Insights and Stories on Farm business

Apr. 11, 2011 at 4:42 pm CDT

The agriculture policies of all five major Canadian political parties were put front and centre in a debate hosted by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Ottawa on Monday. All of the parties were in agreement that agriculture was important to the country, but there was some disagreement on just […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 10, 2011 at 10:59 pm CDT

Aiming to clear the regulatory path for farm transfers, the Bloc Quebecois has included among its federal election platform planks a plan to boost the capital gains exemption on farm sales. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe re-announced the proposal Saturday at Metabetchouan-Lac-a-la-Croix, about 65 km west of Chicoutimi, after including it […]

Mar. 9, 2011 at 4:40 pm CST

A Quebec bursary program aimed at encouraging veterinary students to consider livestock medicine will be sweetened for those planning a rural practice. Provincial Agriculture Minister Pierre Corbeil on Wednesday announced that on top of the $10,000 bursary already offered, veterinary students who choose to practice in more remote regions of […]

Jan. 18, 2011 at 7:18 pm CST

Over three-quarters of farmers responding last fall to a Farm Credit Canada survey nationwide expect their farm or ag business will be better off in five years. That’s up from just 70 per cent at the same time in 2009, the federal ag lending agency said in a release Monday. […]

Dec. 6, 2010 at 7:08 am CST

A Toronto investment management firm holding a substantial piece of Maple Leaf Foods now wants to see changes in how the food firm’s board of directors is chosen, who’s chosen and how much they’re paid. Maple Leaf’s board, however, says such matters are already under review and West Face Capital’s […]