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Ex-B.C. milk board CEO to head CDC

By GFM Staff February 5, 2020

An ex-executive with the B.C. Milk Marketing Board and Monsanto Canada has been named to lead the Canadian Dairy Commission through 2021. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday named Bob Ingratta as the commission’s chairperson for a term ending Dec. 16, 2021, replacing Alistair Johnston. Ingratta, originally from Ontario, has degrees in botany and […] Read more

Barley, Crops

Prairie barley groups back new research funding arm

By GFM Staff January 13, 2020

The three Prairie barley growers’ groups are taking a more “collaborative” approach to longer-term national and regional research work on barley breeding. SaskBarley, Alberta Barley and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association on Monday launched what they’ve dubbed the Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC), following a path similar to that of the three provincial […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Vape product concerns weigh on cannabis companies

By Nichola Saminather September 30, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — A U.S. recommendation that consumers avoid vaping products containing the active ingredient in marijuana ahead of their legalization in Canada next month could be a blow to Canadian cannabis companies’ hopes that the higher-margin products will help propel them to profitability. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Romaine-related E. coli outbreak appears over

By Reuters January 9, 2019

Reuters — The multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal growing regions in northern and central California appears to be over, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday. Sixty-two people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli were reported from 16 states […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

Major grocers pull romaine lettuce nationwide

By GFM Staff November 24, 2018

Despite seeing no evidence yet of nationwide contamination, several major Canadian grocers are pulling romaine lettuce from sale across Canada in the wake of E. coli-related illness outbreaks in three provinces. Loblaw Companies announced Wednesday it was recalling and removing from its store shelves across the country all romaine lettuce products “out of an abundance […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Abstain from romaine: Canada, U.S. warn on E. coli in lettuce

By Reuters November 20, 2018

Reuters — Public health officials in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday warned against eating romaine lettuce while they investigate an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened 50 people in the two countries, including 13 who were hospitalized. The alerts, issued as millions of Americans plan their Thanksgiving Day menus, covered all forms of […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Dairy support prices stand pat for 2018

By Alberta Farmer Staff December 4, 2017

The Canadian Dairy Commission plans to hold the line on the support levels used to price industrial milk in Canada next year, despite a “small reduction” in the cost of milk production. The commission announced Friday it would maintain the per-kilogram support prices it sets for butter and skim milk powder at $8.0062 and $4.5302 […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Agropur halts its diafiltered milk imports

By Alberta Farmer Staff May 10, 2016

Updated, May 11, 2016 — Canadian dairy processing co-operative Agropur says a three-month national program to subsidize use of Canadian dairy ingredients will allow it to “immediately” end its own imports of diafiltered milk. “We had pledged to stop importing diafiltered milk as soon as conditions allowed,” co-op president Serge Riendeau said Tuesday in a […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. deploys new bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry

By Julie Steenhuysen, Tom Polansek January 18, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in the country poses to humans and poultry, employing emergency plans drawn up in the wake of a devastating outbreak in birds last year. The federal government sprang into action on […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

California adopts tough rules for antibiotic use in livestock

By Lisa Baertlein October 12, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill that sets the strictest government standards in the U.S. for the use of antibiotics in livestock production. The move from California, known for its leadership on public health and environmental issues, comes amid growing concern that the overuse of such drugs […] Read more

Canada’s wheat ending stocks projections raised

Fund traders grow long positions in canola, U.S. futures

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed

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