits into the red. The Calgary-based fertilizer and farm retail firm on May 6 posted a net loss of $60 million on net sales of $1.75 billion, down from its 2008 Q1 profit of $195 million on $1.11 billion

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