| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
British Columbia's value-added food companies will increase their chances of having their products sold outside of Canada by participating in a Government of Canada and British Columbia funded program to help them meet international food safety and traceability requirements.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, was in Winnipeg today to provide remarks at the 4th Annual CropConnect Conference, where he announced more than $2.27 Million in funding for the crop sector.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing more than $1.6 million in eight research projects dealing with a wide range of issues facing crop producers, Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg today.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced today the appointment of Anthony Douglas (Doug) Chorney as Assistant Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The appointment is for a five-year term effective February 13, 2017. Biographical notes are attached.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced today the appointment of Lonny McKague as Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).
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Brenda Shanahan, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay-Lacolle, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture and Agri Food Lawrence MacAulay, today announced a repayable contribution of $470,000 to help a Quebec company to commercialize a laser-based soil analysis system that replaces more traditional chemical analyses.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Cauli Crumble by Big Mountain Foods, a family-owned British Columbia food processing business, is one of 36 new projects receiving more than $2.3 million in funding going towards a range of innovative projects in British Columbia's agri-food sector.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Today, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced nearly $3.5 million in funding for 24 livestock and forage-related research projects.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, concluded a mission to Berlin, Germany, where he participated in the 9th Berlin Agriculture Ministers' Conference on January 21, and the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting on January 22.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Member of Parliament Filomena Tassi, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay, today announced up to $640,585 in funding to Greenbelt Microgreens to modernize a new 3.5 acre greenhouse facility with state-of-the-art technology, enabling producers to increase production for Canadian certified organic microgreens.
