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“You know it can work, it’s a matter of finding a way to make it work on your operation with your own climate.” – Brian Newcombe, Cornwallis Farms.

Building on 255 years

On this Nova Scotia farm, the ninth generation takes a decidedly modern approach to soybeans

By Ralph Pearce November 14, 2016

Reading Time: 5 minutes Two and half centuries is a long time for a family to be farming. But brothers Craig and Brian Newcombe are leveraging the latest cropping techniques and business smarts to build the farm for the 10th generation of Newcombes. Part of the ninth generation of Cornwallis Farms near Port Williams, N.S., the Newcombes manage a […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

Camelina meal approved as feed for egg-laying hens in Canada

By Country Guide Staff November 4, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Saskatoon-based Smart Earth Seeds has received federal approval to offer the Omega-3 rich camelina meal as a feed ingredient for egg-laying hens. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has approved the inclusion of 10 per cent camelina cake in feed for egg-laying hens. The federal agency had earlier approved cold-pressed, non-solvent extracted camelina meal for […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Maple Leaf profit jumps by over 70 per cent

By Reuters November 2, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Meat processor Maple Leaf Foods on Wednesday reported a 70.4 per cent jump in quarterly profit as lower costs and higher prices boosted earnings at its prepared meats business. Maple Leaf said adjusted operating earnings in its meat products unit, the company’s primary source of income, more than doubled to $65.93 million in […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

JBS scraps reorganization after Brazil veto

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal, Reese Ewing October 26, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA has scrapped a program to move some operations outside Brazil after a government agency vetoed the move, sending shares of the world’s biggest beef exporter tumbling and dealing a blow to a plan to become a global food processing powerhouse. In a Wednesday securities filing, Sao Paulo-based JBS […] Read more

Livestock

N.S. communities to get clear powers on runaway livestock

By Country Guide Staff October 21, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute Any community defined as a “municipality” in Nova Scotia will soon be able to act to deal with stray livestock and local fencing problems. The provincial government on Wednesday introduced legislative changes to its Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act, to make it easier for municipalities to respond when livestock go wandering. The law […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Cargill to exit Canadian egg processing

By Country Guide Staff October 20, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. agrifood giant Cargill is set to step out of the Canadian egg processing business and sell its Toronto-area plant to another processor in the same line of work. The company announced Thursday it plans to sell its egg processing plant at Etobicoke to Global Egg Corp., which also operates out of Etobicoke, for an […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canada’s Onex to buy U.S. grocery chain Save-A-Lot

By Reuters October 17, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Food retailer and wholesaler Supervalu Inc. said it will sell its Save-A-Lot business to Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. for US$1.37 billion rather than spinning off the discount grocery chain as previously planned, the companies said on Monday. Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu had been looking to separate the more profitable division, which […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Belgian ‘Non’ clouds EU meeting to approve CETA

By Philip Blenkinsop October 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Luxembourg | Reuters — European Union trade ministers meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday aiming to approve a free trade agreement with Canada but facing regional opposition in Belgium that threatens to scupper the entire deal. All 28 EU governments now back the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which would be the bloc’s first trade […] Read more

Wolves in Saskatchewan’s Prince Albert National Park in 2014. (Parks Canada photo, pc.gc.ca)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Saskatchewan to thin out wolf pack along treeline

By Country Guide Staff October 15, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Aiming to prevent “wolf-livestock conflicts” in the region, Saskatchewan’s environment department will again offer a wolf hunting season along the provincial forest fringe starting Saturday. The wolf hunt, running from Oct. 15, 2016 through to March 31, 2017, is to be allowed in wildlife management zones 43 (Melfort, Tisdale), 47 (North Battleford, Turtleford), 48 (Preeceville, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees La Nina likely in coming months

By Reuters October 14, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters — A U.S. government forecaster on Thursday said the chance has increased for weather phenomenon La Nina developing in the coming months in the Northern Hemisphere fall and persist into winter 2016-17. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in a monthly forecast pegged the chance […] Read more

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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