Reading Time: < 1 minute Labour Day weekend brought about the final show in the Alberta Farmer Summer Beef Show Series. This event which is spearheaded by the Pembina Cattle Breeders encompasses six summer fairs in the north-central Alberta region. These include Barrhead, Mayerthorpe, Westlock, Darwell, Rich Valley and Smith. At each of the six beef cattle shows the results […] Read more
AF Summer Beef Show Wraps Up – for Oct. 11, 2010
Grain Research Fund Lays Out Research Priorities – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes The heir to about $67 million in excess grain-handling revenue from Canada’s two main railways plans to get “more directive” in the types of grain research it will fund. The Western Grains Research Foundation Endowment Fund has laid out its priorities for what it calls a “directed research” program. Previously, the WGRF’s endowment fund had […] Read more
Funding For Biosecurity And Leadership Programs – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute A three-year federal/provincial grant program aimed at helping or encouraging Alberta livestock operations to set up biosecurity measures is now taking applications. Alberta’s Growing Foward Biosecurity program, which will accept applications up until Sept. 30, 2012, will cover 50 per cent of eligible expenses for approved biosecurity work by farmers, non-profit farmer groups and farm-service […] Read more
Federal Bioblend Rules Hit Gas Stations In December – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute New federal requirements for biofuel content in Canadian gasoline will officially kick in on Dec. 15. The government has announced it has finalized its regulations, which call for an average renewable fuel content of five per cent in gasoline sold at Canadian pumps. The renewable fuel requirement in gasoline will require about two billion litres […] Read more
Federal Bioblend Rules Hit Gas Stations In December – for Sep. 1, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute New federal requirements for biofuel content in Canadian gasoline will officially kick in on Dec. 15. The government has announced it has finalized its regulations, which call for an average renewable fuel content of five per cent in gasoline sold at Canadian pumps. The renewable fuel requirement in gasoline will require about two billion litres […] Read more
Mexico-bound canaryseed under “force majeure” – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Special Crops Association has declared force majeure on exports of canaryseed bound for Mexico, which will extend deadlines indefinitely on crop deliveries to Mexican importers. A declaration of force majeure allows extra time for the execution of contracts in the case of “extremely unusual events” for as long as those events are deemed […] Read more
CFIA watching for British cloned cow genetics – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes A claim that Canadian farms are importing embryos taken from a British cow bred from a clone has food inspectors here closely watching the outcome of a U.K. investigation. Officials with Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) are investigating the unauthorized sale of meat processed from Holstein animals allegedly born from embryos taken from a U.S. […] Read more
New Insect Pest Eats Into NE Alta. Saskatoons – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatoon trees in northeastern Alberta have become an unwilling host to an insect problem not seen before on the Prairies. Federal forestry officials are studying the possible scope of the pest problem. Entomologist Greg Pohl of the Canadian Forestry Service says that so far the insect has only been sighted in the Lac La Biche […] Read more
Mexico to accept Canadian poultry genetics – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new agreement between the Canadian and Mexican governments is expected to restore exports of Canadian poultry genetics to Mexico. “We’re very pleased to hear that the export of hatching eggs, day-old chicks and turkey poults from Canada to Mexico can restart after Canada received confirmation that Mexican authorities informed their border points of entry,” […] Read more
Agrium sees A$40 million in synergies in AWB purchase
Agrium says that its proposed purchase of Australian grain handler and agri-retailer AWB Ltd. would be “significantly accretive” to earnings in the first year, and that it could generate A$40 million in synergies annually. “We believe we will be able to generate synergies of A$40-million or more on an annual basis, with limited synergies realized […] Read more
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