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Qualifying customers of the Prairies' biggest grain handler will be able to get elevator-level pricing information through a new mobile app.
May 14, 2012 12:01AM
Alberta's beef cattle industry is mourning a renowned livestock geneticist credited with "revolutionizing" the business by pioneering selective cross-breeding of cattle.
May 11, 2012 7:53PM
A report on the proposed sale and split-up of Canada's largest grain handler predicts Saskatchewan's farmers are "likely to benefit."
May 11, 2012 6:38PM
An outbreak of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in livestock in New Mexico has prompted Canada to block the entry of horses from that state.
May 11, 2012 5:38AM
Efforts are underway to create provincial wheat associations in all three Prairie provinces, to focus on research and market development as the looming end of the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk will result in a void on that front.
May 10, 2012 2:48AM
A restructured CWB has no plans to initiate any further sales of organic grains.
May 9, 2012 8:15PM
The Prince Edward Island Grain Elevator Corp. plans to boost its grain storage capacity in the three communities where it operates.
May 9, 2012 6:00PM
Provincial legislation formalizing the merger of Nova Scotia Agricultural College into Dalhousie University pushes the official merger date back to Sept. 1.
May 9, 2012 2:36PM
Alberta Premier Alison Redford's returning cabinet will include her previous attorney general and justice minister as her new minister for agriculture and rural development.
May 9, 2012 10:27AM
The dairy farmer co-operatives now making Yoplait for the Canadian market will do so for at least six more years but will also launch their own new yogurt and dairy goods line this summer.
May 8, 2012 7:19PM
The Safeway grocery store chain, one of North America's biggest by sales, says it will start "formulating plans" to cut out the use of gestation stalls for breeding sows in its pork supply chains.
May 8, 2012 7:19AM
The stocks in all positions report from Statistics Canada on Monday was generally within expected pre-report parameters, but confirmed usage of canola and wheat were stronger than anticipated, industry analysts said.
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