Processor raises sausage prices, blames high sow costs Monday, August 9, 2010 Citing "all time high" sow prices, Bob Evans, a food processor and restaurant chain operator based in Columbus, Ohio, announced in June that it was raising sausage prices to its retail buyers "for the first time in many years."Sows cost over $60 a hundredweight in April. That compares to an average of $42 per hundredweight in the fiscal year ending April 30 and $45 in fiscal 2009.The company is taking no chances that it will lose money on its annual US$1.86 billion in sales in retailed foods and in its restaurants. In the last quarter of its previous fiscal year, Bob Evans recorded a profit of $20.8 million compared with $21.1 million a year previous. For the full fiscal year, the company posted earnings of $70.2 million compared with a loss of $5.1 million the previous year.Bob Evans runs about 675 restaurants across the United States under the Bob Evans and Mimi's Café names. It also produces and distributes pork sausage and convenience foods under the Bob Evans and Owens brands.BP Cover Story: Contented pigs, discontented producers Your bacon cost how much a pound?
Alberta ROCT makes drug and weapons busts Thursday, June 25, 2026 A team of RCMP officers dedicated to keeping rural communities safe made significant drug and weapons busts recently. On June 20, the Rural Organized Crime Team (ROCT), which the provincial government provided $2 million of support for earlier in the month, found drugs and firearms during... Read this article online
Canada’s only commercial olive farm up for sale Thursday, June 25, 2026 A rarity in Canada, the only commercial olive farm in the country, is going up for auction in August. CLHbid.com will oversee the sale of The Olive Farm and its almost 74 acres of land in Salt Spring Island, B.C. Canadian olive production is very low because of its cold winters, and... Read this article online
Manitoba grain elevators listed as endangered Thursday, June 25, 2026 Grain elevators in the RM of Brenda-Waskada are considered some of the top 10 endangered structures in all of Manitoba. The Manitoba Historical Society on June 23 published its annual list of “historically significant buildings around our province that deserve to be preserved and better... Read this article online
NOAA Declares El Nino, Raising Key Weather Risks for Agriculture Thursday, June 25, 2026 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially declared the onset of El Niño, confirming that ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have risen high enough to trigger one of the world’s most influential climate patterns. The declaration follows sustained... Read this article online
Anti-Dumping Probe Targets Wheat Gluten Imports in Canada Thursday, June 25, 2026 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has opened an anti-dumping investigation into certain wheat gluten imports entering the Canadian market from Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The inquiry will examine whether these products are being sold in Canada at unfairly low prices,... Read this article online