A tax deduction for investments in co-operatives is on the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s list of recommendations for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Feb. 26 budget. A co-operative investment plan, as proposed by the CFA, would give co-op members and workers a tax deduction if they choose to invest capital in the co-op. Such a plan […] Read more
CFA offers federal budget wish list
Fruit, veg growers get new pest control
Dow AgroSciences Canada has picked up registration for Delegate WG, a new “reduced-risk” insecticide it will market this year in Canada’s fruit- and vegetable-growing regions. Delegate is a Group 5 insecticide to control foliar feeding pests. Its active ingredient, spinetoram, is created through fermentation and then modified for a new mode of action, Dow said […] Read more
Viterra buys Oklahoma feed firm
Viterra’s feed wing, Unifeed Hi-Pro, has signed a deal to buy Oklahoma livestock feed maker Sunrise Feed for an undisclosed sum. Sunrise Feed makes beef cattle, horse and other animal feeds and operates 100,000-tonne-per-year capacity feed mills and retail outlets in the Oklahoma towns of Cheyenne and nearby Elk City, both west of Oklahoma City. […] Read more
Viterra to test Israel designer genes in canola
Viterra will put up its canola lines to test new genetics for higher yield and tolerance of environmental stress developed by an Israel biotech firm. Evogene, based in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, on Wednesday announced its collaboration with Regina-based Viterra, Canada’s biggest grain company. Environmental, or “abiotic,” stress refers to conditions such as drought, […] Read more
P.E.I., CRA to share info on ground hemlock
Harvesters of Prince Edward Island’s ground hemlock will find their work under both federal and provincial scrutiny through a new deal between the province and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The provincial environment, energy and forestry department and CRA signed a memo of understanding Thursday on information sharing, a deal the province said will help make […] Read more
Agrium reports record 2007
Fertilizer company Agrium posted a record fourth quarter and record overall year in 2007, heading into an “outstanding” outlook for 2008 as tight supply and demand conditions continue for ag nutrients. The Calgary-based firm — now looking to become North America’s largest retailer of crop inputs and services through a $39 per share, $2.65 billion […] Read more
Menu Foods posts $62M net loss for 2007
The Toronto-based pet food maker among the hardest hit by last year’s pet food scare involving Chinese melamine posted a net loss of $62 million for fiscal 2007. Menu Foods Income Fund reported a net loss of $62.13 million on $244.8 million in sales for the year, down from $6.43 million in net income on […] Read more
No Alta. pigs bound to Hawaii, for now: WSPA
The Alberta-to-Hawaii hog shipping route detailed in a report Tuesday by an international coalition of animal welfare groups as “one of the world’s cruelest transport routes” hasn’t seen any Canadian hogs since October last year, one of the groups said Wednesday. The World Society for the Protection of Animals, a partner in the Handle with […] Read more
Canada’s GM crop acres up: report
Canadian acreage devoted to genetically modified (GM) crops rose 13 per cent in 2007 over 2006, according to a report from an international biotech agency. Canada’s biotech crop acres rose from 15 million acres in 2006 to 17 million last year — just above the same percentage increase that was seen worldwide, according to a […] Read more
NOFG manager to run P.E.I. hog board
The plant manager for Prince Edward Island’s ill-fated NOFG pork processing plant has been hired as the new executive director for the Prince Edward Island Hog Commodity Marketing Board. Tim Seeber has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, currently as the plant manager for the Charlottetown facility that Quebec City-based NOFG recently handed over […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
