UAP has rolled out a new slow-release nitrogen fertilizer that it says will allow farmers to plan around a “more targeted” foliar N application later in a growing season. The product, called N-Pact, is a patented 26-0-0 Triazone foliar formulation, which “allows better foliar uptake without the leaf burning often associated with other nitrogen fertility […] Read more
UAP launches slow-release N fertilizer
Friends of CWB look for quick court date
A farmers’ group hoping to overturn changes to the voters’ list for Canadian Wheat Board director elections wants to have its case heard before the election process moves ahead. Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, represented by Manitoba lawyer Anders Bruun, said Monday it will ask the Federal Court in Winnipeg for an “expedited hearing” […] Read more
Equipment funding extended for VBP participants
Cattle producers taking part in a Verified Beef Production (VBP) workshop now have until Dec. 31 to apply for funding to purchase equipment via the Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program. The federal agriculture department has extended the deadline to allow more producers to take advantage of the funding available, according to a release Monday […] Read more
Quebec to back beleaguered cheese industry
Quebec’s cheese industry, fighting an uphill marketing battle against a recent listeria crisis of its own, will get $8.4 million in provincial support over the next three years for development. The cash will go to fund the province’s five-point plan for development and economic growth in the province’s fine cheese sector, Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard […] Read more
Income fund buys up Sask. pulse processor
A Regina special crop-processing firm has bought up all the shares of a Saskatchewan pulse processor that it didn’t already own. Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund, owner of 55 per cent of Saskcan Horizon Trading, has closed into escrow its purchase of the remaining 45 per cent of the Aberdeen, Sask. company’s shares. Saskcan Horizon […] Read more
Alberta’s ALMA launches web site
Alberta’s provincial Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), has opened up its new website for information on programs coming up as part of the province’s livestock and meat strategy. The site features updates on livestock and meat sector competitiveness initiatives and information about the Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy (ALMS) and ALMA as well as the […] Read more
Scotian Gold apple facility gets $2M loan
The biggest apple packing and storage business in Eastern Canada will get a $2 million provincial loan to retool its packing system. The Nova Scotia government on Thursday announced a loan through its Industrial Expansion Fund to Scotian Gold Co-operative Ltd. at Coldbrook, just west of Kentville in Kings County. The loan will help the […] Read more
Man. extends TB mustering fee funding
The Manitoba government has announced a three-year extension of its program to help cover ranchers’ costs to gather animals for bovine tuberculosis (TB). The provincial ag department said Thursday it will put up $468,000 over three years to support the tuberculosis mustering fee program, which has been in place for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 testing […] Read more
Agrium seeks buyback, shares drop
Calgary fertilizer giant Agrium has announced plans to buy back up to five per cent of its common shares, considering them undervalued, the day before its stock and those of other fertilizer and ag firms took a hit in trading. “We believe the current price of our shares does not reflect Agrium’s achievements nor our […] Read more
P.E.I. potato growers up for AgriRecovery aid
Potato growers on Prince Edward Island affected by “extreme wet weather” can now share up to $12.4 million in federal/provincial aid through the AgriRecovery program. AgriRecovery, one of the programs under the federal government’s Growing Forward ag policy framework, is meant to help governments address gaps not covered by existing programs and respond quickly to […] Read more
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