Canada’s newest beef packing plant hopes to start processing cattle next spring. Harmony Beef, located north of Calgary, plans to start taking feedlot cattle for the first six months of operations to test the new systems installed. The plant was bought by Rich Vesta and his family last year and is now being renovated. The […] Read more
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Harmony Beef operator could reopen former Alta. producer-owned facility this spring
CDC pushes for reduced antibiotic use
ATLANTA, Ga. — Antibiotic resistant bacteria are gaining added attention as a worldwide public health challenge. Prudent use is emphasized in human medicine, yet the Centers for Disease Control in the United States estimates that 30 to 50 percent of all antibiotics prescribed for American patients are inappropriate. Bacteria naturally evolve and inevitably over time […] Read more
Investors skeptical of agricultural projects
The strangeness of agriculture is sometimes the hardest part of attracting investment money into new farm technology, says a leading farm data analysis provider. It makes the already excruciating process of raising capital for a new business more painful when asking venture capitalists to invest in agriculture. “They get it intellectually, but when it comes […] Read more
Being a good listener can lead to positive outcomes
Fans of the Dragons’ Den know that the CBC television show lives up to its name: even normally polished entrepreneurs become flustered when grilled by the sharp-tongued venture capitalists. But the dragons were almost puppyish when Natasha and Elysia Vandenhurk appeared on the program in 2012, heaping praise on their premium camelina cooking oil, their […] Read more
Alberta RMs want stable gov’t funding
Rural councillors don’t like going cap in hand to the Alberta government every year looking for money to repair road, bridges and other infrastructure projects. They say stable funding would solve the problem. “We need to know the money from the provincial or federal governments is going to be consistent so we can make plans,” […] Read more
Farm touts apple a day the dehydrated way
TORONTO, Ont. — With just a small orchard and a northerly location, Matt Peredery’s apple business is small in scale but big on marketing. The Sudbury, Ont., farmer attended the recent Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, where she sold her An Apple A Day dehydrated chips for $5 a bag. Each bag weighs 20 […] Read more
ADM sues Syngenta
(Reuters) — Archer Daniels Midland is suing Syngenta AG over sales of a genetically modified corn variety not approved for import by China. It joins more than 100 farmers as well as Cargill and Trans Coastal Supply in pursuing damages from the seed company. The lawsuit alleges that Syngenta commercialized the MIR162 corn variety without […] Read more
Manitoba malting barley centre receives federal funding
The centre provides tours, training and advice for international customers
An organization that promotes the use of Canadian malting barley has received a financial boost from the federal government. The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) will use the $1.95 million in funding to maintain existing markets for Canadian malting barley and develop new ones. “Today’s investment will boost Canada’s competitiveness in this specialized market, […] Read moreAlta. heavy horses reap ribbons at Toronto fair
Alberta’s heavy horse breeders and fitters have been hauling hardware home from recent national and international shows. Clydesdale breeder Dennis Gor-deyko of Ohaton won the sup-reme champion Clydesdale title at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto earlier this month. The winning horse, two-year-old 2S Barnaby’s Grand Luchesse, also won the grand champion Clydesdale stallion […] Read more
Rogers’ industrial, consumer sugar sales up, exports down
This year’s sugar deliveries by Rogers Sugar Inc. were slightly lower than volumes from last year. The 646,376 tonnes it delivered were 2,900 tonnes less than last year, a decrease of .4 percent, said chief executive officer Edward Makin in a Nov. 18 conference call about the company’s fourth quarter and year-end results. Rogers will […] Read more
