UFA is an Alberta-based agricultural co-operative that owns farm and ranch supply stores and petroleum locations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. and has more than 120,000 members.
The purchase is not expected to affect day-to-day operations or the seed varieties available at UFA.
Manitoba’s Bothwell Cheese has resumed production following a serious fire last month at its facility in New Bothwell.
Parent company Gay Lea Foods said the Jun. 1 fire caused extensive damage to an area of the facility that processes whey, a byproduct of the cheesemaking process.
The full re-opening depends in part on local farmers, who stepped up to provide a temporary solution for whey disposal.
The plan, which the company said was developed with Manitoba’s environmental regulators, allowed Bothwell Cheese to discard the natural byproduct into a small number of farms’ earthen manure storage ponds, where it can be used as on-farm fertilizer.
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A chicken in B-C has earned its place in the Guinness World Records for correctly identifying the most objects within one minute.
The chicken named Lacey appeared in a video setting the record of six identifications after owner Emily Carrington showed the hen a series of letters, numbers and coloured objects.
Carrington, a veterinarian who lives on Gabriola Island, said Guinness officials confirmed last month in a letter that Lacey is the record holder for the most identifications by a chicken in one minute.
Carrington said Lacey is also capable of jumping through hoops and laying one egg a day, and the world record shows that chickens are intelligent.
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