Horses All, a monthly newspaper for the Alberta and western Canadian horse industries, has a new owner in Winnipeg publishing house Farm Business Communications. Horses All was published and edited respectively by Steve and Cindy Mark of Calgary. The paper has operated since 1977 and covers news and events across the equine sector. Its fields […] Read more
Alta. horse journal under new ownership
JRI to expand Hamilton terminal
James Richardson International plans to boost the capacity of its crop terminal at Hamilton, Ont. by over half. The Winnipeg company, which last month announced eight storage and rail car capacity expansion projects at seven of its Pioneer Grain elevators in the three Prairie provinces, said Thursday it will add 15,000 tonnes of storage capacity […] Read more
Conservation tillage promoter, CFIA director honoured
A soil scientist who for years has advocated for conservation tillage and an executive director at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency among five federal civil servants earning awards for “exceptional service” to the country. Wayne Lindwall of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada was named Wednesday to receive the annual Outstanding Achievement Award of the Public Service […] Read more
Man. green groups rip hog review
The provincial government’s move Monday to halt any further development of the hog sector in much of eastern Manitoba doesn’t go far enough, according to a coalition of groups advocating smaller-scale farming. In a press conference Wednesday in Winnipeg, representatives of groups including HogWatch Manitoba and Beyond Factory Farming called for the provincial government to […] Read more
Kickstart application deadline extended
Farmers’ deadline to apply for a share of $600 million in federal “Kickstart” funding for the new AgriInvest program has been extended from March 31 to April 14. “This extension will ensure farmers have enough time to learn about AgriInvest and the money available to kickstart their accounts,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a […] Read more
Nova Scotia pledges $1.9M for cattle sector
Nova Scotia’s government plans a $1.9 million round of direct payments to the province’s cattle producers. The provincial agriculture department said in a release Wednesday that it will flow the funding directly to producers through its programs and business risk management division. Details will be provided next week, the department said. “The department identified short-term […] Read more
Quebec hog sector report overdue
Quebec’s hog sector is waiting on a report the province commissioned for a March 3 deadline, on ways to revive the industry. Guy Coulombe, a longtime provincial civil servant, was appointed in September by Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard to enter into talks between principal players in the hog production and pork processing sectors and file […] Read more
Ont. ag traceback agency chooses “key”
GS1 Canada, a non-profit agency that maintains global standards for identifying goods and locations, will register Ontario farmers in a project with OnTrace, the provincial food traceability agency, to allow buyers to track food back to its home farm. GS1 will work with OnTrace to give Ontario farmers access to the GS1 global location number […] Read more
Arbitration could cost farmers “tens of millions”: CWB
A proposed federal bill that would compel the Canadian Wheat Board into arbitration over its grain handling agreements could cost farmers “tens of millions” of dollars per year, the CWB said Tuesday. “This legislation would essentially take money from farmers and hand it over to the grain companies,” said CWB chief operating officer Ward Weisensel […] Read more
Ont. livestock, horticulture payments in mail
Ontario’s Agricorp has begun mailing cheques from the province’s $130 million aid program for cattle, hog and horticulture producers, the agency announced Tuesday. Cheques went into the mail starting Feb. 29 and should begin to arrive in producers’ mailboxes this week, the agency said. Agricorp is the provincial agency that delivers risk management funding and […] Read more
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