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Corn ethanol production seen hitting plateau

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Corn-based ethanol’s dream days are over, says the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Starting this year, the industry will plateau at an annual output of 15 billion gallons (56.8 billion litres), marking the end of a seven-year growth spurt that saw its corn purchases grow by an average 500 million bushels a […] Read more
Paterson to distribute seed for biofuel crop
Crops, Machinery

Paterson to distribute seed for biofuel crop

Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain handler Paterson Grain has been tapped to handle contracting and distribution for Canada’s first commercial variety of an oilseed aimed at the biofuel processing market. Saskatoon-based Agrisoma Biosciences on Tuesday named Winnipeg’s Paterson as its long-term partner for identity-preserved distribution of Resonance, a carinata variety developed for the Prairies’ brown soil zone. Resonance, the […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

E-application system for crop cash advances goes offline

Reading Time: 2 minutes The new administrator for federal cash advances on Prairie wheat, durum and barley has asked growers to phone in their applications as its website is in mid-overhaul. The Canadian Canola Growers Association — which already handled administration for the federal agriculture department’s Advance Payments Program (APP) on canola and 16 other field crops in some […] Read more
General, Machinery, Markets

Agriculture department grazed in federal cost-cutting

Reading Time: 4 minutes Consolidation of "back-office functions," streamlining of operations, reduction of costs and shedding of assets are on the agenda over the next three years in Canada’s agriculture ministry. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, releasing the Conservative government’s 2012 budget on Thursday, announced plans that will see the federal agriculture portfolio’s overall annual budget reduced from current levels […] Read more
General, Machinery, Markets

Canada launches trade talks with Japan, eyes Thailand deal

Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian ag commodity groups are hailing the decision by Canada and Japan to launch formal negotiations toward a free trade agreement. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement Sunday in Tokyo during a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshihiko Noda, two days after announcing Canada will pursue "exploratory discussions" toward a free trade deal with […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery

CFIA widens burger recall from Saskatoon plant

Reading Time: 2 minutes An E. coli-related recall of ground beef from a shuttered Saskatoon burger processing plant has been widened to over 135 products made between last July and mid-February this year. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday rolled out an expanded list of products including retail brands such as PC, Western Family, Best Value, Calgary Stampede, […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Heated flax meal sparks Man. processor fire

Reading Time: < 1 minute Overheated flax meal is blamed for a fire that’s caused seven-figure damages at a major flax processing plant in western Manitoba. RCMP from nearby Russell, Man. report no one was injured when the Glanbia Nutritionals plant at Angusville., about 120 km southeast of Yorkton, Sask., caught fire Tuesday morning. Manitoba’s Office of the Fire Commissioner […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Canola crusher offers EU-grade sustainability program

Reading Time: 2 minutes A major Prairie canola processor that’s certified to crush "sustainable" feedstock oils for the European biodiesel market has set up a program to certify its canola growers. ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) Agri-Industries at Lloydminster, Alta. on Tuesday launched what it’s dubbed the Sustainable Grower Program, following its own certification through International Sustainability and Carbon Certification […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Prairie shortline railways look ahead to new reality

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The looming end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk for marketing wheat, durum, and barley in Western Canada on Aug. 1 may lead to changes to the shortline railways in the region. The shortlines predominantly move CWB grains, but industry participants expressed confidence in their viability and the continued use of producer rail cars […] Read more
General, Machinery

AG SAFETY WEEK: Safety plan campaign enters home stretch

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian Agricultural Safety Week this year kicks off the final year of a three-year effort to encourage development of on-farm safety plans. "I encourage farm operations to assess, improve and if necessary further develop safe farming practices," Prince Edward Island’s Agriculture Minister George Webster said in one of many public-sector releases this week promoting the […] Read more

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