Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Farmers, agriculture students and academics from across the country will get an opportunity to discuss the key challenges facing young farmers and the future of agriculture through roundtable discussions with Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) Jean-Pierre Blackburn over the next few weeks.
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Canada has benefited from the distance it acquired from the United States during the market meltdown. The country's related ETF has responded to the distance with strong performance this year. Canada is still raking in hefty capital inflows and a healthy housing market on its way to full recovery. The exports to the United States have helped out the Canadian economy...
SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
ETF Database submits: Last week, Jefferies Asset Management unveiled two new exchange-traded funds targeting equities of global commodity producers. The two funds, which track subsets of the Thomson Reuters/ Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Commodity Index tracked by CRBQ , invest in companies across the globe that are involved in the extraction and production of commodities. CRBI seeks to track...
eFoodAlert.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert. United States Allergy Alert: Curly's Food, Inc. (Sioux City, IA) recalls approximately 12,181 pounds of roast beef deli products because they were inadvertently...
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U & Me recalled all Chaotic drinks two weeks ago (Oct. 23, 2009) after we were advised that Health Canada had concerns about some ingredients in our products....
La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
When I'm up near Union Station here in Portland, I can't help but think there's gotta be a better use for many of the empty, eyesore surface parking lots than the current service they provide, which is apparently to hold extinguished cigarette butts and broken glass, while blades of grass pop up through the cracks here and there to admire their unparalleled view of the Steel Bridge. A few hundred miles...
Portage County Alliance for Youth (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Go to GrantStation.com for actual updates and information. GrantStation Announcements Tracks to Success – Notes from a Federal Reviewer – Part 3 GrantStation October Sale: Scary Cheap GrantStation Webinars Scheduled for October and November National Funding Opportunities Conservation Programs Worldwide Supported Funds for Dating Abuse Programs in the U.S. and Canada Grants Address Jewish...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The following statement was released today by the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, on the election of Guy Lonechild as Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations:
Farmscape News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Farmscape for October 29, 2009 (Episode 3334) Saskatchewan's agriculture minister is hoping enhanced traceability within Canada's livestock sector will help secure ongoing access to overseas markets for Canadian food products. The Saskatchewan government has launched a five million dollar program which will rebate up to 70 percent of the cost of radio frequency identification tag readers. The voluntary...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) Jean-Pierre Blackburn salutes the agri-food industry's success at the ANUGA trade show held in Cologne, Germany, from October 10 to 14, 2009. The anticipated impact of Canada's participation in the 2009 edition had been estimated at some $50 million, but the benefits are now assessed at nearly $146 million....
Conservation Value Notes (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
One of my favorite environmental communicators, David Suzuki, gets into the importance of conservation -- of forests and other ecosystems -- in the drive to reduce global CO2 levels: While much of the debate and action has focused on curbing emissions from burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and gas, the destruction of our forests, wetlands, grasslands, and peatlands is responsible for about one...
Climbing Out Of The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
This is serious, and it has been bothering me for awhile. Do bloggers help or hurt their MP's? If I have an opinion, and I express it on my blog, does that potentially reflect on my MP? Should my MP care? Do your MP's even know if you have a blog and comment on their performance? I know one Liberal MP, Paul Szabo, is aware of blogs, because he kindly corrected me on an issue. Garth Turner is a good...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
HOBBEMA, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Member of Parliament for Wetaskiwin, Blaine Calkins, on behalf of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, today congratulated the Samson Cree Nation on the grand opening of its latest economic development venture, Cree Star Transport Ltd.
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
In a letter sent Friday that contains trade data compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 17 R-CALF USA officers, directors and committee chairs informed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that unless Canada and Mexico can demonstrate that the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law has reduced the value of their combined exports of live cattle...
Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Two years ago on a visit to Canada, Sarah Fannin saw something she was sure would be a good fit for east Kentucky agriculture — sweet potatoes.
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
# 3861 Despite the protestations of pork producers around the world, the novel H1N1 virus is a `swine flu’ virus, and to little surprise, is now increasingly being found in herds around the globe. Last May, after the discovery of the H1N1 virus in pigs in Alberta, the FAO ( The UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization ) strongly urged that increased surveillance of the world’s commercial...
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aarkstore | 09/30/2009
Summary The Andersons, Inc. (Andersons) is principally engaged in the agriculture and transportation markets. The company is engaged in the operations of diverse agribusinesses such as grain and plant nutrients, railcar leasing and repair, industrial products formulation, turf products, retailing and ethanol operations. The company, along with 18 subsidiaries, operates in five reportable business segments...
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