A new report classifying processed meats such as hot dogs and bacon as “carcinogenic” to humans doesn’t set out a cause-and-effect link between meats and cancer, industry groups caution. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a research arm of the World Health Organization, on Monday published a report placing processed meats in its […] Read more
Cancer ‘hazard’ not a cancer ‘risk,’ meat industry cautions
CP books more grain revenue on less grain in Q3
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) boosted its income from Canadian grain by five per cent in its third quarter ending Sept. 30, on its way to its highest-ever Q3 gross revenue. Across all its business segments, the Calgary-based railway on Tuesday reported net income of $323 million on $1.709 billion in revenue for the quarter, down […] Read more
Alta. names new deputy ag minister
A former assistant deputy minister in municipal affairs is now Alberta’s chief agricultural bureaucrat. Beverly Yee was named Thursday as the new deputy minister for agriculture and forestry, replacing Jason Krips. Yee, who has worked for the province since 1994, has held several executive management positions, the province said. Her most recent posting was as […] Read more
Court rejects Ont. growers’ bid for stay on neonic regs
The association for Ontario corn and soybean growers is “evaluating several options” after its request for a stay of the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments was rejected. The Ontario Superior Court denied the request from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) for a stay and interpretation on the neonic regulations, which became law in […] Read more
Sask. moves to toughen farmland ownership law
The Saskatchewan government is set to lay down new law on who can and can’t buy up farmland in the province, backstopped with more enforcement and heavier penalties. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday introduced amendments to the province’s Farmland Security Act, the legislation that already prevents non-Canadians and entities that aren’t 100 per cent […] Read more
Most of farm file’s handlers to return to Commons
Most federal parliamentarians with experience in the agriculture and agri-food portfolio will be back in the House of Commons under a new majority Liberal government. As of Tuesday morning, prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected or leading in 184 of 338 seats, for a decisive majority following Monday’s federal election. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives return […] Read more
Alta., U.S. ag co-ops partner on fertilizer plant
The Canadian arm of U.S. farm, fuel and agrifood co-op CHS is moving to expand its stake in Alberta’s ag input retail market, this time partnering with one of Canada’s top ag co-ops. CHS Canada and Alberta’s UFA announced a partnership deal Wednesday for a seed and crop input retail operation, plus agronomic and advisory […] Read more
Three Alta. girls smothered in truckload of canola
Two 11-year-old girls and a 13-year-old girl have died after being smothered in a truckload of canola on a farm in western Alberta, according to RCMP and local media. Rocky Mountain House RCMP said late Tuesday they were called at about 6:15 that evening to a farm near Withrow, about 60 km west of Red […] Read more
G3 to build Hamilton port terminal for Ont. grain
The grain company formerly known as CWB plans to build up a market share in Ontario grain and oilseed handling for export, with a new Lake Ontario terminal at Hamilton. G3 Canada announced Tuesday it will build a new lake terminal at the Port of Hamilton to ship crops out of southern Ontario en route […] Read more
Labatt buys Toronto craft brewer Mill Street
An award-winning Toronto craft brewer, famed as the biggest certified organic brewer in Canada, is now owned by the makers of Bud and Blue. Labatt Breweries, the Canadian arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced Friday it has bought Mill Street Brewery for an undisclosed sum and will “immediately” invest $10 million in upgrades at Mill Street’s […] Read more
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