Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Imported fertilizer crosses “Arctic Bridge”

Oct. 17, 2007 at 12:31 pm CDT

In what’s being described as a milestone for Manitoba’s Hudson Bay port at Churchill, the Kapitan Sviridov, a Russian vessel, arrived today bearing cheaper fertilizer for Prairie farmers. The arrival of the Murmansk Shipping Co. vessel represents the first shipment under the “Arctic Bridge” concept that’s proposed to link Russian […]

Alta. to offset farmers’ costs with $165M

Oct. 16, 2007 at 7:11 pm CDT

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Market potential limited for “local food”: report

Oct. 16, 2007 at 6:59 pm CDT

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Later-seeded Alta. crops wait for dry weather

Oct. 16, 2007 at 5:57 pm CDT

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Rain stalls last of Sask. harvest

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:48 pm CDT

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Weather holds back last of Man. harvest

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:31 pm CDT

Wet and cool conditions last week have delayed what little is generally left of Manitoba’s 2007 harvest campaign, the province reported Monday. In the last of its weekly crop reports for the season, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) reported that weather hasn’t co-operated with farmers on a few […]

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Syngenta rolls out concentrated glyphosate

Oct. 16, 2007 at 11:59 am CDT

Syngenta Crop Protection has released Touchdown Total, a higher-concentration version of its Touchdown iQ glyphosate product. Compared to Touchdown iQ, which is concentrated at 360 grams per litre acid equivalent of glyphosate, Touchdown Total is formulated at 500 grams per litre, the company said in a release Monday. “This means […]

By FBC staff

Maple Leaf rebrands Elite Swine

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:57 am CDT

Maple Leaf Foods’ hog production company Elite Swine has been renamed Maple Leaf Agri-Farms, the company announced Monday. The move is the latest step in the reorganization the company announced in October last year, in which it planned to refocus on value-added meat and meals. As part of that move, […]

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Alta. puts up $4.5M for biodiesel project

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:07 am CDT

The Alberta government has put up $4.46 million in grants toward Canadian Bioenergy Corp.’s planned biodiesel plant near Fort Saskatchewan, just northeast of Edmonton. The company will get the grants through the province’s bio-refining commercialization and market development program, and through the bioenergy infrastructure development program, both run through the […]

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FCC fuels up Accelerator Loans for second year

Oct. 15, 2007 at 11:24 pm CDT

Farm Credit Canada has brought back the Accelerator Loan for another year, the federal farm lender announced Monday. The Accelerator Loan program, which targets farmers under age 40, allows young farmers to maintain cash flow to build equity and build their farms, by providing flexibility in payment options and down […]

By FBC staff