Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) plan to jointly manage rail switching on intermodal trains at the Deltaport marine container terminal at Roberts Bank, B.C. Deltaport, about 40 km south of Vancouver’s inner harbour, handles about 70,000 intermodal TEUs (20-foot equivalent containers) off CN and CPR trains each month, the two railways said […] Read more
CN, CPR strike West Coast switching deal
Gowan buys Dow’s Gavel potato fungicide
Pesticide firm Gowan Co. will soon own Dow AgroSciences’ potato fungicide brand Gavel 75DF as part of a worldwide deal for Dow’s business in Gavel’s active ingredient. Starting Aug. 1 this year, Gowan will be the sole marketer of Gavel, which is registered in Canada for use by potato growers to control early and late […] Read more
Feds back Suncor ethanol plant expansion
The federal government will put up $25 million for Suncor Energy’s planned expansion of its corn ethanol plant near Sarnia, Ont. The expansion of the Calgary company’s St. Clair plant, which it announced last month, is expected to double its current capacity to 400 million litres of ethanol per year. The facility expansion, which is […] Read more
Prairie spud growers enter convenience market
Two potato farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan are taking their produce directly to the heat-and-serve convenience food market. Barrich Farms of Outlook, Sask., about 90 km south of Saskatoon, and Bassano Growers at Bassano, Alta., about 140 km east of Calgary, have set up a joint venture called Todays Potatoes, with a processing facility at […] Read more
Release food inspection plan now: Liberals
The federal government needs to release its plan now for food safety inspections in Canada, without worrying about the “communications risks” involved in releasing it, the federal Liberals said Wednesday. News reports in the past week have stated that a Canadian Food Inspection Agency biologist has been sacked after finding confidential documents outlining such a […] Read more
Supreme Court allows BSE lawsuit: report
The Supreme Court of Canada won’t stop cattle producers from suing the federal government over the arrival of BSE in this country, according to a report Thursday by the Canadian Press. The news agency said the high court won’t hear an appeal filed by the federal government and Winnipeg feed maker Ridley Inc. that was […] Read more
PotashCorp to boost Sask. mines’ capacity
PotashCorp plans to spend US$1.6 billion in Saskatchewan to boost two potash mine capacity expansion projects and launch a third, to raise its total annual capacity by 15 per cent by the end of 2012. The Saskatoon company, the world’s largest potash producer by capacity, plans a new “debottlenecking” project at its mine at Allan, […] Read more
New loans up at Farm Credit
Farm Credit Canada has posted another increase in the number and total dollar amount of new loans to farmers in its 2007-08 fiscal year. In its annual report, released Thursday, the federal ag lending agency listed $4.28 billion in new loans for the year ending March 31, up from $3.71 billion in 2006-07. That’s spread […] Read more
P.E.I. cuts farm building assessments
Farm buildings used to produce pork, beef or potatoes on Prince Edward Island will get an immediate 25 per cent depreciation in their assessment for tax purposes, the province announced Thursday. “We’ve been hearing many producers are having a tough time,” said provincial treasurer Wes Sheridan in a release. “We’re aware there has been a […] Read more
Alta. bison wanted to test mobile abattoir
Researchers in Alberta are looking for four bison farms or feedlots to help test the effects of on-farm slaughter, using a mobile abattoir, on meat quality and animal stress. The provincial and federal ag departments and Olds College are collaborating on a study that will study bison for pre-slaughter stress and the quality of the […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
