Delivering corn hybrids and wheat to either of Husky Energy’s ethanol plants on the Prairies can earn farmers discounts on “a variety of” DuPont Canada brands of herbicides. DuPont and seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred on Monday announced their new joint offer with Husky. Farmers’ 2008 crops of red winter wheat, Canada Prairie spring red, Canada […] Read more
Ag chem deals offered for Husky grain deliveries
Time to re-think WTO strategy: Ont., Que.
Quebec and Ontario are urging the federal government to change up its negotiating strategy and mount a strong defense of supply management for a new World Trade Organization agreement on agriculture. In a statement Monday, Ontario Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky and her Quebec counterpart, Laurent Lessard, warned that a newly revised modalities text for a […] Read more
Crop gains to support ag income in 2007, 2008
Record gains in Canada’s crops sector are expected to boost the overall income of Canadian farmers in 2007 and again in 2008, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasts. AAFC, the provinces and Statistics Canada on Friday released their farm income forecast for 2007 and 2008, pointing to a substantial increase in income from crops. But rising […] Read more
New WTO text will spur reaction: Ritz
A new World Trade Organization draft text, laying out what WTO member countries might be able to agree to in coming weeks on agricultural trade, shows progress on issues important for Canadian ag exports, according to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The WTO’s agriculture negotiations chairman, Crawford Falconer, and its non-ag market access chairperson, Don Stephenson, […] Read more
Ont. orchards, vineyards to get $22M for renewal
Ontario’s tree fruit and grape growers will get $22.3 million in federal funding to help rip up older trees and vines and bring in either new or improved varieties or other crops altogether. Niagara region MP Dean Allison announced Ottawa’s contribution Friday at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre at Lincoln. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada […] Read more
Ecological goods and services pilot funded in N.B.
The Eastern Canada Soil and Water Conservation Centre plans to study how or if the environmental farm plan (EFP) process can be used or even broadened to deliver an ecological goods and services (EG&S) program for farmers in New Brunswick. EG&S are the environmental benefits derived from a healthy ecosystem; EG&S programming in Canada is […] Read more
Below-normal levels possible in Okanagan basin
Near-normal snowpack on average across British Columbia is good news generally for spring and summer water supply, but areas of the south-central Interior may fall below the curve. The provincial environment ministry reported Friday that close to two-thirds of the peak snowpack across the province had accumulated by Feb. 1. The south coast and Vancouver […] Read more
Ottawa to put WTO duties on supply-managed goods
The federal government plans to put “special agricultural safeguards,” a form of duty allowed by the World Trade Organization, around Canada’s supply-managed dairy, egg and poultry sectors. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Thursday that the government has served the WTO with notice of Canada’s intent to proceed with “finalizing the operationalization” of special agricultural safeguards […] Read more
Governments sitting on Atlantic Beef cash: CBC
A $12 million bailout for the Atlantic Beef Products plant on Prince Edward Island is on hold waiting for the company to hold up its end of the agreement, CBC reported Thursday. As per an agreement announced in December, the federal government was to invest $6 million through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), and […] Read more
Flour miller rolls out Prairie wheat branding
Ontario flour miller Dover Industries has joined in on the Canadian Wheat Board’s bid to build a domestic brand for Prairie wheat, by taking it on the road. Dover, which owns flour mills at Cambridge, Ont., Acton, Ont., Halifax and, most recently, Saskatoon, will carry the CWB’s brand with the slogan “Made from Canadian Wheat […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
