Manitobans between ages 9 and 24 with an eye or ear for presentation and a germ of an agriculture-related idea can put their skills to the test in a new Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) contest with the help of the Manitoba Co-operator. The “Share What You See in Agriculture” media competition will accept projects from […] Read more
Ag contest wants media-savvy young Manitobans
Agropur posts record earnings
Quebec dairy co-op Agropur reports that it’s still in expansion mode, having posted “new record” results in 2007. At its annual meeting Wednesday in Montreal, the company reported 2007 earnings (before patronage dividends and taxes) of $129.7 million on sales of $2.45 billion, up from $110 million on $2.3 billion in 2006. “Despite a fiercely […] Read more
JRI to expand two Pioneer sites in Man.
Two Pioneer Grain elevators in Manitoba are slated for capacity expansions this summer, following announcements of six other projects at five sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Pioneer’s parent, Winnipeg’s James Richardson International (JRI), on Wednesday announced it will add an extra 10,000 tonnes of storage capacity at its Mollard elevator near Brunkild, about 35 km […] Read more
Quebec farming risks “suffocating:” commission
The much-anticipated report from a provincial commission on the future of agriculture and agri-food in Quebec finds a sector so closed in by its regulations, systems and structures that “they are in danger of literally suffocating it.” The report from the Commission sur l’avenir de l’agriculture et de l’agroalimentaire quebecois, released Tuesday, generally recommends that […] Read more
Former CGC head John O’Connor, 75
Services will be held Thursday in Winnipeg for John O’Connor, a retired former executive director of the Canadian Grain Commission, who died last week on vacation in Mexico. O’Connor was born in Wainwright, Alta., studied agriculture at the University of Alberta and also earned a business administration diploma from the University of Western Ontario. By […] Read more
Alta.-Hawaii hog shipments dubbed “worst” cruelty
An international coalition of animal welfare groups has launched a humane transport campaign with what it claims is damning video footage of live hogs shipped by land and sea from Lethbridge, Alta., to Hawaii in inhumane conditions for pork labelled as a Hawaiian product. The groups, spearheaded by the World Society for the Protection of […] Read more
CN rail car plan will harm grain handling: shippers
A group of Prairie grain shippers including the Canadian Wheat Board and five of the Prairies’ smaller grain firms want “emergency interim relief” from federal regulators to put a stop to Canadian National’s (CN) new rail car allocation system. The railway’s new system, which the companies said was launched Feb. 1, will throw grain handling “into […] Read more
Bayer doubles up herbicides
Bayer CropScience will roll out a new broadleaf/grass herbicide combo, the iPak, for sale at independent retailers in Western Canada during the coming growing season. The company announced Tuesday that it will package its new broadleaf herbicide, the bromoxynil/pyrasulfotole combo Infinity (Groups 6 and 27, respectively), with Syngenta’s Group 1 grass herbicide Horizon 240 EC […] Read more
Halifax postpones urban poultry debate: CBC
Halifax city council will put off further debate on the idea of allowing urban residents to keep backyard chickens until a report is completed on how other cities handle the issue, CBC reported Monday. That report isn’t expected for another six or seven months. The discussion came to council after a woman in the city’s […] Read more
Ont. funds new OVC animal hospital
The Ontario government will put up $9.5 million toward a new primary-care teaching hospital for small animals at Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. “This will give students a high quality and diverse clinical teaching and learning experience and enable the college to expand training in nutrition, health and wellness,” the province said in a release Tuesday. […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
