McCain Foods is halfway through $45 million and $30 million in updates to its Portage la Prairie and Carberry potato processing facilities, respectively. Upgrades for the Portage la Prairie site started in 2016, and will wrap late next year. The modifications include the addition of a high efficiency potato sorting system, as well as new... Read More
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The Oilseed Innovation Partners (OIP) group aims to create new opportunities for Canadian oilseeds and the Canadian bio-products sector. It looks like they did just that — in Ontario. American manufacturer of vegetable-oil based lubricants, Renewable Lubricants Inc. (RLI), has picked the province to build its first wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary. The company creates everything from... Read More
The Ontario and federal governments have announced steps to help farmers experiencing revenue loss because of high levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) in their corn crops. While the largest portion of Ontario's corn crop remains unaffected, the government partners say this support will help ease the impact for effected farmers. It will also assist the entire... Read More
The Ontario government is proposing changes to the previous government's recent overhaul of the rabies immunization rules as they apply to livestock headed to agricultural fairs. Ernie Hardeman, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, says the proposed amendments to the Health Protection and Promotion Act are intended to reduce "unnecessary red tape and... Read More
Maple Leaf Foods has announced plans to spend $660 million to build a new, 640,000 square foot fresh poultry processing facility at London, Ont., and to invest in projects that "accelerate adoption of advanced manufacturing and production technologies." Those investments support the company's goal of reducing its environmental footprint by 50 per cent by 2025.... Read More
The news Precision ag company Farmers Edge and ag retail and grain handling company Richardson Pioneer Limited have announced a multi-year partnership that will "distribute digital precision technology to growers served by over 90 retail locations across Western Canada." The two Manitoba-based companies will "work together to deliver state-of-the-art digital agriculture products for retail and... Read More
The news Lawrence MacAulay, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food has announced a federal investment of up to $5 million to the Automation Cluster led by the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre Inc. The funding is provided under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The funding will be used to address current and anticipated labour challenges within... Read More
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has released its monthly flash report for Canada and the United States. The Canadian numbers shown below indicate that year-to-date sales for equipment are down in comparison to a year ago. Combines sales year-to-date are down 6.3% and 4WD tractors are down 9.0%. In 2018, 2WD tractors are up 3.5%,... Read More
A Quebec cheese processing company will invest in automation and digital technology following federal funding announcements made earlier this week. La Trappe à Fromage de l'Outaouais will receive up to $584,063 to assist the cheese processor purchase and install automation equipment to "optimize processing, improve product quality and production capacity, and food safety." The company,... Read More
AgScape, an Ontario charity focused on farm and food education, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to train new teacher graduates, as part of its Teacher Ambassador Program, to deliver free food and agriculture lessons in schools across Ontario. The organization has a goal of equipping a "school bus load" of Ontario Certified... Read More