News Archive: Canola Growers

Voluntary Marketing Option for Canola has Ended

Voluntary Marketing Option for Canola has Ended

The Board of the MCGA feels that there is insufficient producer interest to proceed with the initiative. The Board of the MCGA would like to thank the many farmers who participated in the survey either on-line or by completing and returning the tear-off in the advertisement which appeared in April editions of the Manitoba Co-operator and the Western Producer farm newspapers. [Click on Logo to learn more]

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Voluntary Marketing Option for Canola has Ended

Biodiesel Mandate = An Exciting Announcement

The announcement made by Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz along with Environment Minister Peter Kent set a start date of July 1, 2011 for the implementation of a two percent inclusion for biofuel in all diesel fuel sold in Canada. [Click on Logo to learn more]

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Voluntary Marketing Option for Canola has Ended

Investment Tax Credits Available to Canola Growers

Producers are entitled to obtain taxable benefits on canola check-off deductions that are used to support Research & Development. Individual producers are entitled to claim investment tax credits at 20% and the corporate producer rate for Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC) is 35%. [Click on Logo to learn more]

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Voluntary Marketing Option for Canola has Ended

Growers to Benefit from Next Generation Canola Variety Testing

The initiative, a result of extensive consultations, will involve most of the seed industry. The approximately $1-million program will be funded by the three Prairie canola grower groups – Alberta Canola Producers Commission (ACPC), Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission (SaskCanola), and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA), as well as by seed trade entry fees. [Click on Logo to learm more]

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Voluntary Marketing Option for Canola has Ended

Manitoba Canola Growers Association Makes Major Contribution to Assiniboine Community College’s Culinary Theatre

The culinary theatre is an exceptional hospitality venue for the Westman region. This innovative facility is unique in that it brings two distinct programs together to create culinary broadcasts that will benefit the college and the community. The two-year Culinary Arts program and the two-year Media Production program will utilize this multifunctional theatre as a teaching studio to present cooking demonstrations and as a practice lab for producing culinary broadcast segments. [Click on Pic to learn more]

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