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Premiums just cover ’07 Prairie hail claims: insurers

Oct. 19, 2007 at 1:10 pm CDT

Estimates so far from Prairie farmers’ hail claims for 2007 come in at $208 million, just short of the $211 million collected in premiums, according to a hail insurers’ group. The Canadian Crop Hail Association said Friday in the last of its bimonthly reports for 2007 that “considerably more” cash […]

Wind, sun power Alta. air monitoring station

Oct. 19, 2007 at 12:38 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Barley market not tied to single-desk fight: Ritter

Oct. 19, 2007 at 12:25 pm CDT

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McCain sells packaged juice business

Oct. 18, 2007 at 5:06 pm CDT

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Sask. avian flu flock buried: CFIA

Oct. 18, 2007 at 4:17 pm CDT

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Lillian wheat caught on quick: CWB survey

Oct. 18, 2007 at 2:44 pm CDT

Lillian, a milling wheat variety launched last year, is already the most commonly seeded red spring wheat on the Prairies, the Canadian Wheat Board found in its annual variety survey. Lillian, known for a solid stem that resists damage caused by the wheat-stem sawfly, made up 14.8 per cent of […]

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Safflower drug back on track

Oct. 18, 2007 at 2:15 pm CDT

A Calgary biotech company’s plans to make cardiovascular drugs from safflower will resume after a false start this summer. SemBioSys Genetics — which is already known for breeding gene-altered safflower that produces insulin — had first announced in July that it had bred safflower lines that could make commercial levels […]

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Collection set for Sask. farmers’ old chemicals

Oct. 18, 2007 at 1:17 pm CDT

A three-day drive to collect Saskatchewan farmers’ obsolete pesticides will run Oct. 23 to 25, CropLife Canada announced Wednesday. Farmers and turf growers can dispose of obsolete farm herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides free of charge at one of 45 participating retailers during those three days, the chemical industry trade […]

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Farmers await “actual deliverables” from Throne Speech

Oct. 17, 2007 at 2:25 pm CDT

Farm groups say they’re looking forward to movement on some or all of the farming-related points in last night’s federal Speech from the Throne, but also wonder about the government’s plans on issues left unmentioned. The speech, delivered Tuesday evening by Governor General Michaelle Jean on the Tory government’s behalf, […]

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P.E.I. potato field quarantined: CBC

Oct. 17, 2007 at 1:09 pm CDT

Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff have quarantined a field near Kensington on Prince Edward Island, pending tests for what’s suspected to be potato wart, CBC News reported Tuesday. A single potato was pulled from the field with what appeared to be potato wart, an agency spokesman told CBC, adding that […]

By FBC staff