Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Canada seeks WTO panel on U.S. subsidies

Nov. 8, 2007 at 8:46 pm CST

The federal government will ask for a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel on the issue of the United States’ domestic farm subsidies when the WTO’s dispute settlement body meets Nov. 19. Federal Trade Minister David Emerson said in a statement Thursday that Ottawa believes the U.S. “has breached its […]

Viterra makes pitch to end SWP pension fight

Nov. 8, 2007 at 8:11 pm CST

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Dollar, higher costs weigh on Ont. cattle prices: study

Nov. 8, 2007 at 7:06 pm CST

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Agropur joins South American venture

Nov. 8, 2007 at 3:25 pm CST

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Headline cleared for crown rust in oats

Nov. 8, 2007 at 3:01 pm CST

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NDP, ag minister defeated in Sask.

Nov. 8, 2007 at 1:51 am CST

Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party made long-sought gains outside the usual rural strongholds of its namesake province to win Wednesday’s provincial election, taking several key seats from Lorne Calvert’s New Democrats, including their agriculture minister’s. The NDP’s Mark Wartman, a United Church minister, MLA since 1999 and minister for agriculture and […]

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Farmers can save Clearfield wheat seed

Nov. 7, 2007 at 7:37 pm CST

Prairie wheat growers who grow BASF’s Clearfield wheat can save their harvested seed to plant as many future crops as they wish, starting in 2008. The seed and chemical company outlined its new plans for the Clearfield production system for wheat in a release Wednesday. Clearfield wheat is bred for […]

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“Dysfunctional” markets caused livestock price drop: NFU

Nov. 7, 2007 at 1:58 pm CST

A livestock marketplace in which a few large corporations “heavily influence” both the farm gate and retail prices paid for livestock and meat have led to the collapse in returns to livestock producers, the National Farmers Union said Tuesday. The rising value of the Canadian dollar against U.S. currency is […]

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Potato biogas plant could kill feed source: CBC

Nov. 7, 2007 at 1:22 pm CST

Cattlemen on Prince Edward Island fear they could lose a cheap feed source when the Irving Group’s Cavendish Farms potato plant starts using its peelings to generate biogas for heating. P.E.I. Cattlemen’s Association president Darlene Sanford told CBC News on Wednesday that most cattlemen in the province use potato waste […]

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Ottawa backs Alta. biodiesel plant with $639K

Nov. 6, 2007 at 6:33 pm CST

Western Biodiesel, a 19 million-litre-per-year biodiesel project using canola oil and rendered beef tallow, has picked up $638,559 in federal funding toward the $8 million project cost. The project at Aldersyde, just south of Calgary, will also get $275,000 in direct equity investment from farmers, the federal government noted in […]

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