Grain growers wanting to apply for producer cars will be able to do so online later this month. Starting Monday (July 7), farmers who administer their own producer cars, as well as producer car administrators and agents, can apply for an account in the Canadian Grain Commission’s new online producer car application system. On July […] Read more
Producer car application system going online
Juice maker Lassonde buys further into U.S. market
Quebec-based fruit juice processor Lassonde Industries plans to buy its way further into the U.S. juice market — this time in the branded juice business, with a play for a national-level manufacturer. Lassonde and its founding family on Thursday announced an agreement to buy privately-held Apple + Eve, LLC of Port Washington, N.Y. for $150 […] Read more
Manitoba calls provincial emergency
A provincial state of emergency takes effect in Manitoba at noon Friday as municipalities along the Assiniboine River brace for flood levels above those seen in 2011. Declaring a state of emergency allows the provincial government to “take action to prevent harm or damage to the safety, health or welfare of Manitobans, and to property and […] Read more
Sunny weather doesn’t end Prairie flood risk
A period of relatively dry and sunny weather in eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba between now and the weekend may allow overland water to pass, but doesn’t end the flood risk, agencies say. A high pressure system has moved into Manitoba and is expected to bring sunnier weather for the next three days, the provincial […] Read more
PQ’s first agriculture minister Jean Garon, 76
Jean Garon, the lawyer and founding Parti Quebecois member who served as Rene Levesque’s first minister of agriculture, died on Canada Day at age 76. Garon, the MNA for the provincial riding of Levis from 1976 to 1998 and mayor of Levis from 1998 to 2005, died Tuesday at l’Hotel‑Dieu de Levis, the PQ said […] Read more
Impact of heavy rains on crops
Southern Sask. hit hard by heavy rains over the weekend
Many parts of southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba experienced heavy rainfall this past weekend. With more rain expected to fall in these areas in the next 24 hours, this will further impact many severely waterlogged fields. Crop Chatter, an agricultural forum for farmers and public and private agronomists, has posted a number of helpful articles and factsheets farmers can download from its website, such as: Seed […] Read more
B.C.’s medical-grade grows won’t be farms
The five production sites licensed to grow medical marijuana in British Columbia will not get to call themselves “farms” for tax purposes starting next year. The provincial government announced Wednesday it will exclude federally-licensed medical marijuana production from the list of agricultural uses under which a property could be classified as a “farm” for assessment […] Read more
Storied western Manitoba farmhouse burns
The centrepiece of the tale of a famously unconventional western Manitoba pioneer family has been erased. The vacant old farm home at the Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Heritage Park, about 10 km south of Canadian Forces Base Shilo, was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday evening. Blue Hills RCMP, in a release Thursday, said they were called to […] Read more
Ont. cabinet shuffle reunites farm, rural affairs files
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s post-election cabinet shuffle puts the province’s agriculture and food ministry and rural affairs ministry back under one minister. Wynne on Tuesday announced Jeff Leal, the MPP for Peterborough and the province’s minister of rural affairs since February last year, as the new minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs in what’s now […] Read more
CWB makes bid for independent SW Sask. grain handler
Shareholders in southwestern Saskatchewan’s Great Sandhills Terminal are expected to meet this summer to consider a $17.4 million offer from the grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board. CWB on Monday announced an all-cash $581.98 per share offer for all shares in the independent firm, which operates an high-throughput inland grain terminal on […] Read more
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