Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Winnipeg plant gets $100M in federal financing to pull protein from peas, canola
OTTAWA - The federal government is helping finance an innovative, new agricultural production plant in Winnipeg that turns peas and canola into protein powders for the food industry. Merit Functi...
Jun 22, 2020
Mexico will resume sending workers after deal on better COVID-19 protections
OTTAWA - The Mexican government says it will resume sending farm workers to Canada after securing promises for more inspections and oversight to curb outbreaks of COVID-19. At least two Mexican men ha...
Jun 22, 2020
Mexico will resume sending workers after deal on better COVID-19 protections
OTTAWA - The Mexican government says it will resume sending farm workers to Canada after securing promises for more inspections and oversight to curb outbreaks of COVID-19. At least two Mexican m...
Jun 21, 2020
Mexico hits pause on sending temporary foreign workers after COVID-19 deaths
OTTAWA - Mexico won't send any more temporary foreign workers to Canada until it has more clarity on why two died due to COVID-19, the country's ambassador to Canada said Monday. That means as many as...
Jun 15, 2020
Farmers contest minister's claim that grain-farmers' carbon costs are tiny
OTTAWA - Grain farmers are adamant that Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau was wrong when she said this week grain farmers were, at most, paying $819 a year in carbon tax to dry their products, ...
Jun 12, 2020
Seeding virtually complete in most areas of the province
Saskatchewan Agriculture says seeding is at 98 per cent this week, just slightly ahead of the five-year average of 97 per cent. In the southeast and southwest areas of the province, 99 per cent of the...
Jun 11, 2020
Feds and farmers disagree on cost carbon tax adds to grain dryers
OTTAWA - The federal government's analysis of how much the carbon tax is costing farmers to use their grain dryers varies wildly from what Prairie farm groups say their producers are actually paying. ...
Jun 10, 2020
Details on federal food buy-back program coming soon, Bibeau says
OTTAWA - Details of a program that will see the federal government buy surplus food from farmers and redistribute it to food banks and other community groups are coming soon, Liberal Agriculture ...
Jun 09, 2020
'It's unsettling:' Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19
CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard&n...
Jun 01, 2020
USMCA poised for star turn in trade spotlight as White House sours on China
WASHINGTON - If trade deals were football players, Canada's agreement with the United States and Mexico would have been considered a second-stringer a year ago compared to President Donald Trump's ori...
May 28, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Cross-country running is a reminder of my school days
Sarah Mills says cheering on her kids in their races has her reminiscing about Mr. Clark and the tortuous cross-country ...
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