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Ritz announces $15 million for pulse industry

Reading Time: < 1 minute Federal agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced up to $15 million in funding for Pulse Canada to lead a “research cluster” to enhance the sector’s competitiveness and increase the demand for Canadian pulses. A Pulse Canada release said the research cluster’s projects will include: • Improved varieties of pulses with superior agronomic, quality and disease-resistance […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets, Weather

U.S. crops thriving on cooler and damper weather

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cool temperatures and occasional showers over the next couple of weeks will boost the U.S. pollinating corn crop and aid growth of the soybean crop, an agricultural meteorologist said on Friday. • World Weather Inc. said weather looks good for corn pollination and all areas of the Midwest will get some rain. • The pattern […] Read more
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Agropur purchases B.C. ice cream maker

Reading Time: < 1 minute Quebec-based Agropur Cooperative has announced purchase of Coast Mountain Dairy, an ice cream producer in Chilliwack, B.C. Coast Mountain Dairy has been producing ice cream since 1997 and is the maker of Sara’s Old Fashioned premium ice cream, the Mountain Pride premium line of ice creams and Arctic Star, the economy line of ice cream […] Read more
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U.S. sugar surplus headed for the gas tank

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Faced with a huge sugar surplus, the U.S. government published a rule on Friday that allows it to sell excess amounts at a loss to ethanol companies for making biofuels for cars and trucks. The Agriculture Department said the “sugar-for-ethanol” program, authorized by a 2008 law, would be “if needed … an additional tool to […] Read more
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Saskatchewan crops mainly good to excellent

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Saskatchewan’s spring wheat and canola are in mostly good to excellent condition, the government said on Thursday in a weekly report as of July 22. • 87 per cent of spring wheat was in good/excellent condition, along with 82 per cent of canola. • Warm weather seen advancing crop development. • Flooding, hail, wind and […] Read more
Crops, General

Potash Corp profit misses, outlook weakens as prices slide

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, the world’s biggest fertilizer producer, reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday and cut its outlook as prices of its crop nutrients fell. Potash’s U.S.-listed shares dropped 4.5 per cent to $36.24 in trading before the market opened. Producers of crop nutrients potash and phosphate have struggled to stop a slide […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: market approaching support

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved sharply lower during the week ended July 24. The November contract broke through the key support level of C$520 per tonne during the week, and is moving its way down toward the psychological support level of $500 per tonne. On July 24, the November canola contract […] Read more
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Pet pig’s lymphoma treatment makes research history

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Reading Time: 2 minutes When George Goldner went to feed his six pet pigs earlier this year, his 730-pound (331-kg) companion Nemo was acting strangely. Nemo had suddenly stopped eating and laid in the mud. So Goldner loaded Nemo into a trailer and drove more than two hours to Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) in Ithaca, New York. […] Read more

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