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Monsanto to back Young Farmers Forum

Nov. 6, 2007 at 6:01 pm CST

The Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum has signed a three-year deal in which Monsanto Canada will put up cash and in-kind support for leadership and training programs for young farmers. The CYFF is a professional development group for farmers between ages 18 and 40 to provide a forum for information, consolidate […]

Ottawa puts up $300K for Man. biodiesel project

Nov. 6, 2007 at 5:19 pm CST

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R-CALF files for “Rule 2” injunction

Nov. 5, 2007 at 7:26 pm CST

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Ottawa puts up $46M to fight plum pox

Nov. 5, 2007 at 6:09 pm CST

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Celiac researcher among agri-food honourees

Nov. 5, 2007 at 5:36 pm CST

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Churchill posts near-record traffic

Nov. 5, 2007 at 4:36 pm CST

The owners of Manitoba’s northern grain port at Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway have set a 2008 goal of a million tonnes of traffic through the port. OmniTrax, the Denver company that runs the port and rail line serving it, set the target Monday, as port officials announced that […]

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USDA tightens testing on Canadian meat

Nov. 5, 2007 at 12:53 am CST

Citing concerns over testing practices at the ill-fated Rancher’s Beef plant near Calgary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Saturday that it will increase testing for E. coli O157:H7, listeria and salmonella on imports of meat and poultry from Canada, starting this week. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) […]

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Summer’s worth of Rancher’s Beef recalled

Nov. 2, 2007 at 11:40 pm CDT

The now-closed Rancher’s Beef Ltd. near Calgary, working with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, has announced a recall of all beef distributed from its Balzac, Alta. plant between June 8 and Aug. 15 this year. The recall is of all products distributed directly to the company’s corporate clients in Canada, […]

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N.B. adds programs for hog farmers

Nov. 2, 2007 at 6:09 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s provincial government will put up $150,000 to help hog farmers audit and adapt their farms to handle new market opportunities. The Hog Industry Enhancement and Renewal Initiative, announced Friday, will support: production audits by professionals such as veterinarians, engineers or agrologists, to assess requirements needed to meet new […]

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Canada, U.S. cut red tape on processing potatoes

Nov. 2, 2007 at 5:41 pm CDT

Already each other’s largest export markets for potatoes, Canada and the U.S. on Thursday concluded new agreements that Ottawa said will further smooth cross-border trade in potatoes for processing or further-repackaging. The “Technical Arrangement Concerning Trade in Potatoes” came into effect Thursday and will be phased in over three years. […]

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