The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has cancelled the licence for Stelcore Retail Ltd.
It said it cancelled the licence because Stelcore provided false and misleading information in its Canadians licence application.
The company is based in India and has an office in Vancouver.
Its website says it assists international businesses with VAT/tax compliance, market entry strategies, customs compliance, and sales channel diversification.
Beiseker Hutterite Colony near Okotoks, Alta., has opened a fertilizer pelleting plant and said that by the third quarter it expects production to hit at least 1,000 tonnes per month.
The company, called Replenish Nutrients Holding Corp., further expects average pricing of approximately $600 per metric tonne and gross margins of 25 to 35 per cent.
These margins are expected to flow directly to the company's bottom line, contributing to increased profitability and cash flows beginning in the third quarter this year, it said.
Replenish's partnership with the Beiseker Hutterite Colony is a natural fit, with strong alignment on soil health and sustainable farming practices, said a news release.
As generational landholders, Hutterite colonies are dedicated stewards of the land with a particular interest in soil health and long-term productivity.
Replenish's regenerative, soil-health-focused fertilizer not only advances these goals but also strengthens farm economics over time by restoring key mineral nutrients, critical biology, and a diverse microbiome to the soil. In turn, these benefits support stronger crop yields, better soil water retention, higher plant nutrient density, and improved plant and soil resilience to pests and disease.
And while Replenish has not yet quantified the specific impact, healthier soil is generally understood to be more capable of sequestering carbon from the atmosphere than soil that is depleted and lacking in important biological activity.
According to 2024 census data, Hutterite colonies manage approximately four million acres across Canada and the United States with roughly 75 per cent of those acres located in Canada and 25 per cent in the U.S.
Four million acres represent approximately four per cent of Canada's agricultural land base. Alberta is particularly notable, with Hutterite colonies accounting for approximately 1.7 million of the four million total Hutterite acres in North America.
Given these figures and Replenish's natural alignment with the sustainable farming practiced by generational Hutterite colonies, the Company sees significant opportunity to expand partnerships of this kind across Alberta, into other Canadian provinces, and ultimately into the U.S.
The University of Guelph has landed two pork industry researchers from the Lacombe, Alberta, research station the federal agriculture department is closing.
Óscar López-Campos and Nuria Prieto will join the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) for two-year terms. The news release did not say when they begin work in Guelph.
Prieto’s research has focused on determining points of product differentiation without increasing costs in the meat sector.
López-Campos examined carcass merit, post-mortem muscle metabolism and strategies to enhance meat quality and yield.
“Their expertise is vital to Canada’s agri-food system, and I am very much looking forward to having them on campus and seeing the impact of their work for producers, processors and consumers across the country,” said OAC dean John Cranfield in the release.
The Ontario Agricultural College is currently working on developing a protein research initiative.
AAFC Lacombe has been a major site for cow-calf forage and grazing research, meat science, grading and food safety research.
A rare farm on Salt Spring Island that produces extra virgin olive oil is up for auction on Aug. 12.
Bidding will start at $2.9 million each for two parcels of land totaling 74 acres.
After years of research showed the only climate in Canada mild and dry enough to support a commercial olive farm was in Salt Spring Island's Fulford Valley, Sheri Braun and her late husband George Braun, looked for years in numerous locations before settling here, planted olive trees and set up a processing facility.
Ron and Jean Nugent and son Thomas set up shop at the annual fireworks display at the river between Windsor and Detroit to cater to thousands who turn out to watch-
The fireworks have been a joint-cities event since 1959.
The Nugents have owned Popper’s Kettle Corn of Harrow, Onr., for six and a half years.
Everything they sell is grown or made in Ontario, including the popcorn bags.
It will not apply to products from the United States, Mexico, Israel, Chile and developing countries.
It is classified as a safeguarding measure which has only been used once in the last 20 years.
The safeguarding inquiry was launched at the request of the Canadian Association of Vegetable Growers and Processors.
It is opposed by the Retail Council of Canada which speaks for the dominant supermarket chains.
The tariff will last a maximum of 20 days while the inquiry continues.
There have been substantial increases in imports from Thailand (179 per cent), Turkey (159 per cent) and Peru (85 per cent).
They may have come to Canada because the United States hit them with higher tariffs.
Nortera Foods Inc. of Quebec has in recent months made plans to close two plants, citing concerns about import competition. It announced the closure of its Lethbridge, Alta., plant in March, and its Saint-Césaire, Que., plant in October.
She is a senior policy advisor at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, specializing in agriculture and rural economic development.
She is a board director on the Greenbelt Foundation and sits on various committees for the Economic Developers’ Council of Ontario.
She, her husband and three children live on a grain farm in Rockwood.
Wow! What great qualifications for this job!