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McGuinty re-appoints farm cabinet

Oct. 30, 2007 at 2:29 pm CDT

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has re-appointed the three newly re-elected MPPs in charge of the province’s farm and rural portfolios back to Cabinet. Hastings-Frontenac Lennox MPP Leona Dombrowsky, who represents the Napanee and Belleville area, was returned Tuesday as minister for agriculture, food and rural affairs, a post she’s held […]

Bevo Agro gets reprieve on loan

Oct. 30, 2007 at 1:11 pm CDT

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New secretary for N.L. ag minister

Oct. 30, 2007 at 12:21 pm CDT

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Quebec hog farmers may get early advance

Oct. 29, 2007 at 6:16 pm CDT

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B.C. vets funded to review foreign credentials

Oct. 29, 2007 at 5:39 pm CDT

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Alta. farmers beat EFP uptake goal

Oct. 29, 2007 at 5:17 pm CDT

Alberta farmers have beaten their province’s target for completing Environmental Farm Plans (EFPs). The federal and provincial governments reported Friday that over 7,000 Alberta farmers had completed EFPs. That’s above a provincial target of 6,500 for 2007-08, as noted in the provincial agriculture department’s business plan in March this year. […]

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Ranchers Beef investigation leads to B.C. recall

Oct. 29, 2007 at 4:51 pm CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s E. coli investigation of shuttered beef packing co-op Ranchers Beef Ltd. has so far led it to British Columbia, where it’s ordered a recall of six different package types of burgers and chuck. The recalled products listed by CFIA include boneless chuck steak and ground […]

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CFIA suspects link in E. coli cases nationwide

Oct. 27, 2007 at 1:53 am CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking into “possible linkages” between 45 cases of E. coli-related illness this summer from B.C. to New Brunswick — and that involves “actively investigating” a closed meat plant in Alberta. CFIA and the Public Health Agency of Canada, in an information bulletin issued late […]

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Alta. government to rethink water licensing policy

Oct. 26, 2007 at 11:34 pm CDT

Alberta’s provincial environment department won’t accept any applications for amendments of water licenses while it re-examines that policy for the South Saskatchewan River basin. The moratorium on amendment applications comes after a request in August from the Eastern Irrigation District, based at Brooks, for an amendment that would allow the […]

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Corn trait wins EU approval: Monsanto

Oct. 26, 2007 at 1:53 pm CDT

A European Union decision to allow imports of a Monsanto corn variety that “stacks” traits for corn borer resistance and Roundup herbicide tolerance is good news for Canadian corn growers, the company said Thursday. Monsanto reported that the EU will allow its YieldGard Corn Borer (MON 810) hybrid varieties for […]

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