A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a plea from Canada’s cattle and hog producer groups, in tandem with U.S. livestock producer and packer groups, to halt changes to the U.S. government’s country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday morning released her […] Read more
U.S. court won’t reverse COOL changes
Canadian, U.S. meat industry groups take COOL to court
Rather than wait for the World Trade Organization or the U.S. Congress to fix mandatory country-of-origin labelling on meat sold in the U.S., Canada’s cattle and hog producer groups have signed on to take Washington’s rules to court. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and Canadian Pork Council (CPC) said Tuesday they’ve filed as co-plaintiffs seeking […] Read more
High River to resume cattle slaughter Wednesday
Cargill plans to resume harvesting of cattle Wednesday (July 3) at its beef slaughter and processing plant — one of Canada’s largest — at flood-battered High River, Alta. The news comes as local and provincial authorities assess residential and commercial buildings and re-open parts of the community to public access. About 1,500 residences and 219 […] Read more
Sobeys to buy Canada Safeway
The Canadian owner of the Sobeys grocery store chain is poised to make itself Canada’s second-biggest grocer through a surprise takeover of Canada Safeway. Stellarton, N.S.-based Empire Co. announced Wednesday it has signed a deal with Safeway Inc. to buy all of Canada Safeway’s assets for $5.8 billion plus “certain liabilities” through its Sobeys food […] Read more
Turkey to accept Canadian sheep, goat genetics
Exporters of embryos and semen from Canadian sheep and goats can expect to see up to $250,000 in added revenue over the next five years now that Turkey has again approved their products for import. Advancing trade with other countries in this region has been at the “forefront” for Canadian producers, the federal government said […] Read more
Ex-CFIA researcher charged over stray brucellosis
A former federal researcher, lauded for his work toward a quicker and cheaper brucellosis test for cattle, has been arrested and charged after allegedly taking a trip carrying vials of the live bacteria in an “unsafe manner.” Dr. Klaus Nielsen, who had worked at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Fallowfield lab southwest of Ottawa, was […] Read more
FNA to act as CWB agent
Staff with Farmers of North America (FNA) will soon be able to act as the middleman for farmers interested in contracting grain to CWB. Saskatoon-based FNA, a farmers’ buying group negotiating deals on low-cost inputs and other farm supplies and services, announced Thursday its staff will act as "a key sourcing agent for CWB contracts" […] Read more
Dow may hold back Enlist corn in Canada
Dow AgroSciences hasn’t scrapped plans for a limited launch of its 2,4-D/glyphosate-tolerant Enlist corn in Canada this spring, but now grants that it may have to wait. Canadian regulators have already approved the Enlist herbicide tolerance trait for launch, in both corn and soybeans. However, Dow’s Enlist seed-and-chemical package for corn growers also calls for […] Read more
TOP 10 of ’12: Single desk out, beef packer down, tractor in deep
If you’d put down bets in late 2011 to predict the most-viewed Daily News stories of 2012 on AGCanada.com, you likely wouldn’t have lost money on what turned out to be the No. 1 story. But let’s be honest: in the second spot, who here expected to see quite so much No. 2? One of […] Read more
Richardson cleared to buy into Viterra’s handle
Canada’s second-biggest grain handler now has all the approvals it needs to buy a substantial chunk of the No. 1 player. Winnipeg’s Richardson International said Thursday it’s received confirmation from the Competition Bureau of Canada to go ahead and seal its deal with Glencore International. The Swiss commodity firm on Monday became Canada’s No. 1 […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
