Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Viterra enters grain bin business

Nov. 13, 2007 at 6:47 pm CST

Canada’s biggest grain handler has added corrugated grain bins to its retail offerings. Viterra, which formed earlier this year from the merger of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United, announced Tuesday it will launch a new line of bins under the brand name Westor. The bins are engineered by Westeel […]

Right to shoo wildlife proposed for Yukon farmers

Nov. 13, 2007 at 6:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

Ag Growth expands U.S. factory floor

Nov. 13, 2007 at 5:05 pm CST

By FBC staff

Children’s farm death rate not dropping: CASA

Nov. 10, 2007 at 2:17 am CST

By FBC staff

CPR scrap ties to generate power for B.C. grid

Nov. 10, 2007 at 1:31 am CST

By FBC staff

N.L. cranberry industry gets $2M public boost

Nov. 10, 2007 at 1:11 am CST

Newfoundland and Labrador will get over $2 million in public investment toward development of the province’s cranberry industry. The federal and provincial governments on Friday announced $1.3 million from the federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) innovative communities fund, $530,400 in provincial natural resources department funding (including $48,000 from the […]

By FBC staff

Ottawa puts up $530K for SE Sask. land use study

Nov. 10, 2007 at 12:55 am CST

The federal government will pay over $530,000 in Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) funding to take inventory of farmers’ land use in the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan, set landscape goals and work out the bill to reach those goals. The study by the Lower Souris Watershed Committee is one of […]

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No progress seen on migrant ag workers’ issues: UFCW

Nov. 10, 2007 at 12:25 am CST

An annual review by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) on labour conditions for migrant farm workers in Canada raises concerns that Ottawa has done nothing about the serious issues facing those workers, the union says. “If you’ve got problems, keep them to yourself or you’ll be sent packing. […]

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CFIA seeks herdmates of TB-positive bull

Nov. 9, 2007 at 7:08 pm CST

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is looking for livestock that might have been exposed to bovine tuberculosis (TB) through an infected bull that lived on farms in Alberta and British Columbia. CFIA said Friday (Nov. 9) that it’s working with the affected producers on this investigation. All animals found […]

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Cattlemen launch beef nutrition promotion

Nov. 9, 2007 at 2:41 pm CST

The type of nutrition data most shoppers see on the side of a box or bag of processed food is now online for Canadian beef cuts. The Beef Information Centre, the market development arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, has launched a new online “virtual beef nutrition counter” giving consumers […]

By FBC staff