The ongoing legal battle between the federal government and champions of single-desk grain marketing has taken yet another twist. Former CWB directors announced April 4 that they will appeal an earlier court ruling that refused to grant an injunction blocking Bill C-18. Former CWB directors who were seeking an injunction against Bill C-18 had argued […] Read more
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Former CWB directors continue challenge with appeal
Supply management faces change, but system will survive: economist
Despite predictions from CWB single desk supporters that supply management marketing monopolies will be the next Conservative target, a prominent Quebec agricultural economist sees little prospect that will happen. However, Bruno Larue, Canada research chair in international agri-food trade at Quebec City’s Laval University, told an April 5 food policy conference in Ottawa that supply […] Read more
Research in decline with long-term funding shortfall
Staying competitive | Long-term government funding needed, says Guelph professor
Canada’s public investment in long-term agricultural research has been inadequate for years and the result is declining competitiveness, says a University of Guelph professor. John Cranfield told an April 5 Ottawa conference that government focus has shifted away from research investment in recent decades in favour of farm income stabilization policy. “This is the canary […] Read moreNational farmers’ market organization makes pitch for more federal funds
Farmers’ market supporters exploded with wrath in February after Loblaw executive chair Galen Weston suggested someone is going to die from buying bad food at a farmers’ market. “There have been 40 million impressions from people supporting farmers’ markets,” Farmers’ Markets Canada president Robert Chorney told MPs on the House of Commons agriculture committee last […] Read more
SWP official regrets loss of co-op, sale of Viterra
Former pool president nervous | Marvin Wiens says he is uncomfortable seeing Viterra fall under foreign ownership
The last full-time farmer-president of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool laments the sale of company he helped build. Marvin Wiens is uncomfortable that Viterra, a Canadian grain handling icon with ties to the three former prairie pools, could soon be in foreign hands if shareholders and Canadian regulators approve the $6.1 billion deal with Glencore International. “I’m […] Read moreDefacer keeps silage intact
Chris Roulin has reduced the amount of feed he loses to spoilage and spillage to almost zero since he started using a rotary defacer two years ago. Roulin, who milks 100 cows on his farm near Stonewall, Man., says the Emily Mobile Rotor Bucket drops almost no silage on the concrete bunker floors, something that […] Read more
Carbon tax relief to help B.C. produce growers compete
British Columbia’s greenhouse vegetable and floriculture growers will receive $7.6 million from the provincial government in carbon tax relief to help maintain their industry. The province is providing the temporary funding to help mitigate the impact of the carbon tax on the natural gas and propane that greenhouse growers use for heating and carbon dioxide […] Read more
Australian grape grower set to toast great year
Quality grapes, quality wine | Shiraz grapes grow extremely well in the dry Barossa Valley of South Australia
STOCKWELL, Aus. — If you’ve ever tasted a bottle of premium Australian shiraz, then you’ve probably had a taste of Australia’s Barossa Valley. Blessed with rich, productive soil and ample sunshine, the Barossa Valley is one of Australia’s most renowned grape growing regions. And this year’s crop is shaping up to be a good one, […] Read moreCanola bioproducts firm sells assets to Bunge
Created at U of S | ‘The time is right to pass it on to a major processor’, says MCN president
MCN BioProducts Inc., a Saskatoon-based company focused on canola protein, has sold most of its technology assets to Bunge Limited. A price was not disclosed. University of Saskatchewan re-searchers David Maenz, Henry Classen and Rex Newkirk formed MCN. It developed a patented process to manufacture canola-based ingredients for the aquaculture and animal feed market. “We […] Read morePassionate farmers on a mission to improve and succeed
Richard Vignola has one of those jobs you never knew existed, but would love to have. “We’ve been at this for 32 years now, and it’s still pretty sweet,” says the B.C. entrepreneur. “We get to shake hands with the people who buy our products and we get to shake hands with the people who […] Read more
