Pre-harvest payments to grain and oilseed farmers under Ontario’s risk management program (RMP) are being printed and mailed this week, Agricorp announced Wednesday. The provincial farm program delivery agency said in a release that it expects over 10,000 farmers who submitted complete applications to get their payments by Christmas. The balance would go out in […] Read more
Ontario RMP payments in mail: Agricorp
Nova Scotia to shed NSAC governance
Nova Scotia’s provincial government will cut its governing ties to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), granting it the level of academic freedom and “insitutional autonomy” seen at other ag schools. Under a bill introduced Wednesday, the Truro-area college would no longer be a branch of the provincial department of agriculture, although its mandate, programming, […] Read more
Compensation raised for destroyed deer
The limit has been raised for compensation to owners of female white-tailed deer and males under 12 months old ordered destroyed for disease control, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday. The maximum compensation available for those animals under the federal Health of Animals Act has been raised from $2,500 to $4,000. CFIA said in […] Read more
CPR warns on earnings due to weather, fuel costs
Severe weather patterns in British Columbia early this month are expected to bite into Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CPR) 2007 earnings per share, the company warned Wednesday. The railway earlier this year announced an expected range of $4.30 to $4.45 for adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS), noting it had delivered “solid growth” of 12 per […] Read more
Livestock producers need financing: Senate report
Ottawa must move immediately with measures including interest-free loans to shore up livestock producers hit by losses due to higher feed and operating costs and the rising Canadian dollar, according to an interim report tabled Tuesday by the Senate standing committee on agriculture. The loans would help producers cover their living and operating costs until […] Read more
Farmers await Liberal ag task force’s ideas: CFA
A new task force on agriculture launched last week by the federal Liberal party is expected to come up with good ideas for the sector, but those ideas will need to be useful in the drafting of a new Canadian ag policy framework, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. The CFA reacted in a […] Read more
Quebec pledges $14M for Quebec-food strategy
Quebec’s provincial government will spend $14 million over the next three years on a marketing strategy to boost purchases of Quebec food products. The strategy, branded “Le Québec dans votre assiette!” (loosely, “Quebec on your plate”) is based on three points: encouraging Quebec consumers to consider buying Quebec products in general when buying groceries, supporting […] Read more
ClearOut 41 Plus available for direct sale: FNA
Canadian farmers looking to buy the U.S. generic glyphosate product ClearOut 41 Plus will no longer need federal government permits to do so, Farmers of North America (FNA) reported Monday. Albaugh, Inc., an Iowa-based maker and distributor of ag chemicals, took over the Canadian registration of the product and has agreed to supply it to […] Read more
Butter, skim milk powder support prices to rise
Support prices for butter and skim milk powder will rise effective February 1, 2008, the Canadian Dairy Commission announced Friday. The support price for skim milk powder will increase from $5.9212 to $5.9835 per kg, while the support price for butter will increase from $6.8695 to $6.9316 per kg. Support prices are the prices at […] Read more
Japan’s Mitsui buys into Sask. crush plant
Japanese commodity trading company Mitsui and Co. has bought a 40 per cent partnership stake in Louis Dreyfus Canada’s planned canola processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. Brant Randles, president of Louis Dreyfus Canada, said Thursday that the partnership is “a positive step for everyone involved” and will strengthen the two companies’ long-standing business relationship. Louis […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
