Designed for research, a farm-scale oilseed processing and biodiesel plant at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus has picked up almost $940,000 in federal funding. Dave Van Kesteren, a southern Ontario MP, announced $938,260 in federal funding Friday for the facility, which will be operated in partnership with local soybean and pork producers to help […] Read more
On-farm biodiesel research plant funded
Sask. workers reject Viterra offer: GSU
In a decision that may lead to a strike or lockout early next month, the Grain Services Union says a majority of its members at Viterra have now voted to reject the grain company’s offer for a new contract. The union reported Friday that a majority of members in its Saskatchewan maintenance and operations bargaining […] Read more
Saskferco for sale
The public and private owners of nitrogen fertilizer firm Saskferco are seeking a buyer for the Regina company. Investment Saskatchewan, a Crown investment corporation, and Minnesota phosphate and potash company Mosaic Co., formed in 2004 from a merger by IMC Global and Cargill Crop Nutrition, announced their plans Friday. “The sale of Saskferco will allow […] Read more
Egypt thwarts Agrium fertilizer venture
Egypt’s plans to relocate the “EAgrium” ammonia-urea joint venture project on that country’s Mediterranean coast are “not a viable option” for the Calgary fertilizer firm. And the company, which otherwise is enjoying record revenues due to high fertilizer demand worldwide, warned that it now might have to write off the US$280 million it’s invested in […] Read more
CWB program to offer delivery period options
Prairie farmers delivering wheat and durum to the Canadian Wheat Board can choose their delivery period under a new optional delivery system. Sign-up begins Aug. 1 for the CWB’s new GrainFlo program for the 2008-09 crop year, the board announced Thursday. “Farmers want more control over when they deliver their grain,” said CWB CEO Ian […] Read more
Sask. Stock Growers endorse single group
Members of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association will support the idea of a new umbrella group to represent Saskatchewan cattle producers. A resolution to support such a group, to be called the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association, got approval from SSGA members at the group’s annual meeting, which wrapped up Tuesday in Saskatoon. “The stock growers agreed […] Read more
Get ahead of anthrax exposure: CFIA
Last winter’s snowfall and wet conditions in parts of the Prairies may lead to exposed anthrax spores on pasture land, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned Wednesday. CFIA has already confirmed its first cases of anthrax this spring on a farm in the Rural Municipality of King George, southeast of Rosetown, Sask. The cases were […] Read more
Growmark fined for worker injury on conveyor
Injuries to a worker whose arm was pulled into a moving conveyor belt at a fertilizer storage site will cost ag co-op Growmark $80,000, an Ontario court ruled Tuesday. The fine was levied Tuesday in a provincial court in Brockville, relating to a November 2006 incident at the storage facility at Kemptville, about 50 km […] Read more
Potash One moves to TSX
Potash One, a Vancouver firm with potash permits in southern Saskatchewan, has moved from the TSX Venture Exchange to the TSX, under the symbol KCL. The company, whose 52-week low on the TSXV was 80 cents, began trading on the TSX Wednesday and was trading at $5.54 per share that afternoon. “A TSX listing will […] Read more
CWB launches online weather centre
The Canadian Wheat Board’s partnership with U.S. weather data firm WeatherBug has gone to the next step with the launch of a new online weather centre for Prairie farmers. The new weather centre, launched Wednesday at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show in Regina, gives subscribing farmers the ability to manage data from the CWB/WeatherBug […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
