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Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday December 23, 2020
Goat producers have an opportunity to have their say on the draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Goats.The public comment period allows anyone with an interest in the industry to share ...
Dec 23, 2020
CN and CP topped grain revenue entitlement caps for 2019-20 crop year
OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canadian Transportation Agency says both the Canadian National Railway Co. and the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. exceeded their maximum grain revenue entitlements for the 20192020 cr...
Dec 22, 2020
Farming company fined after worker injured near Muenster in 2019
A local farming company has been fined after an incident near Muenster, Sask. in 2019.K. Haeusler Farms Inc. pleaded guilty in Humboldt Provincial Court on Dec. 14 to violating two counts under the Oc...
Dec 22, 2020
Listen: Railways are not able to meet all of the rail car requests in week 18
MELFORT, Sask. - The Ag Transport Coalition monitors the agriculture supply chain.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Milt Poirier with QGI Consulting, which produces the weekly rail car report fo...
Dec 22, 2020
UFA makes another $40,000 in donations to help during the pandemic
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB -- United Farmers of Alberta recently announced $40,000 in donations as part of an effort to help out during the pandemic. That breaks down to $15,000 for STARS air ambulance, anoth...
Dec 22, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday December 22, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - The Western Grains Research Foundation has made a donation to the University of Alberta Breton Plots.The foundation will provide $284,000 to purchase a plot combine, front-wheel assis...
Dec 22, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday December 21, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. - A meat-processing plant in Guelph, Ont. is temporarily closing following a COVID-19 outbreak. At least 82 people at the Cargill plant have tested positive. Roughly 130 workers, both p...
Dec 21, 2020
AFSC Podcast focuses on embracing importance of mental health
RED DEER, Alta. - Agriculture Financial Services Corporation has two new AFSC Podcast episodes to close out 2020- this two-part interview is on a very important topic, in agriculture and for this time...
Dec 19, 2020
Optimism for cattle producers as 2020 rolls to an end
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's been a hectic year for cattle industry this year as the global pandemic caused beef processors to reduce production, jamming up feedlots that took heavy losses from livestock t...
Dec 19, 2020
Megascale agri-food processing has benefits - and big risks
CALGARY, AB. -- Megascale agrifood-processing facilities are commonplace in Canada, primarily for greater efficiency and increased profitability. Agrifood processing has certainly been using the econo...
Dec 18, 2020