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FCC seeks applications from official language minority communities

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Reading Time: < 1 minute For the sixth year in a row, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) will award $50,000 from the FCC Expression Fund to encourage the use of Canada’s official languages in communities across Canada. The Expression Fund supports projects that contribute to the vitality of official language minority communities and help residents express the cultural and linguistic diversity […] Read more
Crops, General, Machinery

Behlen and Sakundiak now Meridian

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Meridian Manufacturing and Winnipeg-based parent company WGI have announced that effective Jan. 1, all agricultural products manufactured by Behlen Industries, Sakundiak Equipment and Meridian Manufacturing will be branded Meridian. “Our new product line will now include a full offering of SmoothWall hopper bins, bulk seed tenders, augers and conveyors, commercial and oilfield tanks, fuel tanks, […] Read more
General, Livestock

CFIA issues update on operations at XL Foods

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) has issued an update on its monitoring of operations at the XL Foods beef plant at Brooks, Alta. XL resumed operations Oct. 29 following several weeks of closure due to  E. coli contamination. In a statement, CFIA said inspectors closely monitored plant operations, including the unloading and screening of […] Read more
General, Livestock

Meat packer JBS to buy Brazil poultry producer

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Reading Time: < 1 minute  Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef producer, said on Monday it signed a deal to buy local poultry processor Agroveneto for 128 million reais ($63 million) just months after its first move into the Brazilian poultry sector. JBS said in a statement that it would acquire Agroveneto, which specializes in ground poultry meat and is […] Read more
Crops, General

Feds fund Hemp Trade Alliance projects

Reading Time: < 1 minute Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has  announced fundings for two projects by the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA). An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada release said funding of $64,000 from the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) will be used to test and evaluate different hemp varieties across Canada for their food […] Read more
General, Livestock

Maple Leaf Puratone offer sends message of stability to lenders

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Maple Leaf Food’s agreement to purchase the Niverville-based Puratone Corporation is good news for Manitoba hog producers, according to the Manitoba Pork Council. "We’re happy to see that a Canadian company has purchased Puratone," said council chairman, Karl Kynoch. "We want to see plants here that can compete with their American counterparts." With two of […] Read more
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Wear green Nov. 5 in support of 4-H

Reading Time: < 1 minute If you see a whole lot of people wearing green November 5, you’ll know that it’s Show Your 4-H Coloursday, which is part of November National 4-H month.The international program for youth 7 to 25 years old, started in Roland, Manitoba in 1913.As of next year it will have been helping young Canadians reach their […] Read more
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Lot of work left on Canada-EU trade deal, both sides say

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada and the European Union still have plenty of work to do on a proposed free trade treaty that is supposed to be finished by the end of the year, officials from both sides said on Thursday.Canada, keen to diversify its exports away from the United States, says a deal with the European Union would […] Read more
Crops, General

Consultations begin on Canadian Grain Commission’s fees

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission has launched a 30-day consultation on proposed changes to its user fees.The proposed fee changes, outlined in the user fees consultation and pre-proposal notification, reflect streamlined services that were included in amendments proposed recently to the Canada Grain Act. The amendments are part of Bill C-45, the Jobs and Growth Act, […] Read more
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Changing energy landscape means opportunity for Canadian agriculture, says FCC

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s agriculture industry is in a unique position to meet changing global energy demands, Farm Credit Canada says in its latest Knowledge Insider report. The issue highlights shifts in the energy landscape, and what it may mean for Canadian producers and agribusiness owners.“Two things are for certain,” says Kellie Garrett, senior vice-president of strategy, knowledge […] Read more

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