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Crop report: producers anxious about crops, hoping for rain

Crop report: producers anxious about crops, hoping for rain

Haying has been slow with only eight per cent of the crop cut and the rest still standing. Hay quality is rated as 11 per cent excellent.
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Cannabis company Canopy Growth sells California facility, changes auditors

Cannabis company Canopy Growth sells California facility, changes auditors

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. says it has completed the sale of its facility in Modesto, Calif. The cannabis company is selling some of its facilities as part of an organizational transformation announced last year to help cut spending.
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Expanded restrictions in Vancouver to stop spread of damaging Japanese beetle

Expanded restrictions in Vancouver to stop spread of damaging Japanese beetle

VANCOUVER — It's flying season for the Japanese beetle, which has prompted expanded restrictions on soil and plants in Vancouver that cover much of the city.
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Canopy Growth reports $648 million net loss in Q4 as it parts way with BioSteel staff

Canopy Growth reports $648 million net loss in Q4 as it parts way with BioSteel staff

Canopy Growth Corp.
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US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat

For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation's restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.
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B.C. launches $20M flood mitigation fund for the Fraser Valley

B.C. launches $20M flood mitigation fund for the Fraser Valley

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The British Columbia government says a new $20-million flood mitigation program for the Fraser Valley will help support farmers and food resiliency in prime agricultural areas that were inundated by floodwaters in November 2021.
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Sustainability accounting could be disastrous for cattle sector

Sustainability accounting could be disastrous for cattle sector

Producers urged to fight mandatory climate disclosure standards.
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Taiwan opens doors to more Canadian beef 20 years after mad cow disease

Taiwan opens doors to more Canadian beef 20 years after mad cow disease

OTTAWA — Canada says it has regained market access to Taiwan for Canadian beef and beef products from animals over 30 months of age.
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Recent rain may not be enough to halt the shrinking of Canada's cattle herd

Recent rain may not be enough to halt the shrinking of Canada's cattle herd

CALGARY — Anxious Alberta ranchers praying for rain got their wish this week, but it may not be enough to stop the ongoing decline in Canadian cattle production.
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Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan

Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan

VICTORIA — The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net
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