Crude oil shipments by rail in Canada are at record highs and forecast to continue climbing, as oil production has increased with no major expansion in export pipeline capacity. At the same time, executives for Canada's two major railways say they intend to maintain rail capacity for grain. 198,788 barrels of oil per day were... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Keystone Agricultural Producers' board of directors has appointed Bill Campbell as the organization's new president, after Dan Mazier stepped down earlier this month to seek a nomination for the 2019 federal election. Campbell, who served as a vice-president for Manitoba's general farm group for the last year and half, has a mixed farm near Minto,... Read More
Alberta-based Canada Gold Beef Ltd, owners of SunGold Specialty Meats Ltd., and the Canada Gold Lamb Lot have announced the merger of their lamb operations with that of Fresh Canada Meats Ltd, the majority shareholder of Manitoba-based Canada Sheep and Lamb Farms Ltd. Fresh Canada Meats is a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Integrated Foods... Read More
The Japanese government has ended its temporary suspension of Canadian wheat imports, just over a month after pausing purchases from Canada following the confirmation of a handful of unapproved genetically-modified wheat plants found growing in southern Alberta in 2017. The country's ministry of agriculture issued tenders for 62,957 tonnes of food-quality wheat from Canada on... Read More
A list of eight agronomic research priorities will receive funding through a new "Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster" announced by federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay in Saskatoon, Sask. on Thursday — the latest ag research "cluster" to have funding announced by the minister in his cross-country summer tour. $6.3 million under the government's new Canadian Agricultural... Read More
Saskatchewan-based farm equipment manufacturer Morris Industries rolled out a brand new air drill design at Canada's Farm Progress Show at Regina last month. The Quantum air drill features a stronger, simpler frame design, a new air system, and more row spacing options than previous models, according to the company. "We've thought about this product from... Read More