Tag Archives: Agriculture
Prairie farmers support local charities through BASF program
Eight prairie canola growers were able to direct some money to their favourite organizations through the InVigor Community Challenge. In the first year of the program, growers who share their experien...
Alice McFarlane Dec 23, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday December 23, 2020
Goat producers have an opportunity to have their say on the draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Goats. The public comment period allows anyone with an interest in the industry to share...
Alice McFarlane Dec 23, 2020
CN and CP topped grain revenue entitlement caps for 2019-20 crop year
OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Transportation Agency says both the Canadian National Railway Co. and the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. exceeded their maximum grain revenue entitlements for the 20192...
The Canadian Press Dec 22, 2020
Farming company fined after worker injured near Muenster in 2019
A local farming company has been fined after an incident near Muenster, Sask. in 2019. K. Haeusler Farms Inc. pleaded guilty in Humboldt Provincial Court on Dec. 14 to violating two counts under the O...
Mat Barrett Dec 22, 2020
Listen: Railways are not able to meet all of the rail car requests in week 18
MELFORT, Sask. – The Ag Transport Coalition monitors the agriculture supply chain. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Milt Poirier with QGI Consulting, which produces the weekly rail car re...
Alice McFarlane Dec 22, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday December 22, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. – The Western Grains Research Foundation has made a donation to the University of Alberta Breton Plots. The foundation will provide $284,000 to purchase a plot combine, front-whee...
Alice McFarlane Dec 22, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday December 21, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. – A meat-processing plant in Guelph, Ont. is temporarily closing following a COVID-19 outbreak. At least 82 people at the Cargill plant have tested positive. Roughly 130 workers, ...
Alice McFarlane Dec 21, 2020
Optimism for cattle producers as 2020 rolls to an end
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's been a hectic year for cattle industry this year as the global pandemic caused beef processors to reduce production, jamming up feedlots that took heavy losses from livestock t...
Alex McCuaig Dec 19, 2020
Megascale agri-food processing has benefits – and big risks
CALGARY, AB. — Megascale agrifood-processing facilities are commonplace in Canada, primarily for greater efficiency and increased profitability. Agrifood processing has certainly been using the ...
Dori Modney Dec 18, 2020
Listen: Keep canola markets open by following key guidelines
If deregistered canola varieties get into overseas shipments it could cause serious harm to export markets. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Canola Council Agronomy Specialist Ian Epp about the...
Alice McFarlane Dec 18, 2020
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