Ontario Soybean Growers on Friday announced its new executive and five elected directors for 2008. Leo Guilbeault, a grower from Belle River in Essex county and chair of the Ontario Grains and Oilseeds Safety Net Committee was elected for a second year as chair of the commodity group, which represents Ontario’s 25,000 soybean growers, at […] Read more
Ont. soybean growers name executive
Board grains revenue highest in 10 years: CWB
Prairie farmers will share a pot of $4.53 billion for their wheat and barley from the 2006-07 crop year, up 44 per cent from 2005-06. The Canadian Wheat Board announced its total earnings for distribution in its annual report, released Friday, calling the combined pool revenue the highest it’s seen in 10 years. The board […] Read more
Express SG OK before seeding pulses
DuPont Canada his picked up registration for its Group 2 broadleaf weed killer Express SG for pre-seed burnoffs before seeding pulse crops. The chemical company announced Friday that Express has been approved for application 24 hours before seeding field peas, dry beans, fababeans, lupins and soybeans. The approval gives farmers “a better alternative than glyphosate […] Read more
CFA offers federal budget wish list
A tax deduction for investments in co-operatives is on the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s list of recommendations for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Feb. 26 budget. A co-operative investment plan, as proposed by the CFA, would give co-op members and workers a tax deduction if they choose to invest capital in the co-op. Such a plan […] Read more
Fruit, veg growers get new pest control
Dow AgroSciences Canada has picked up registration for Delegate WG, a new “reduced-risk” insecticide it will market this year in Canada’s fruit- and vegetable-growing regions. Delegate is a Group 5 insecticide to control foliar feeding pests. Its active ingredient, spinetoram, is created through fermentation and then modified for a new mode of action, Dow said […] Read more
Viterra buys Oklahoma feed firm
Viterra’s feed wing, Unifeed Hi-Pro, has signed a deal to buy Oklahoma livestock feed maker Sunrise Feed for an undisclosed sum. Sunrise Feed makes beef cattle, horse and other animal feeds and operates 100,000-tonne-per-year capacity feed mills and retail outlets in the Oklahoma towns of Cheyenne and nearby Elk City, both west of Oklahoma City. […] Read more
Viterra to test Israel designer genes in canola
Viterra will put up its canola lines to test new genetics for higher yield and tolerance of environmental stress developed by an Israel biotech firm. Evogene, based in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, on Wednesday announced its collaboration with Regina-based Viterra, Canada’s biggest grain company. Environmental, or “abiotic,” stress refers to conditions such as drought, […] Read more
P.E.I., CRA to share info on ground hemlock
Harvesters of Prince Edward Island’s ground hemlock will find their work under both federal and provincial scrutiny through a new deal between the province and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The provincial environment, energy and forestry department and CRA signed a memo of understanding Thursday on information sharing, a deal the province said will help make […] Read more
Agrium reports record 2007
Fertilizer company Agrium posted a record fourth quarter and record overall year in 2007, heading into an “outstanding” outlook for 2008 as tight supply and demand conditions continue for ag nutrients. The Calgary-based firm — now looking to become North America’s largest retailer of crop inputs and services through a $39 per share, $2.65 billion […] Read more
Menu Foods posts $62M net loss for 2007
The Toronto-based pet food maker among the hardest hit by last year’s pet food scare involving Chinese melamine posted a net loss of $62 million for fiscal 2007. Menu Foods Income Fund reported a net loss of $62.13 million on $244.8 million in sales for the year, down from $6.43 million in net income on […] Read more
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