Dow AgroSciences Canada has launched a new dual-action broadleaf herbicide brand for use in the Prairies’ brown and dark brown soil zones. The company has picked up registration for Benchmark in spring wheat, durum and barley. It will be available for farmers’ use this spring by the 40-acre case, Dow said, and will also be […] Read more
Dow rolls out dual-action broadleaf product
Central Alta. bioenergy projects get $508K
The Alberta government will put up almost $508,000 toward feasibility studies for two livestock methane power plants as well as an ethanol plant expansion. The province’s contributions, announced Wednesday, will come through its Biorefining Commercialization and Market Development program and Bio-energy Infrastructure Development program. The three contributions include: $300,000 for a study by Kingdom Farm […] Read more
WCE today, “ICE Futures Canada” tomorrow
ICE Futures Canada will be the new moniker for the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange starting tomorrow. Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), which bought the WCE in August and transitioned its all-electronic trading platform to the ICE platform on Dec. 10, announced Monday that its new subsidiary will have a new name in line with its other futures subsidiaries. […] Read more
New cheese standards planned for late 2008
New federal standards for the composition of cheese are expected to allow more milk products to be used to make cheeses and to specify what can go into “aged” cheddars and other varieties. Amendments announced earlier this summer and published Wednesday in the Canada Gazette to take effect in late 2008 will cut out inconsistencies […] Read more
CPR over, CN under grain revenue caps: CTA
Canadian Pacific Railway has set a new record for excess grain revenue, the Canadian Transportation Agency announced Friday. The agency sets annual caps on the amount of revenue Canada’s railways can make from moving grain off the Prairies to port terminals at Thunder Bay, Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C. and Churchill, Man. CPR’s cap for the […] Read more
Maltsters “not satisfied” with CWB proposals
Canada’s big four maltsters say they’re “not satisfied” with the Canadian Wheat Board’s proposals for a guaranteed price production contract for malting barley. Details on the CWB’s proposals for a cash-price contract option for malting barley are to be widely released next month, and had been briefly outlined for CWB permit book holders in a […] Read more
Don Rennie, 85
Don Rennie, a former dean of the University of Saskatchewan’s college of agriculture and a leader in Prairie soil conservation, died Sunday in Saskatoon at age 85. Rennie taught in the University of Saskatchewan’s soil science department starting in 1952 and received several accolades for his work, including an appointment as a member of the […] Read more
P.E.I. relaxes winery rules: CBC
A larger number of fruit growers on Prince Edward Island may now be eligible for a provincial winery license, CBC reported Thursday. CBC quoted Wayne MacDougall, CEO of the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission, as saying producers of other fruits, or any other crop such as dandelions that can be used to produce wine, will be […] Read more
Kickstart funds en route for AgriInvest
The federal/provincial farmer account program AgriInvest is now in place for 2007, meaning $600 million in federal cash to kickstart those accounts will now be delivered. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Thursday that agreements between Ottawa and the provinces are now in place to implement the new suite of business risk management programs, including […] Read more
Wheat keeps climbing in December PROs
Even tighter world wheat supplies have spurred a jump of $41 to $52 per tonne in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest pool return outlooks (PROs) for 2007-08. On top of Statistics Canada’s recent report of reduced Canadian wheat supplies, production shortfalls in the U.S, Europe and Australia and export restrictions from Russia and Ukraine come […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
