Unionized employees at Cargill's High River, Alta., processing plant will vote on a new bargaining agreement beginning December 2nd, and ending on December 4th. "We are encouraged by the outcome of yesterday’s (Nov. 30) meeting with the union bargaining committee representing our High River team," a Cargill spokesperson said in a Dec. 1 email to... Read More
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Editor's note: This story and headline were updated after the provincial government published its letter responding to APAS. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) and the provincial government are disagreeing publicly over the province linking drought-induced crop insurance payments with its deficit for 2021. The Saskatchewan government reported a projected record $2.7 billion deficit... Read More
Farmers Business Network (FBN) says it will not be bringing its new farm equity financing program to Canada in the near term. The California-based company, which aims to shake up traditional business models in crop production, launched its "Farmland Capital" program near the end of October. FBN said they will offer farmers up to 25... Read More
The federal and provincial governments have launched an AgriRecovery herd rebuilding program for Manitoba livestock producers who were forced to sell breeding stock due to the feed shortage caused by this year's drought. The breeding herd buy-back program was promised back in August when the federal and Manitoba governments rolled out AgriRecovery disaster relief funding... Read More
Software company Milk Moovement has received $1.5 million in additional funding through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Milk Moovement previously accessed SDTC's Seed Fund for early-stage entrepreneurs to support the development of its cloud-based software to improve the efficiency of the dairy supply chain through features like transport monitoring, production tracking, quality monitoring, and route... Read More
Elanco continues to restructure its business following its acquisition by Bayer Animal Health in 2019 for US$7.6 billion. The latest announcement details eliminating about 380 positions, including approximately 20 per cent of Elanco’s senior management. The company employs over 10,000 people world-wide. The company says it plans to realize "significant financial gains" through several major... Read More
We've all been watching the situation in British Columbia unravel, as this significant weather event continues to transpire and wreak havoc. Amongst the challenges people are facing in all the areas impacted, are challenges to our transportation system, along the highways and railways. David Przednowek, assistant vice president for grain with CN Rail, joined RealAg... Read More
Ontario's Northern College will offer a two-year Agriculture Business program beginning in the fall of 2022, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Ottawa-based Algonquin College. The program was developed in 2018 and launched at Algonquin College's Perth campus in 2019, to address the needs of a growing industry. The two-year Agricultural Business... Read More
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is announcing another partnership — this time, one that will develop plant-based food products and beverages. YoFiit, Avena Foods, and Roquette Canada have partnered to solve technical challenges in formulating plant-based beverages, probiotic rich yogurt, and other functional plant-based analogues. The partnership's key focus will be on maintaining the nutritional equivalency... Read More
The HALO Air Ambulance board of directors is pleased to announce a three-year contract extension for Paul Carolan as chief executive officer, effective November 15, 2021. Carolan continues at HALO at a critical time as the progression towards a sustainable program continues, says the organization. "HALO has ambitious program and fund development goals, and Paul... Read More