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Cara to buy St-Hubert restaurant, food businesses

By Amrutha Gayathri, Euan Rocha March 31, 2016

Reuters — Cara Operations, owner of the Swiss Chalet casual dining chain and Harvey’s burger outlets, said Thursday it will buy St-Hubert BBQ, one of Quebec’s largest casual dining chains, for $537 million to gain a foothold in the province. The deal, expected to close this summer pending regulatory approvals, was cheered by analysts and investors. […] Read more

Producers of the CBC TV series Heartland have used Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental’s Dust Stop on rural roads around the show’s southern Alberta sets to meet municipal requirements for dust abatement. (CypherEnvironmental.com)

General, Machinery

Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

By Jim Bentein March 31, 2016

Anyone who has driven on a rural road or worked in remote areas where oil, mining, forestry or other development is occurring knows dealing with dust and unstable soils can be annoying — and it can also be a never-ending and costly task. Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental, run by 34-year-old entrepreneur Todd Burns, has perfected an […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 31, 2016

Cross-border travellers may again bring raw poultry meat, eggs and live birds into Canada from North Dakota and Missouri. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week shortened its list of U.S. states under avian influenza-related restrictions to just one. Indiana remains under limits imposed in January after highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H7N8 avian flu turned up at […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

B.C. pulls PST for farm telehandlers, skid steers

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 28, 2016

Qualifying farmers in British Columbia are now able to buy telehandlers, skid steers and polycarbonate greenhouse panels for farm use without paying the province’s seven per cent sales tax. The province on Thursday announced the additions, effective Feb. 17, to its list of goods, equipment and services for which eligible farmers are PST-exempt. Farmers wanting […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Debate: Sask. farmers aim to bridge digital gap

By Lisa Guenther March 23, 2016

Infrastructure has always been top of mind for many rural Saskatchewan residents — but rural infrastructure needs in 2016 can’t all be met with gravel, graders and culverts. With a provincial election around the corner, improving digital and cellular service was a focal point in an ag leaders’ debate held in Saskatoon Tuesday. The Why […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Budget to boost ag research infrastructure, rural broadband

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 22, 2016

Funds to fix up Canada’s agricultural research stations and food safety labs and a new program to boost rural broadband coverage are among the nuggets for the farming sector in Tuesday’s federal budget. Overall, the Liberals’ first budget is based on $287.7 billion in revenues for 2016-17, against $291.4 billion in program expenses and $25.7 […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News March 18, 2016

The grocery arm of the body for Canadian retailers has rolled out a 10-year plan to source the eggs its members sell from layer hens raised in “cage-free environments.” The grocer members of the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), which include Loblaw, Sobeys/Safeway, Metro and Wal-Mart Canada, said Friday they are “voluntarily committing to the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Foreign worker break for seafood sector a ‘one-time’ deal

By Rod Nickel March 17, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s move to loosen restrictions on hiring foreign workers for East Coast seafood plants was a one-time decision, and the government is not convinced other sectors need similar measures, the country’s employment minister said Thursday. The Liberal government eased restrictions under its foreign worker program recently for Atlantic seafood processors, allowing […] Read more

A+W, which sources eggs from this production facility, said it plans to source its eggs from hens in open-barn housing and raised without use of antibiotics. (CNW Group/A+W Restaurants)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

A+W ups ante on layer hen housing

By Dave Bedard March 11, 2016

Having already pledged to source eggs from hens in enriched housing and raised without use of antibiotics, burger chain A+W now plans to get all its eggs from hens in open housing. The Vancouver-based income fund said Wednesday that despite having “no open-barn housing options available” today that meet its antibiotic-free requirement, it plans to […] Read more

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred March 2. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

La Nina seen maybe succeeding El Nino

By Reuters March 11, 2016

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster said Thursday it sees a near 50 per cent chance La Nina could develop by the Northern Hemisphere fall on the heels of the El Nino conditions likely to dissipate in the coming months. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the U.S. National Weather Service, in […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Eggs

Cara to buy St-Hubert restaurant, food businesses

Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada

B.C. pulls PST for farm telehandlers, skid steers

Debate: Sask. farmers aim to bridge digital gap

Budget to boost ag research infrastructure, rural broadband

Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025

Foreign worker break for seafood sector a ‘one-time’ deal

A+W ups ante on layer hen housing

La Nina seen maybe succeeding El Nino

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Blogs

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