Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Quebec dials back fertilizer regulations

Nov. 29, 2007 at 12:46 am CST

The Quebec government has slightly loosened its rules banning the spreading of all materials containing dead ruminants as fertilizer. Environment Minister Line Beauchamp announced on Wednesday that the province has amended its farm regulations to take into account the new federal government controls on specified risk materials (or SRMs, the […]

Ag trends point to “new era” of opportunity: TD

Nov. 28, 2007 at 4:14 pm CST

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Meat testing at U.S. border back to normal

Nov. 28, 2007 at 3:10 pm CST

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Documentation sought for rare Newfoundland Ponies

Nov. 27, 2007 at 4:45 pm CST

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Maltsters’ support puts CWB opponents on offensive

Nov. 27, 2007 at 4:18 pm CST

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Viterra names new VP of HR

Nov. 27, 2007 at 3:36 pm CST

A consultant who helped design the merger process for the operations of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United has been named as the merged company’s new human resources VP. The official title for Steven Berger, who helped develop the integration plan while working for management consulting firm Accenture, will be […]

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Koch named Sask. deputy ag minister

Nov. 27, 2007 at 2:01 pm CST

Alanna Koch, head of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, is Saskatchewan’s new top agriculture bureaucrat. The province’s new Saskatchewan Party government, which ousted the New Democrats in the Nov. 7 election, announced Koch’s appointment as deputy minister of agriculture on Tuesday as part of a list of orders-in-council naming new […]

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Net farm income drops again in ’06

Nov. 26, 2007 at 6:54 pm CST

Canadian farmers’ realized net farm income dropped again in 2006 to its lowest level since 2003, Statistics Canada reported Monday. The federal statistician cited rising interest, wage and fuel costs along with declines in hog prices and program payments, which more than offset revenues from crops and cattle. The agency […]

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Barley Growers’ chief joins GGC brass

Nov. 24, 2007 at 12:16 am CST

Jeff Nielsen, president of the Western Barley Growers Association, has been elected as a vice-president of the Grain Growers of Canada. Nielsen, a grain grower at Olds, Alta., replaces Dawson Creek, B.C. grain farmer Jim Smolik, who was named last month to a three-year term as assistant chief commissioner at […]

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Governments, CWB back CIGI cereal lab

Nov. 23, 2007 at 11:58 pm CST

The Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) plans to put over $900,000 in new funds to work with equipment for a testing, training and demonstration centre for crop and new food development at its Winnipeg facility. Federal and provincial politicians on Friday announced $499,000 through the Canada-Manitoba Economics Partnership Agreement and […]

By FBC staff