Business risk management, pesticide management and animal disease preparedness were among topics discussed by provincial, federal and territorial ministers of agriculture at their annual meeting this week.
Ag ministers meeting covers risk management, pesticides, animal disease
MNP to launch agronomy practice
Company to consolidate six agronomy firms under MNP umbrella
MNP will consolidate six Prairie agronomy firms into its own practice, the accounting and professional services company announced today.
Precision livestock farming could fine-tune feed efficiency ‘equation’
A Belgian researcher says precision technology can help farmers fine-tune animal feed consumption, which would increase profits, improve animal welfare and lower environmental effects.
Swine genetics company Genesus in receivership
A receivership order filed June 12 in the Court of Kings Bench in Winnipeg has appointed BDO Canada Limited as receiver and manager for Genesus Inc., Genesus Genetics and Can-Am Genetics, Inc.
BMO funds University of Calgary ag literacy program
Aim is to help people understand complexities of food production
Reading Time: < 1 minute BMO gives University of Calgary $1 million to explain food production to people.
Feds fund Alberta value-added projects
Over $21 million will support numerous projects throughout the province
Reading Time: < 1 minute Federal funding will provide $21 million for agriculture-related projects in Alberta.
Federated Co-op cardlocks “fully operational” company says
A "cybersecurity incident" led to the shutdown of some cardlocks and affected inventories at some grocery stores
Federated Co-op says it's opening more cardlocks every day after a "cybersecurity incident" late last week, the company said on social media yesterday evening.
United Farmers of Alberta buys stake in Canterra Seeds
United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) announced today it had purchased nearly 1.3 million shares in Winnipeg-based Canterra Seeds.
Some Co-op services still down after “cybersecurity incident”
Open cardlocks not currently selling dyed fuels, company says
Thursday, Federated Co-op Ltd. posted on X that it was "experiencing a cybersecurity incident" that was affecting some internal and customer-facing systems at cardlock and retail Co-op locations. It had shut down some systems as a precaution and had brought in experts, the company added.
Feds fund organic development groups
MacAulay pledged up to nearly $$1,175,841 for the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA) over three years via the AgriMarketing program and up to $985,985 over three years to the Prairie Organic Development Fund via the AgriCompetativeness program.
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