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Prominent UPA executive to run for PQ

thumb One of the founders and leaders of the international development...
Jan 27, 2012 6:51PM


Seed-applied liquid nutrient approved for cereal crops

thumb A new liquid formulation of a seed-applied nutrient has been cle...
Jan 27, 2012 5:54PM


BASF asks growers to lock in on lentils

thumb In a revamp it says will simplify the process for Prairie farmer...
Jan 27, 2012 12:55PM


Certification hearing set for farmer suit against CN, CP

thumb A proposed class action suit against Canada's two major railways...
Jan 26, 2012 1:18PM


Bull run in U.S. cattle may lose steam, for now

thumb Texas rancher Jim Selman is on the verge of going out of the cat...
Jan 26, 2012 12:00PM


Deere to take MacDon windrowers global

Farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint.

Richardson buys further into Peace grain handle

Canada's second biggest grain handler has made another play to expand its handle in northwestern Alberta's Peace region, this time buying from an independent player.

Stakeholder names slate to run for CP's board

A New York investment firm calling for new management at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has named a slate of nominees to run for the railway's board in May.




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ADQ ag critic keeps post in merger with CAQ

thumb The leaders of Quebec's new third party have named the agriculture critic from the former Action democratique Quebec (ADQ) to keep that post.
Jan 25, 2012 9:01PM


N.B. orders alleged deer farms shut down

thumb New Brunswick is ordering people at over a dozen locations in the province to either slaughter or ship out captive white-tailed deer they're alleged to be keeping on their premises.
Jan 25, 2012 6:25PM


Canadian pork producers name new chief

thumb The membership of Canada's national hog industry association has named its first vice-president, Quebec hog producer Jean-Guy Vincent, as its new chairman.
Jan 25, 2012 12:47PM


Grain, fertilizer traffic add to record gross for CN

thumb Increased revenue from grain and fertilizer handling helped boost Canadian National Railway to record gross revenues in both its fourth quarter and fiscal 2011.
Jan 25, 2012 12:15AM


Prairie canola cash bids firm, but upside limited

thumb Western Canadian canola cash bids continue to remain strong, with solid demand and concerns about South American weather providing support.
Jan 24, 2012 5:30PM


Canadian cattle, sheep, goats cleared for Philippines

thumb The Philippines' government has reopened the country's ports to imports of live Canadian cattle, sheep and goats.
Jan 24, 2012 2:59PM


Problematic weed moving into Illinois

thumb In 2010, a two-day conference centred in Memphis offered farm dealers from the U.S. and Canada, a glimpse of the effects of glyphosate resistance.
Jan 24, 2012 12:01AM


B.C. wine researchers to help crack Chardonnay genome

thumb Canadian vineyards growing Chardonnay grapes could soon learn exactly which types of the grape variety are better suited to their particular climates.
Jan 23, 2012 7:21PM


ICE's milling wheat contracts trade light on first day

thumb New milling wheat, durum and barley contracts began trading on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT, with only milling wheat actually experiencing any trade during its first day of activity.
Jan 23, 2012 5:57PM


Potato fungicide's label expanded to cover black dot

thumb A broad-spectrum fungicide used to control early and late blight in potatoes can now be used also to control black dot, another common potato plant disease.
Jan 23, 2012 5:22PM


Klassen: Western Canadian feeder cattle surge higher

thumb Western Canadian feeder cattle under 600 pounds were up $8-$10 per hundredweight (cwt) this past week. A small group of exotic steers averaging 570 pounds sold for $170/cwt in west-central Alberta; black Angus-cross steers averaging 535 pounds...
Jan 23, 2012 2:35PM


Dalhousie/NSAC merger goes to formal negotiations

thumb Plans to make Nova Scotia Agricultural College an arm of Halifax's Dalhousie University have entered their formal negotiation phase.
Jan 23, 2012 7:11AM


Off-patent fungicide approved against canola ailments

thumb Jan 22, 2012 9:12PM


MGEX cleared for non-U.S. wheat on HRSW contract

thumb Jan 21, 2012 12:01AM