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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Campbell Soup wants antibiotic-free chicken

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Campbell Soup Co. says it will be transitioning to buying chickens that have been raised without using antibiotics. It has also said it ...

DuPont, Dow boards approve merger

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The boards of directors for DuPont and Dow Chemical have approved a $62-billion merger plan. It has yet to achieve government approva...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Good winter for bees

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  It was a good winter for bee colonies, reports the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists. Ontario colony losses were 18 ...

Feds push beef exports

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay today announced an investment of up to $6.4 million over three years to help Canadia...

Fire in Kitchener-area wheat field

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A fire in a wheat field south-west of Kitchener sent up a white plume of smoke that could be seen throughout Kitchener, Waterlo...

Russia now world’s biggest wheat exporter

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    Russia has overtaken the United States as the top exporter of the grain and now is the leading supplier of wheat to Egypt. Franc...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

FCC says chicken outlook is rosy

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Farm Credit Canada economist Leigh Anderson forecasts a rosy future for Canada’s chicken industry – production increas...
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Jim Romahn
Journalist who has been reporting on agriculture since 1963; winner of more than 100 awards, including two Govenor- General Awards for Public Service in Journalism plus an honourable mention as one of five finalists plus the 1987 Michener-Deacon fellowship to study and report on biotechnology research in agriculture.
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