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Late blight threat edges closer to Manitoba

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Late blight has been reported last week from southern Pembina County, which is in the northeast of North Dakota and adjacent to south-eastern Manitoba and north-western Minnesota, Manitoba’s extension plant pathologist Vikram Bisht says in the weekly Potato News issued July 26.  With widespread rain July 23 and thunderstorm expected this week, there will be […] Read more
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Pfizer brings boar-taint remedy to Canada

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Canadian hog producers will soon be able to immunize male pigs against boar taint as an alternative to castration. Pfizer Animal Health has received regulatory approval to launch Improvest, a product that has been available in other pork producing countries for more than a decade.   Improvest is a protein that uses the pig’s own […] Read more
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Frozen pizza plant announced for London

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Food manufacturer Dr. Oetker Canada has announced construction of its first North American frozen pizza production facility in London. An Ontario government release said the expansion project will help the company source over 24 million pounds of high-quality ingredients from Ontario farmers and food processors and produce about 50 million frozen pizzas per year for […] Read more
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Relentless heat continues in U.S.

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 Mother Nature is hell this week, especially for American farmers and ranchers. A heat wave has descended on U.S. cropland and pastures, with no relief expected until the weekend. The hot weather was stressing the pollinating corn crop, and putting grasslands and cattle under duress. Temperatures should cool by the weekend, an agricultural meteorologist forecast […] Read more
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Want more respect? Then don’t quit farming

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Everyone likes to think they get respect, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business wanted to know for sure. Accordingly, the CFIB in celebration of  2011 as the federal government’s Year of the Entrepreneur, and its 40th anniversary, the CFIB in partnership with Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. and Intel of Canada, Ltd. commissioned  two opinion polls […] Read more
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Ontario and federal governments fund traceability

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The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced a combined $21.5 million for the Traceability Foundations Initiative, a new program to track food “from the farm to the dinner plate.” A joint release said the program will support projects led by the agri-food industry to share information, enhance industry competitiveness and improve the speed in […] Read more
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Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame announces 2011 inductees

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The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame has announced three inductees for 2011. Full biographies are in the accompanying document. • Dr. David Chalack (nominated by the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association)• Laurent Souligny (nominated by Egg Farmers of Canada)• Frank Stenger (nominated by Jersey Canada) The formal induction ceremony will take place later this year at the Canadian […] Read more

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