Cargill Inc. plans to crush 800 more tonnes of canola a day when an expansion is completed at its plant near Clavet, Sask., next June. The Saskatoon area plant, built in the mid-1990s, will increase its canola crushing capacity to 3,000 tonnes from 2,200 tonnes. Plant manager Ken Sauser said more crushing capacity means more […] Read more
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Cargill crusher will expand
Ground pea hulls get green light
A Canadian Food Inspection Agency designation should add regularity to the sales of a Manitoba pea fibre manufacturer. Best Cooking Pulses Inc. has received the green light to sell its Best Pea Fibre to Canadian bakeries and meat processors. For 10 years the Portage la Prairie manufacturer had been limited to selling its product in […] Read more
Key Liberals react differently to changing CWB
Opposition Liberal MPs warned last week that the Conservative government’s determination to end the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly will have a consequence for the government’s support of supply management, a politically potent issue east of Manitoba. However, the party didn’t seem unified on what the impact would be. Liberal agriculture critic Wayne Easter, a former […] Read more
Saskatoon berry production requires long-term commitment
MORDEN, Man. – Good returns can be earned from a saskatoon orchard, but people should not enter the industry expecting a quick profit. That became evident during a meeting here earlier this month to discuss opportunities in growing saskatoons. It takes years for a new orchard to establish, and there typically will be no returns […] Read more
Sask. offers cash for idle land
Sharon Stegemann doesn’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but she said the $10 per unseeded acre offered to Saskatchewan farmers last week deals with only a small part of the problem. “It’s definitely going to help for the flooding this spring,” she said from her farm near Porcupine Plain. “But the […] Read more
Saskatoon value on rise
MORDEN, Man. – The meeting room was already packed and more people were trying to squeeze in. For Anthony Mintenko, it was a welcome sight. “I was impressed at the number of people and the number of young people there,” said Mintenko, Manitoba Agriculture’s fruit crops specialist. “I think that bodes well.” The meeting was […] Read more
Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report
MANITOBA East and Interlake Crops advancing rapidly due to high temperatures and dry conditions. Winter wheat being swathed. Spring cereals are headed and filling. Canola is podding. Some is within a week of swathing. Soybeans are podding. Corn is tasseling. Flax is finished flowering. Pastures are dry and need rain. Central and southwest Moisture conditions […] Read more
Farm Credit posts record profits
The Canadian farm economy may be showing signs of wear and strain but at Farm Credit Canada, one of the largest farm lenders, business is booming. The Regina-based crown corporation last week reported that during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, it had a record profit, a record volume of loans and the largest […] Read more
Farmers open cash advance tap
There has been a 30 percent increase in farmer spring cash advances issued this year to prairie farmers through the Canadian Wheat Board and farm leaders say that is at least a slice of evidence that indicates how desperate farmers are for cash. More than two months after the federal budget promised $1.5 billion in […] Read more
Cold War surfaces during world voyage
Four Alberta sailors received a taste of old-fashioned Soviet bureaucracy in late June while in the final stages of their successful attempt to sail around the world. The crew of the 57-foot Idlewild were “captured” and fined $80 during a stop in the northern Russian port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Captain Ben Gray, his two sons and […] Read more
