Tag Archives: Agriculture

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

CALGARY, AB. — Megascale agrifood-processing facilities are commonplace in Canada, primarily for greater efficiency and increased profitability. Agrifood processing has certainly been using the ...

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...

EDMONTON, AB – This year marks 70 years of Alberta's Rat Control Program. Started in 1950, the program ensures Albertans are safe from the environmental and economic destruction rats cause (chew...