The grain company formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board expects to have its first of two laker vessels in Canadian waters by the end of the year. CWB announced Monday it took delivery of the first vessel, an Equinox-class boat dubbed the Marquis, effective Oct. 31, and expects it to sail through the Panama […] Read more
First of CWB’s laker vessels en route to Canada
Quebec turns up second case of PEDv in hogs
Quebec has confirmed its second instance of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in hogs, this time at a feeding operation in the Monteregie district. Biosecurity measures have been ramped up “promptly” at the unnamed farm to avoid the spread of the PED virus (PEDv) to other hog operations, the provincial ag ministry said in a release […] Read more
Manitoba extends fertilizer application window
Manitoba crop producers who’d hoped to apply manure or fertilizers to their fields now have a couple of extra days before the province’s annual winter ban takes effect. Manitoba’s conservation and water stewardship department announced Friday it will delay the start of the annual provincewide winter nutrient application ban until Wednesday (Nov. 12). Soil temperatures […] Read more
Ontario supports local pork branding program
The Ontario government has provided Ontario Pork with up to $2 million to encourage more consumers to eat and purchase Ontario pork. In a release, the government said this supports Ontario’s local food strategy helping to make more local food available in the province’s markets, schools, cafeterias, grocery stores and restaurants. It said that since 2003, […] Read more
The forgotten pioneers
History pages from the June 1948 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Forgotten Pioneers By Mary Terrill, Medicine Hat, Alta. ‘They are the forgotten pioneers of the Canadian Northwest – they are as old as early settlement and as young as today’s news – they are “knocked,” lauded, respected, and derided, yet every day, year in and year out, they start from scratch to build up […] Read more
Mountainview, a sainfoin with staying power
News Roundup: Vitamin E in stored feeds, Free trade creeps closer, and NDSU Lowline's make the cut
Forage Mountainview, a sainfoin with staying power By Peg Strankman Mountainview, a new sainfoin cultivar, developed by Dr. Surya Acharya through the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research station in Lethbridge appears to have met the challenge of persistence for this palatable forage. In field testing it has shown it can survive and prevent bloat […] Read more
In-vitro bovine embryos allowed from the U.S.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced a new agreement which allows in-vitro fertilized (IVF) bovine embryos to enter Canada from the U.S. Previously, only IVF bovine embryos produced within Canada were accessible to producers. A Canadian Food Inspection agency release said this represents the first agreement Canada has developed with another country to permit the […] Read more
Scoular to source canola, sell output for Legumex’s U.S. crusher
Grain trading firm The Scoular Co. is set to start feeding canola to Prairie special crop processor Legumex Walker’s crushing facility near the U.S. West Coast — and to market the plant’s production. Winnipeg-based Legumex on Monday announced a “long-term strategic alliance” with Scoular, in which Scoular will procure all canola seed for processing at Legumex’s […] Read more
Incoming N.B. government names new ag deputy
New Brunswick’s deputy minister of economic development will also be the province’s senior bureaucrat for agriculture and fisheries as part of a shuffle announced Tuesday. Denis Caron, who has led the provincial civil service on the economic development file since September last year, will now also handle the ag file on an interim basis, Premier […] Read more
Antitrust watchdog clears Tim Hortons takeover
Canada’s Competition Bureau has no plans to block Timmy’s entry to the Burger King’s kingdom. The bureau said Tuesday it has issued a “no action” letter confirming it won’t, at this time, challenge the US$15.5 billion merger of Tim Hortons into Burger King as proposed in August. The deal is “unlikely to result in a […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
