Alberta Farmer

ADQ ag critic keeps post in merger with CAQ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 22, 2012 9:12PM

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

Jan 21, 2012 12:01AM