Good Energies, a multinational renewable energy investment firm, has announced $16 million for Winnipeg-based wind power firm Sequoia Energy, to finance its new developments in rural Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota. Sequoia launched Manitoba’s first wind farm, a 99-mW project at St. Leon, and picked up provincial environmental licenses last fall to build wind turbines […] Read more
Prairie wind farmer gets $16M expansion financing
Nufarm to market Curtail M
Nufarm Canada will take over marketing and sales responsibility in Western Canada for Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide Curtail M. Curtail M is a Group 4 (clopyralid and MCPA ester) herbicide that controls Canada thistle, sow thistle, dandelion and other broadleaf weeds in barley, wheat, oats, flax and forage grasses. The product can also be tank-mixed with […] Read more
KUC to build geothermal greenhouse
B.C.’s Kwantlen University College will build a new greenhouse to study the potential of geothermal to heat commercial operations. The Lower Mainland school’s Institute for Sustainable Horticulture has picked up $2.2 million in provincial funding to build a 500-square metre greenhouse and an attached 450-square metre lab at KUC’s Langley campus. “Commercial greenhouses are, not […] Read more
Yukon to draft tick control plan for elk
Elk farmers in the Yukon can expect to be consulted on a proposal to use medicated feed for tick control in the wild elk population. Territory Environment Minister Dennis Fentie said Tuesday that the government plans a three-phase approach to manage and remove the winter tick infestation that’s hit wild elk in the Yukon. Department […] Read more
Ottawa backs HACCP for grocers
Independent grocery store owners and managers can get training on an in-store food safety system through the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG), backed by almost $285,000 in federal funding. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced the funding Tuesday in Ottawa. CFIG’s program will train store owners and managers to introduce the Hazard Analysis Critical […] Read more
Canola sector backs nutrition research
(Revised) — The Canola Council of Canada and industry partners have set up a new fund to back research of canola oil’s use in healthy diets, the commodity group announced Tuesday. The Canola Product Research Fund is backed by the Canola Council, the three Prairie canola growers’ associations, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto and Pioneer […] Read more
Danish biotech firm to buy Philom Bios
Saskatoon crop inoculant maker Philom Bios recommended Wednesday that its shareholders accept a $25.6 million all-cash takeover bid by Novozymes A/S, a major player in the enzyme and microorganism business. Novozymes, based in Denmark, markets over 700 products in 130 countries for use in industrial and food production. The company has signed a “pre-acquisition agreement” […] Read more
Cash advances planned for N.S. hog farmers
Hog farmers in Nova Scotia will get immediate payments through the Targeted Advance Payment program to help deal with “financial difficulties” in the hog sector, Ag Minister Brooke Taylor announced Tuesday. Eligible farmers will be contacted soon and given information on how much of an advance they may be eligible to get. Farmers who aren’t […] Read more
Planet Organic sales up 47 per cent
Organic food and “natural” products retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. posted a 16 per cent increase in net income on a 47 per cent rise in sales this fiscal year, the company said Tuesday. The Edmonton company owns 74 stores in North America, including eight Planet Organic supermarkets in Canada and 11 Mrs. Green’s Natural […] Read more
Grain helps boost CPR’s Q3
A 5.5 per cent jump in grain revenue through increased traffic helped Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) improve its third-quarter net by 34 per cent, the company announced Monday. CPR reported net income of $218.6 million on $1.19 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $163.8 million on $1.15 billion in its […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
