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Manitoba cattle prices, Jan. 15
Regular livestock auctions have resumed in much of Manitoba after the holidays
Virden livestock auctioneer headed to world championships
Brennin Jack, branch manager of Heartland Livestock Services, will compete for the 11th time in the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in June
Brennin Jack, branch manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden, Manitoba, heads to the 2026 World Livestock Auctioneering Championship.
Manitoba cattle prices, Oct. 17
Manitoba cattle prices, Oct. 10
Manitoba cattle prices – Oct. 3
Competition Bureau’s call for Manitoba elevator sale rejected
Bureau 'carefully reviewing' Competition Tribunal decision
A federal antitrust tribunal’s decision may soon make Canadian grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker the uncontested owner of the full set of Louis Dreyfus’ Prairie grain elevators. In a decision dated Oct. 31, the Competition Tribunal — the federal quasi-judicial body with the power of approval over any antitrust actions proposed by the federal Competition
P+H to challenge regulators’ request for elevator sale
Case to be heard sometime at later end of fall
Grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker aims to keep its now-expanded Prairie elevator network intact against a proposed order from federal antitrust regulators. Winnipeg-based, privately-held P+H in September announced a deal to buy all 10 of the primary Prairie grain elevators built by agrifood giant Louis Dreyfus Co. between 1998 and 2003. The two companies have
Antitrust regulators step in on Dreyfus elevator sale
The federal Competition Bureau says a ‘rivalry’ between a pair of Prairie grain elevators would be lost to farmers if one is sold to the other’s owner. The bureau announced Friday it had filed an application Thursday with the federal Competition Tribunal, seeking an order that grain handler Parrish and Heimbecker sell either its elevator
‘Bale as you combine,’ and the Virden Auction mart opens
Our History: June 1961
The Welger combine-attached balers advertised in our June 1, 1961 issue were “proven under Canadian conditions” and would “fit most self-propelled combines and are making extra money for hundreds of enthusiastic growers.” The bales could go to the Stramit strawboard factory in former air force hangars in Carberry, which had its official opening the previous
Prairie towns lack settlement services for immigrants
Rural Development Institute study surveyed 29 towns across Prairies and B.C.
Rural towns exist because of immigration, but they aren’t easy places for immigrants to move into nowadays. Lack of employment or foreign credentials going unrecognized are only part of the problem, according to a new report released by the Brandon-based Rural Development Institute. Newcomers go wherever language training, affordable housing, child care, public transportation, and
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