Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers who market their wares directly to customers by email will need to rethink their efforts come July 1, as new federal anti-spam legislation takes effect. If you’re already on a company or ag association’s email list for newsletters or promotions, you’ve likely had email lately asking you to provide consent to continue to receive […] Read more
Anti-spam rules to weigh on all commercial email
Ontario voters return ag incumbents in Wynne’s win
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s incumbent agriculture minister and her opposition critics are all headed back to Queen’s Park as voters gave Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals a new majority mandate Thursday night. Wynne, who pledged during her campaign for the Liberal leadership in 2012 to name herself as minister of agriculture for at least a year, won 59 of […] Read more
CWB seals Sask. terminal deal on PWT shareholders’ approval
Reading Time: 2 minutes The grain company formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board now formally owns an elevator network in western Saskatchewan. CWB announced Monday it has formally completed its friendly takeover of farmer-owned Prairie West Terminal (PWT) after the company’s farmer-owners and other shareholders voted 99.5 per cent in favour of the deal at a May 30 […] Read more
Revived Thunder Bay terminal boosts Richardson’s capacity
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reviving a mothballed port terminal bought from Viterra is expected to more than double Richardson International’s grain handling capacity at Thunder Bay. The Winnipeg grain company took over Viterra’s Current River grain terminal, with storage capacity of 235,000 tonnes, in a side deal last year stemming from Viterra’s takeover by Glencore Xstrata. Richardson’s own 95-year-old […] Read more
Quebec poultry co-op to buy P+H’s Butterball business
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has signed a deal to shed its P+H Foods poultry processing business, which includes the Canadian business for the U.S. turkey brand Butterball. Exceldor, a Levis, Que.-based poultry producers’ processing co-operative, announced Thursday it will expand its market reach across Canada by buying the P+H Foods business for an […] Read more
Dairytown’s farmers approve merger into Agropur
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Brunswick butter co-operative Dairytown Products is expected to become part of major Quebec dairy co-op Agropur by month’s end, now that Dairytown’s farmers have approved the deal. The two co-ops announced Wednesday that Dairytown’s “beneficiaries,” the province’s 206 active dairy producers, voted 99 per cent in favour of the merger Tuesday. Member turnout topped […] Read more
Manitoba senator to lead grains institute
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s lead market development institute for Canadian grains, oilseeds and pulses has reached into Parliament’s upper chamber to pick its new chief executive. Cigi, the Canadian International Grains Institute, on Tuesday announced Senator JoAnne Buth will be its new CEO, replacing Earl Geddes on his retirement effective Sept. 8. Buth, president of the Canola Council of […] Read more
Que. brewery plans Canada’s most ‘extreme’ beer
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Quebec craft brewery plans to stake a claim on the record for the strongest bottled beer in Canada by alcoholic volume. Brasseurs du Monde, which is based at St-Hyacinthe and distributes to about 700 stores, bars and restaurants in the province, on Thursday announced the launch of Mauvaise Influence, an “extra strong” malt liquor […] Read more
Canada to produce world’s first McSustainable beef
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada has been picked over Australia and Europe as the site of the McDonald’s chain’s pilot to serve only “sustainable beef,” Alberta Farmer has learned. A definition of “sustainable” is still on the drawing board. However, the fast-food firm has the backing of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and is working with the CCA’s Canadian Roundtable […] Read more
Feds’ grain freight legislation goes live
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s regulatory grip on the levers of Prairie grain freight has officially tightened. Gov. Gen. David Johnston on Thursday granted royal assent to Bill C-30, the government’s Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, setting new minimum levels for the amount of Prairie grain that must be hauled this summer and allowing shippers to directly claim […] Read more
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