Prairie wheat growers with fusarium-infected No. 2 Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat can now sign up for the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2008-09 fusarium program. Sign-up began Friday (Sept. 19) for the delivery contract program, which guarantees 100 per cent acceptance and delivery by Nov. 28 for No. 2 CWRW with fusarium levels between 2.1 […] Read more
CWB opens CWRW fusarium program
N.S. poultry plant scores $3.5M loan
Nova Scotia’s provincial government plans to invest $3.5 million in working capital for the province’s sole major poultry processing plant. ACA Co-operative of New Minas, just east of Kentville, will be able to maintain its payroll of 650 employees and a like number of spin-off jobs, the province said in a release Friday. “This sole […] Read more
N.B. names new deputy ag minister
New Brunswick’s deputy minster of intergovernmental affairs will move over a chair to become the province’s top bureaucrat for agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Longtime provincial public servant Jim McKay becomes deputy minister for both the agriculture and aquaculture portfolio and the fisheries portfolio effective Monday (Sept. 22), Premier Shawn Graham said in a release Thursday. […] Read more
Ont. wines a $529M economic boost: study
Ontario’s wine and grape production industries combined yielded a value-added impact of $529 million for the province’s economy in 2007, a new study reports. The study, done by KPMG for the Wine Council of Ontario, says that impact is up from $202 million in 1997. Furthermore, the study said, the industry supported about 7,000 Ontario […] Read more
Ont. to fund Niagara agri-tour project
Ontario’s provincial government will provide start-up cash to launch an agricultural co-operative and seasonal tours through the Niagara region. The project, to be co-ordinated by Club 2000 Niagara, is meant to help make the region “a centre for agricultural tourism in southern Ontario,” the province said in a release Thursday. The province’s investment totals $128,480, […] Read more
Alta. feedlots must report cattle on move
Feedlots in Alberta will soon be required to record and report cattle move-in information to the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. In a newsletter released Thursday, the provincial ag department said the new requirement will kick in on Jan. 1, 2009, requiring this information to be recorded as cattle arrive and reported to the CCIA within […] Read more
Ritz’s listeria cracks should cost job: Grits
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s comments on the listeriosis outbreak have the federal Liberals again calling for his resignation, this time over “inappropriate and insensitive” wisecracks on a conference call. Liberal agriculture critic Wayne Easter cited a Canadian Press report Wednesday that quoted Ritz on an Aug. 30 call with staff from the federal agriculture and […] Read more
Maple Leaf reopens deep-cleaned Toronto plant
Following six “intensive sanitizations” to wipe out any trace of listeria, Maple Leaf Foods is restarting production at its Bartor Road meat processing plant in Toronto. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Wednesday it has allowed Maple Leaf to start “limited production” so it can assess and verify the new processes put in place […] Read more
Community elevator burns in Sask.
Grain growers near the northern Saskatchewan town of Cudworth lost a local shipping point Tuesday as the community’s elevator burned to the ground, Saskatoon’s StarPhoenix newspaper reports. The newspaper, on its web site Tuesday, said a fire broke out near the top of the 75-year-old former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator at about 9:30 a.m. Firefighters […] Read more
DuPont names new Canadian ag chem chief
The Canadian wing of chemical company DuPont has named Priscila Vansetti as its new business director for DuPont Crop Protection Canada. Vansetti’s appointment is effective Aug. 1, putting her in charge of DuPont Canada’s crop protection business and making her a member of DuPont Canada’s “Leadership Team,” which is responsible for developing “synergies” across DuPont’s […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
