Canadian importers of “pizza kits” of shredded mozzarella and sliced pepperoni from the U.S. will now have to eat a heavier tariff on that mozza. The federal government on Nov. 22 quietly passed a ways-and-means motion clarifying the tariff classification on “pizza topping food preparations,” otherwise known as “pizza kits,” as used by some pizza […] Read more
Ottawa plugs ‘pizza kit’ hole in cheese tariff wall
Feds claim win in farmers’ proposed class action over CWB
A Federal Court judge has knocked down most, but not all, of the pillars of a proposed class-action suit against the federal government over the deregulation of Prairie wheat and barley marketing. Justice Daniele Tremblay-Lamer, in a decision released Nov. 29 in Ottawa, has struck out most of the claims in the suit filed in […] Read more
Container regs not a factor in ketchup plant closure, Heinz says
The plan to close a major ketchup processing plant in Canada’s tomato capital isn’t based on federal proposals to deregulate food container size standards, ketchup giant Heinz says. The U.S. food processing firm said Thursday it will close its plant at Leamington, Ont. plus two U.S. facilities by mid-2014, to consolidate operations and eliminate excess […] Read more
Tractor withstood mysterious burial in manure
For a few days in the summer of 2012 it may have been the most famous tractor in Western Canada, though it would never pull an implement again. But a southern Manitoba equipment dealer who bought the 2009 Case IH Steiger 485 says the unit, long since dismantled for parts, could possibly have been put […] Read more
Swedish equipment firm buys Seed Hawk
A small hamlet in southeastern Saskatchewan will be the base for a prominent Swedish planting and tillage equipment maker to set itself up in the North American ag market. Vaderstad-Verken AB on Thursday announced it will buy full ownership of Seed Hawk, the Langbank, Sask.-based air seeder manufacturer in which it’s held a minority stake […] Read more
Ontario reworks provincial funding model for horseracing
The Ontario government’s retreat from slot machines as its primary means of support for horseracing in the province will be covered with a five-year, $400 million funding package. The province on Friday released its five-year plan for horseracing industry development, which will tie its funding for racetracks to viable business planning and “community and commercial […] Read more
Expect more market volatility from U.S. shutdown
Have a marketing plan in place and stick to it, FCC’s Gervais says Without the ballast of U.S. government data to keep them grounded, crop and livestock markets are expected only to become even more volatile for as long as the U.S. government shutdown lingers. Coping with that added volatility is therefore “a matter of […] Read more
Expect more market volatility from U.S. shutdown
Without the ballast of U.S. government data to keep them grounded, crop and livestock markets are expected only to become even more volatile for as long as the U.S. government shutdown lingers. Coping with that added volatility is therefore “a matter of making sure you have a marketing plan in place” and sticking to it, […] Read more
Canola processor BioExx files for creditor protection
A Prairie processor’s ambition to make high-value food-grade proteins from cold-pressed canola has hit the bottom of the bin. Toronto-based BioExx, at its Saskatoon plant, has tried to commercialize Isolexx, a canola protein isolate, and a hydrolyzed canola protein dubbed Vitalexx, while selling food-grade canola oil and feed-grade canola meal. Judge Frank Newbould of the […] Read more
Deal ends lockout at Toronto beef packing plant
Workers at Ontario’s third-biggest federally inspected beef plant voted Friday in favour of a new contract, ending a three-week lockout for Toronto’s Ryding Regency Meat Packers. The new contract, retroactive to March 2012, runs until March 2016 and covers 130 workers at the Toronto slaughter and processing plant, according to their union, United Food and […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
