Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Forms mailed for Ontario RMP

Oct. 15, 2007 at 11:12 pm CDT

Ontario grain and oilseed growers who haven’t yet got a personalized application form for the provincial risk management program (RMP) can call Agricorp to get one, the agency said Monday. Over 20,000 application packages have been mailed to eligible Ontario farmers, who must review, revise (if need be), sign and […]

Core extended as Dairy Commission CEO

Oct. 12, 2007 at 11:03 pm CDT

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Grain Growers past president named to CGC post

Oct. 12, 2007 at 10:56 pm CDT

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U.S. firm buys Prairie combine parts maker

Oct. 12, 2007 at 6:06 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.B. puts up $34M for climate projects

Oct. 12, 2007 at 5:42 pm CDT

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Nova Scotia cider maker to expand

Oct. 12, 2007 at 1:55 pm CDT

Nova Scotia’s Cider House Co. Ltd. plans to expand production of its high-end hard apple cider, citing opportunities in both North America and Europe. The company, affiliated with winery Grand Pre Wines Ltd. (50 miles northwest of Halifax on Minas Basin) plans to lease an area of the former Avon […]

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Hytek buys pork processor at Neepawa, Man.

Oct. 12, 2007 at 1:33 pm CDT

Manitoba hog producer Hytek Ltd. has opted to buy rather than build new to get into the pork packing business. The company, based at La Broquerie in southeastern Manitoba, announced late Thursday that it will buy the Springhill Farms pork plant at Neepawa, about 50 miles northeast of Brandon, for […]

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Man. moves again to plug livestock loophole

Oct. 11, 2007 at 6:37 pm CDT

Amendments that would block farmers from splitting one large livestock operation into smaller ones to skirt the local hearing process are back on the table in the Manitoba legislature. The provincial government had sought last spring to close what it describes as a loophole in the Planning Act, but its […]

By FBC staff

Cap wells by Oct. 31, B.C. warns

Oct. 11, 2007 at 4:28 pm CDT

All wells in British Columbia must have a secure cap in place by the end of this month to meet the province’s new ground water protection regulation, the government warned in a bulletin today. And the regulation, which will apply to all existing wells and those under construction, doesn’t allow […]

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Ontario reelects ag minister, critics

Oct. 10, 2007 at 11:54 pm CDT

Election night in Ontario proved to be a good Wednesday night for provincial politicians with a hand in the agriculture or rural portfolios. Voters returned Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals for a second majority government, with the party elected in 71 of 107 ridings according to Elections Ontario at this writing. The […]

By FBC staff