Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Ontario RMP payments in mail: Agricorp

Dec. 12, 2007 at 1:42 pm CST

Pre-harvest payments to grain and oilseed farmers under Ontario’s risk management program (RMP) are being printed and mailed this week, Agricorp announced Wednesday. The provincial farm program delivery agency said in a release that it expects over 10,000 farmers who submitted complete applications to get their payments by Christmas. The […]

Nova Scotia to shed NSAC governance

Dec. 12, 2007 at 1:21 pm CST

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Compensation raised for destroyed deer

Dec. 12, 2007 at 12:51 pm CST

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CPR warns on earnings due to weather, fuel costs

Dec. 12, 2007 at 12:32 pm CST

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Livestock producers need financing: Senate report

Dec. 11, 2007 at 11:46 pm CST

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Farmers await Liberal ag task force’s ideas: CFA

Dec. 11, 2007 at 11:28 pm CST

A new task force on agriculture launched last week by the federal Liberal party is expected to come up with good ideas for the sector, but those ideas will need to be useful in the drafting of a new Canadian ag policy framework, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. […]

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Quebec pledges $14M for Quebec-food strategy

Dec. 11, 2007 at 4:11 pm CST

Quebec’s provincial government will spend $14 million over the next three years on a marketing strategy to boost purchases of Quebec food products. The strategy, branded “Le Québec dans votre assiette!” (loosely, “Quebec on your plate”) is based on three points: encouraging Quebec consumers to consider buying Quebec products in […]

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ClearOut 41 Plus available for direct sale: FNA

Dec. 11, 2007 at 3:36 pm CST

Canadian farmers looking to buy the U.S. generic glyphosate product ClearOut 41 Plus will no longer need federal government permits to do so, Farmers of North America (FNA) reported Monday. Albaugh, Inc., an Iowa-based maker and distributor of ag chemicals, took over the Canadian registration of the product and has […]

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Butter, skim milk powder support prices to rise

Dec. 11, 2007 at 1:43 pm CST

Support prices for butter and skim milk powder will rise effective February 1, 2008, the Canadian Dairy Commission announced Friday. The support price for skim milk powder will increase from $5.9212 to $5.9835 per kg, while the support price for butter will increase from $6.8695 to $6.9316 per kg. Support […]

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Japan’s Mitsui buys into Sask. crush plant

Dec. 6, 2007 at 4:13 pm CST

Japanese commodity trading company Mitsui and Co. has bought a 40 per cent partnership stake in Louis Dreyfus Canada’s planned canola processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. Brant Randles, president of Louis Dreyfus Canada, said Thursday that the partnership is “a positive step for everyone involved” and will strengthen the two […]

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