HARPER GOVERNMENT INVESTS IN ATLANTIC GRAINS AND OILSEEDS SECTOR TO BOOST OUTPUT … RESEARCH WILL BOOST POTATO EXPORTS … PRAYERS FOR CODY SIBBALD … MOOSE ROMANCE GETS MORE ROOM TO GROW …OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

HARPER GOVERNMENT INVESTS IN ATLANTIC GRAINS AND OILSEEDS SECTOR TO BOOST OUTPUT
Source: Benzinga
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Member of Parliament for Egmont Gail Shea announced today an investment of $792,064 to the Atlantic Grains Council (AGC) to improve the quality and output of grains and oilseeds produced in the three Maritime provinces. (read more)

RESEARCH WILL BOOST POTATO EXPORTS
Source: Farm Focus
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was in Fredericton July 14 to announce an investment of up to $1.4 million for the initiative. The funding will enable PNB to work with other industry partners, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists and universities to identify factors that limit yields. On-farm experiments will help overcome these limitations and recommend new tools and technologies to potato growers across the country. (read more)

PRAYERS FOR CODY SIBBALD
Source: Canadian Angus Association
As our National Junior show, Showdown, gets underway in Olds, Alberta, I would like to draw your attention to one of our outstanding Junior members, and his family, while they endure... and battle through... a highly challenging time. As we celebrate many of our very “best and brightest” at Showdown, I believe it is necessary as Canadian Angus cattle-folk to channel our power of positive thinking, as well as our financial support, to put to critical use for friends of ours. Members of our Canadian Angus “family.” On Wednesday of last week, one of our own outstanding young stockman was in a farm accident at his family's Lazy RC Ranch at Beechy, Saskatchewan. He is currently facing the fight of his life in hospital in Saskatoon. For our inspiring friend, Cody Sibbald, his sisters, Jade and Hailey, his parents ,Russ and Cindy, please put them and keep them in your hopes, positive thoughts and heartfelt prayers. And please consider providing some financial support to ease the burden of their next few months and assist with demanding logistics and scheduling. Cody’s recovery is progressing extremely well, but his struggle will be a lengthy one and will require the support of his family in Saskatoon, more than a simple commute away from their ranch. I ask that you consider, as a member of our nation’s Angus fraternity, giving to the Sibbald family. Our Canadian Angus Foundation will accept donations to the “Cody Sibbald Family” fundraiser to forward in their entirety to Russ & Cindy Sibbald during this stressed and challenged time for them and their family. If you would like to send a cheque or money order, please do so to the Canadian Angus Association. Please identify it as the “Cody Sibbald Family.”
ceo@cdnangus.ca

MOOSE ROMANCE GETS MORE ROOM TO GROW
Source: The Chronicle Herald
The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced Tuesday it has added 83 hectares of protected land for the so-called Moose Sex Project along the Northumberland Strait. “We want the moose from New Brunswick to come over and make friends on the Nova Scotia side,” said Andrew Holland, the organization’s regional spokesman. The area is particularly important to moose and other large mammals because it is the only stretch of land connecting Nova Scotia with the rest of North America. (read more)