News - Agri-Business

The governments of Canada and Manitoba will support the expansion of Granny’s Poultry, a producer-owned poultry processing company in Blumenort, with $2.5 million in funding.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba will invest more than $582,000 in unique, state-of-the-art equipment, so a Manitoba company can transform home-grown produce into nutritious and flavorful purees.

Keystone Agricultural Producers vice-president Dan Mazier is enthusiastic about a new agreement between the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences in Winnipeg, and Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College.

A communications specialist with the Cause Matters Corporation is encouraging farmers to become directly involved in telling their story about agriculture to the non-farming public.

More than 60 per cent of individuals surveyed by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), in a recent Vision survey, say they are considering environmental stewardship and the use of environmentally friendly management practices to reduce their environmental footprint and provide financial value for their business.