Reading Time: < 1 minute Thirty-three farms in New Brunswick, 20 on Prince Edward Island and 18 in Newfoundland and Labrador will open their doors to the public as part of those provinces’ Open Farm Day, set for Sept. 23 (Sunday). The event will be held on the same day as Nova Scotia’s Open Farm Day and is also presented […] Read more
Maritimes prepare for Open Farm Day
Sask. beats feds’ target for EFP uptake
Reading Time: < 1 minute Saskatchewan farmers have beaten Ottawa’s expectations for the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) program by almost 40 per cent so far. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Mark Wartman, his provincial counterpart, said yesterday in Regina that 9,000 Saskatchewan farms have completed EFPs in the past two years, well past the program’s provincial goal of 6,500 […] Read more
Man. loans for small-scale energy projects
Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. will now offer loans for Manitobans to develop small-scale ethanol, biodiesel or wind power projects. The province’s new alternate energy loans program, announced Thursday by Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk, will loan up to $525,000 per individual or $1.05 million per corporation or partnership for terms up to 25 years, for qualifying […] Read more
Retail promotions tout Prairie wheat
Reading Time: < 1 minute In a bid to build the brand of Prairie wheat at home, the Canadian Wheat Board and Robin Hood flour have launched what the CWB calls its first major national foray into co-branding. The promotion will include a wheat quality message and label (“Canadian wheat makes it good” with the CWB logo set in a […] Read more
Manitoba fertilizer prices higher than U.S.: KAP
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba farmers buying fertilizer in their home province this spring paid 33 per cent more on average compared to their counterparts across the border in North Dakota, according to Keystone Agricultural Producers. The Manitoba farmers’ group commissioned a PricewaterhouseCoopers study on Manitoba and North Dakota fertilizer prices, which will form the basis of KAP’s request […] Read more
Maple Leaf deal brings ham jobs: UFCW
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new contract for workers at a Maple Leaf plant in Winnipeg will mean the shifting of 550 jobs to a new ham boning line there, according to the workers’ union. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 working at Maple Leaf’s Lagimodiere Boulevard meat processing plant in the St. Boniface […] Read more
Air out canola to ward off spoilage: CCC
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canola growers who face variable weather during this year’s harvest will want to condition their canola by moving air through the stored crop to prevent spoilage, the Canola Council of Canada recommends. In a release today, council specialist David Vanthuyne said spoilage could result from moisture migration and seed respiration in the bin, unless the […] Read more
Global standards wanted after China blocks pork
Reading Time: < 1 minute A ban imposed by the Chinese government on imports of pork from a number of Canadian and U.S. packers shows the need for international standards for approval of animal health and nutrition products, according to the Canadian Meat Council. Speaking on Farmscape, a pork industry-sponsored news service, CMC executive director Jim Laws said it’s not […] Read more
OAC alumni plan new endowment
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) Alumni Foundation has launched a $1.25 million endowment campaign to mark the 125th anniversary of the college’s two-year diploma program. OAC currently has about 800 students at four University of Guelph campuses. The campaigners plan to call on over 5,000 OAC diploma grads now living in Canada, and will also […] Read more
Sask. grain cars land modeling deal
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Saskatchewan government’s made-over fleet of hopper rail cars may soon appear in model train displays across North America after the province signed a deal with a B.C. model train company. A subsidiary of Surrey, B.C.-based Pacific Western Rail Systems has bought exclusive rights to make and sell models of the repainted and refurbished cars, […] Read more