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Prominent UPA executive to run for PQ

thumb One of the founders and leaders of the international development...
Jan 27, 2012 6:51PM


Bull run in U.S. cattle may lose steam, for now

thumb Texas rancher Jim Selman is on the verge of going out of the cat...
Jan 26, 2012 12:00PM


ADQ ag critic keeps post in merger with CAQ

thumb The leaders of Quebec's new third party have named the agricultu...
Jan 25, 2012 9:01PM


N.B. orders alleged deer farms shut down

thumb New Brunswick is ordering people at over a dozen locations in th...
Jan 25, 2012 6:25PM


Canadian pork producers name new chief

thumb The membership of Canada's national hog industry association has ...
Jan 25, 2012 12:47PM


Deere to take MacDon windrowers global

Farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint.

Richardson buys further into Peace grain handle

Canada's second biggest grain handler has made another play to expand its handle in northwestern Alberta's Peace region, this time buying from an independent player.

Stakeholder names slate to run for CP's board

A New York investment firm calling for new management at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has named a slate of nominees to run for the railway's board in May.




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Grain, fertilizer traffic add to record gross for CN

thumb Increased revenue from grain and fertilizer handling helped boost Canadian National Railway to record gross revenues in both its fourth quarter and fiscal 2011.
Jan 25, 2012 12:15AM


Prairie canola cash bids firm, but upside limited

thumb Western Canadian canola cash bids continue to remain strong, with solid demand and concerns about South American weather providing support.
Jan 24, 2012 5:30PM


Canadian cattle, sheep, goats cleared for Philippines

thumb The Philippines' government has reopened the country's ports to imports of live Canadian cattle, sheep and goats.
Jan 24, 2012 2:59PM


ICE's milling wheat contracts trade light on first day

thumb New milling wheat, durum and barley contracts began trading on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT, with only milling wheat actually experiencing any trade during its first day of activity.
Jan 23, 2012 5:57PM


Klassen: Western Canadian feeder cattle surge higher

thumb Western Canadian feeder cattle under 600 pounds were up $8-$10 per hundredweight (cwt) this past week. A small group of exotic steers averaging 570 pounds sold for $170/cwt in west-central Alberta; black Angus-cross steers averaging 535 pounds...
Jan 23, 2012 2:35PM


Dalhousie/NSAC merger goes to formal negotiations

thumb Plans to make Nova Scotia Agricultural College an arm of Halifax's Dalhousie University have entered their formal negotiation phase.
Jan 23, 2012 7:11AM


MGEX cleared for non-U.S. wheat on HRSW contract

thumb U.S. federal regulators have approved MGEX's plan to remove U.S. origin as a condition of delivery on its hard red spring wheat (HRSW) contract.
Jan 21, 2012 12:01AM


Ont. farmers urge halt to wind turbine development

thumb Claiming an "untenable" and polarizing debate in rural Ontario over an inefficient power source, the province's general farm organization now wants to see an end to industrial-scale wind turbine development.
Jan 20, 2012 6:46PM


Gavilon considers sale to fund expansion: reports

thumb U.S. grain company Gavilon is considering options for expansion, including a sale of the company that was formerly a part of ConAgra Foods, company sources said Friday.
Jan 20, 2012 5:41PM


South Korea allowing Canadian beef 'immediately'

thumb Canadian beef and veal processed by approved plants from cattle under 30 months of age have the green light for immediate exports to South Korea.
Jan 20, 2012 1:06PM


Quebec's oldest cheesemaker backed for upgrades

thumb The oldest cheese company in Quebec has picked up $1.4 million from a federal loan and provincial loan guarantee for modernization work at its plant.
Jan 19, 2012 11:59PM


Food inspection budget cuts for CFIA jeered

thumb The union representing federal food safety inspectors plans to ask Maple Leaf Foods and other processors to lobby for a reversal in proposed cuts to the federal food safety program.
Jan 19, 2012 6:02PM


Viterra posts record 2011 but Q4 profit skids

thumb Jan 19, 2012 5:14PM


Chickpeas pencil out great, but acres a question

thumb Jan 19, 2012 2:15PM