Insights and Stories of FBC staff

CFA proposes regional ag framework component

Nov. 16, 2007 at 5:01 pm CST

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is proposing an addition to the proposed next-generation national agriculture framework to address regional issues that support the national goals. The proposed program, which the CFA has dubbed AgriFlex, would complement national programs such as AgriInvest and AgriStability and establish federal funding to support […]

Ag ministers at sit-down

Nov. 16, 2007 at 3:00 pm CST

By FBC staff

Case of soy rust confirmed in Ontario

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:25 pm CST

By FBC staff

Hog farms get $25M for circovirus vaccinations

Nov. 15, 2007 at 5:44 pm CST

By FBC staff

Wheat board backs ID systems to replace KVD

Nov. 15, 2007 at 4:52 pm CST

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Sask. hog breeders make biggest air drop into China

Nov. 15, 2007 at 4:10 pm CST

Hog genetics firm Hypor JV has completed the largest-ever shipment of Canadian hogs into China by air, the company reported Wednesday. Hypor, the Kitchener, Ont.-based swine breeding arm of Dutch livestock firm Hendrix Genetics, shipped 816 hogs by truck from its breeding operations at Ituna and Abernethy in southeastern Saskatchewan, […]

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St. Lawrence plans for record-long year

Nov. 15, 2007 at 3:07 pm CST

The St. Lawrence Seaway has announced late-December closures for its Montreal-Lake Ontario section and for the Welland Canal, likely assuring another record-long season for the shipping passage. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. posted 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29 as the planned closing date for the seaway’s Montreal-Lake Ontario […]

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Village Farms cuts back to cut losses

Nov. 14, 2007 at 7:14 pm CST

Lack of sunshine and higher costs led Vancouver hothouse tomato producer Village Farms to a US$3.4 million net loss in its third quarter ending Sept. 30. The company is billed as the biggest producer, marketer and distributor of greenhouse tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers in North America, with major greenhouses […]

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Ag Growth buys U.S. equipment maker

Nov. 14, 2007 at 6:30 pm CST

Winnipeg grain handling equipment firm Ag Growth has signed a deal to buy another handling gear and storage manufacturer, Union Iron, for US$20.2 million. Union Iron, based at Decatur, Ill. (southwest of Chicago) makes equipment for commercial and larger farm operations, including bucket elevators, drag conveyors, screw conveyors, truck probes, […]

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PotashCorp to expand SE Sask. potash mine

Nov. 14, 2007 at 6:02 pm CST

Saskatoon-based PotashCorp, already the world’s biggest potash producer by capacity, plans to boost that capacity by two million tonnes per year with a US$1.8 billion mine and mill expansion at Rocanville in southeastern Saskatchewan. The company said in a release Wednesday that this project will raise PotashCorp’s total annual potash […]

By FBC staff