Jack Grushcow is a true believer, at least when it comes to camelina. Grushcow, who founded a software company that was sold to Microsoft in 1991, is convinced camelina will be the next Cinderella crop in Western Canada. There’s only about 5,000 acres of camelina in Saskatchewan this year, but Grushcow envisions a much larger […] Read more
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Research company touts camelina as the next Cinderella crop in Western Canada
Bribery scandal aftermath continues for JBS
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — JBS SA will proceed with plans to list a U.S.-based unit when market conditions allow while wrestling with a shareholder revolt over the role of the controlling Batista family in a massive graft scandal. Chief executive officer Wesley Batista said JBS Foods International Inc. could be listed by the end […] Read more
AGT’s Al-Katib to head up national food strategy table
AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. president Murad Al-Katib will chair the federal government’s National Agri-Food Strategy Roundtable. The economic strategy tables are part of Ottawa’s Innovation and Skills Plan to create jobs by investing in high-growth sectors in which Canada has a competitive advantage. Each table will comprise approximately 15 members and be chaired by a […] Read more
Lowering rail operating cost
Some exports to the United States might make Canadian products more competitive, at least in the shorter term. Exporting Hunter Harrison, former chief executive officer of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways, for instance, might be a good export for Canadian rail-transported products. As the CEO of American railway CSX, the third largest in that […] Read more
Hay shortage looms in wake of drought
Mark Hoimyr realized earlier this summer that a hay shortage was a possibility on his farm near Gladmar, Sask. He decided to buy hay locally, just in case. The decision was the right one because a severe drought hammered hay crops across southern Saskatchewan this summer, including production on Hoimyr’s farm. “I would say our […] Read more
Learn how to say no
Q: I’m like the song lyrics, “I am just a girl who can’t say no.” Whenever anyone wants something done, he or she will knock on my door and I am always willing to oblige, even when I have neither the time nor the energy to do so. Sometimes being as agreeable as I am […] Read more
Canadian cattle, hog numbers up, but sheep herd declines
Cattle and hog inventory numbers are up again this year, though the number of sheep continues to decline, according to livestock estimates released Aug. 18. Here’s the breakdown: The Statistics Canada data shows Canadian farmers had 13 million cattle on July 1, up .1 percent from July 2016. However, the number of cows is still […] Read more
Beef checkoff increase delayed but still in the works
CALGARY — Small delays and snags are slowing the process of increasing the Canadian Beef Cattle Checkoff in cattle-producing provinces. Doug Sawyer, chair of the check-off division committee for the agency, said cattle groups in eight of nine provinces have agreed to increase the national check-off to $2.50 per head but the various steps to […] Read more
Consumers play important role in recalls
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging Canadian consumers to consider their own role in the process of a food recall. Aline Dimitri, Canada’s deputy chief food safety officer, said inspector findings trigger most recalls, but the agency relies on other ways as well. Those include companies coming forward with concerns, public health agencies identifying […] Read more
Audit shows deficiencies in Canadian inspection system
Canada’s meat inspection system has shown deficiencies following an audit by the United States. As trading partners, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency conduct regular audits of each other’s processing plants to assess equivalency in standards. The FSIS had concerns about carcass inspection […] Read more
