Tag Archives: agriculture news
Pilot program seeks to reward companies that better protect temporary foreign workers
Ottawa introduced a new three-year pilot program Tuesday that would incentivize employers to follow worker-protection rules by making it easier for them to hire temporary foreign workers. Under the &#...
Aug 09, 2023
Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance
A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering a product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message ...
Jul 05, 2023
Canada officially regains market access to Taiwan
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau and Minister of International Trade Mary Ng announced Canada has regained market access to Taiwan for beef exports. Taiwan had restrictions on Canadian...
Jun 19, 2023
Bunge Ltd. and Viterra sign deal to merge into one agri-business company
U.S. company Bunge Ltd. has signed a deal to merge with Viterra Ltd., which is owned by Glencore, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and B.C. Investment Management Corp. The companies said Tuesd...
Jun 13, 2023
Grain markets this week trend downward
Grain markets were showing downward movement this week. P.I. Financial commodity futures advisor Adam Pukalo says the July canola contract is down 20 dollars per metric ton, while spring wheat futures...
Apr 21, 2023
Olymel shutting down Quebec slaughterhouse
Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers. The company said today the Vallee-Jonction plant in the Beauce region will be the la...
Apr 14, 2023
SaskFlax looking to make changes to levy
As Saskatchewan flax acres have declined in recent years, this has had a negative impact on revenue for the flax commission. SaskFlax Board Chair Gregory Sundquist said the loss of revenue and the dep...
Feb 01, 2023
Harvest over 40 per cent completed according to latest crop report
Producers made significant progress with their harvest operations last week, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s latest crop report. Forty-two per cent of the crop has been harvested acro...
Sep 08, 2022
Saskatchewan expands vet and vet tech loan forgiveness program
The provincial government announced that they are expanding eligibility for the Saskatchewan Loan Forgiveness program for veterinarians and veterinary technologists. Any Saskatchewan veterinary practi...
Sep 08, 2022
Government emissions targets for fertilizer use unrealistic, industry report argues
A new industry-led report suggests Canada’s farmers can likely only achieve half of the federal government’s targeted 30 per cent reduction in fertilizer emissions by 2030. The report, com...
Sep 08, 2022