Rural areas of the U.S. boast much higher rates and severities of injuries needing hospitalization in most categories, compared to that country’s cities, according to a West Virginia University study. WVU’s Injury Control Research Center on Monday announced the results of its findings in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: Study shows rural injury risks higher
Editors’ Picks: Double-doubles may yield diesel
A bit of the world’s biodiesel may eventually come from Juan Valdez rather than the Exxon Valdez if a pilot project at the University of Nevada at Reno pans out as planned. Manoranjan Misra, a professor in the university’s department of chemical and materials engineering, is leading a team that recently published a study in […] Read more
Buhler relaunches Versatile tractor brand
A storied brand name in the Canadian farm tractor business is coming out from under other companies’ logos for the first time in about 20 years. Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, makers of the Buhler Versatile and Genesis tractor lines, officially announced Thursday that Versatile will be the only brand associated with Buhler’s tractor division, which until […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: U.S. feedlot suing over COOL
A cattle feedlot owner at Pasco, Wash., is suing his own government over the arrival of country-of-origin labelling (COOL), the Canadian Press reported this week. The Toronto-based national news agency reported Wednesday that Cody Easterday filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a U.S. District Court last month. His company claims COOL will […] Read more
Court date set for FarmPure Seeds deal
Ontario forage seed firm Pickseed’s proposal to buy out the forage seed assets of Regina’s FarmPure Seeds will go to court in mid-November for approval, the latter firm’s trustee said Monday. FarmPure trustee Naida Kornuta of the Saskatoon office of Meyers Norris Penny said she will submit the proposal for approval before Justice Allisen Rothery […] Read more
FarmPure creditors approve Pickseed offer
Unsecured creditors of FarmPure Seeds have agreed to take a deal that may see them get back about six cents on every dollar they’re owed by the Regina firm. Pickseed, a well-known Ontario forage seed and turfgrass company that plans to buy FarmPure Seeds’ forage and turf seed business at Nipawin, Sask., has offered those […] Read more
Pickseed offers deal to FarmPure creditors
Unsecured creditors of Regina seed marketing firm FarmPure Seeds may get about six cents on the dollar out of a deal with the company’s proposed new owner. Ontario turfgrass and forage seed firm Pickseed announced a deal in June to buy FarmPure’s forage and turf seed business and assets at Nipawin, Sask., about 140 km […] Read more
Opt-out deadline set for BSE settlement
Managers of the class-action settlement between feed maker Ridley Inc. and Canadian cattle producers have set a December deadline by which cattle producers must declare if they plan to opt out of the deal. Ridley in 2005 had been named along with the federal government and unnamed bureaucrats in four co-ordinated suits over allegations of […] Read more
No merit in Pioneer v. Pioneer suit: Richardson
The company formerly known as Pioneer Grain says it won’t stop selling seed to Prairie farmers under the Pioneer name without a fight. Richardson Pioneer, the recently-renamed grain handling wing of Winnipeg agribusiness firm Richardson International, said in a release late Wednesday that a lawsuit filed against it by Pioneer Hi-Bred, an international seed breeding […] Read more
Pioneer Hi-Bred to sue Pioneer Grain
Pioneer Hi-Bred says there’s not enough room in Western Canada for two Pioneers to sell seed to farmers. Pioneer Hi-Bred, a major seed breeding and marketing firm owned by DuPont, announced Wednesday it has filed lawsuits in Winnipeg and Toronto against Pioneer Grain, which until recently was the name of the Prairie grain handling division […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
