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Agriculture Roundup for Monday December 19, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - The fourth payment under the Dairy Direct Payment Program (DDPP) is now available to dairy producers. Dairy farmers will receive compensation payments based on their milk quota. An ow...
Dec 19, 2022
$2B in loans to help Ukraine's ag, fuel import businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Private businesses in Ukraine are in line to receive $2 billion in financing arranged by the International Finance Corp. to help rebuild the country's agriculture and fuel import ind...
Dec 16, 2022
Feds, Manitoba investing $600K towards protein hub
The federal and Manitoba governments are investing a combined $600 thousand dollars to establish an agriculture hub.It's aimed at supporting the implementation of Project ASPIRE, which stands for Acce...
Dec 16, 2022
Five Sask. food security projects getting $1.1M in funding from feds
The federal government is funding five projects in Saskatchewan that are strengthening food security in Indigenous, remote, and northern communities.Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Minister of Agriculture an...
Dec 16, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday December 15, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - MELFORT, Sask. - Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is giving $1.5 million through its FCC AgriSpirit Fund to 85 community groups across Canada to support rural capital projects.FCC senior vice...
Dec 15, 2022
A new campaign will create awareness of Prairie short line railways
MELFORT, Sask. - The Western Canadian Short Line Railway Association will get government funding to promote the work they do.Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) will provide $506,800 to...
Dec 15, 2022
Registration open for Alberta Open Farm Days hosts
Registration is now open for any operations that want to be host farms for the 2023 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days.The annual event where people can go to host farms and see how they operate and, m...
Dec 14, 2022
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday December 14, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. - The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) are concerned with the federal government's approach to improving agriculture environmental performance.President Gunter Jochum said the grou...
Dec 14, 2022
Intl company aimed at keeping meat fresh for years opening new office in Edmonton
Edmonton will soon be home to a new company aimed at stopping meat from going bad.Invest Alberta held an event in Hong Kong on Tuesday to announce IXON Food Technology's decision to open an office in ...
Dec 13, 2022
Quebec company poised to produce one million kilograms of strawberries annually
A Quebec-based company is trying to become one of the global leaders in vertical farming.Winter Farm announced on Tuesday it raised $46 million thanks to multiple investors and Quebec's government whi...
Dec 13, 2022