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Farmers caught in crossfire as China targets Canadian canola for investigation
CALGARY — Saskatchewan farmer Ian Boxall is blunt about why he plants canola, the crop caught in the crossfire of the latest trade dispute between Canada and China, every year.
Sep 4, 2024 2:41 PM
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Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says
Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet demand in the coming decades, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday.
Aug 28, 2024 10:52 AM
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'Definitely dissuasive': Skyrocketing farmland prices a struggle for young farmers
REGINA — Will Robbins has been in the process of taking over his family farm southwest of Saskatoon. The 43-year-old grows organic wheat, oats, lentils, peas and occasionally flax and mustard on 445 hectares of land near Laura, Sask.
Aug 25, 2024 5:00 AM
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Saskatchewan fire department offers $20K reward as it battles hay bale arson attacks
MACKLIN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA — A string of suspected arsons on hay bales, grass and crops around a west-central Saskatchewan town has been both agitating and perplexing, says the local fire chief. It has also prompted a $20,000 reward.
Aug 20, 2024 12:17 PM
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B.C. fruit group, $50 million in debt to bank, files for creditor protection
PENTICTON, B.C.
Aug 13, 2024 4:57 PM
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From farm to table: How extreme weather affects prices along the food supply chain
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts.
Aug 12, 2024 1:00 AM
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B.C. risks 'carpet' of rotting apples without help after co-op's closure: growers
With less than a week to go before gala apples will be ready to be picked in British Columbia, the president of the provincial fruit growers' group worries about a devastating season without a way for farmers to refrigerate their crops.
Aug 9, 2024 3:29 PM
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Saputo reports $142M Q1 profit, revenue up nearly 10% from year ago
MONTREAL — Saputo Inc. reported a profit of $142 million in its latest quarter as its revenue rose nearly 10 per cent compared with a year ago.
Aug 9, 2024 5:31 AM
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Maple Leaf Foods reports $26.2M Q2 loss as company prepares to spin off pork business
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a loss of $26.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $53.7 million a year earlier as it prepares to spin off its pork business. The Mississauga, Ont.
Aug 8, 2024 1:29 PM
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Forbidden fruit: Don't eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC
OTTAWA — On the western side of Major's Hill Park, tall stalks of corn wave in the breeze from planters overlooking the place where the Rideau Canal empties into the Ottawa River.
Aug 3, 2024 3:00 AM
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