Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Manitoba fertilizer prices higher than U.S.: KAP

Sep. 20, 2007 at 3:48 pm CDT

Manitoba farmers buying fertilizer in their home province this spring paid 33 per cent more on average compared to their counterparts across the border in North Dakota, according to Keystone Agricultural Producers. The Manitoba farmers’ group commissioned a PricewaterhouseCoopers study on Manitoba and North Dakota fertilizer prices, which will form […]

Maple Leaf deal brings ham jobs: UFCW

Sep. 19, 2007 at 5:34 pm CDT

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Air out canola to ward off spoilage: CCC

Sep. 19, 2007 at 2:11 pm CDT

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Global standards wanted after China blocks pork

Sep. 19, 2007 at 1:47 pm CDT

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OAC alumni plan new endowment

Sep. 19, 2007 at 1:29 pm CDT

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Sask. grain cars land modeling deal

Sep. 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government’s made-over fleet of hopper rail cars may soon appear in model train displays across North America after the province signed a deal with a B.C. model train company. A subsidiary of Surrey, B.C.-based Pacific Western Rail Systems has bought exclusive rights to make and sell models of […]

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Weather slows Alberta harvest

Sep. 19, 2007 at 12:51 pm CDT

Rainfall last week continued to dampen harvest operations in much of Alberta, although “significant” progress has been made overall, Alberta Agriculture and Food said yesterday in its crop conditions report for the week ending Sept. 13. Harvest remains behind the curve at 38 per cent complete, compared to 45 per […]

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Quebec seeks talks with pork sector

Sep. 19, 2007 at 12:30 pm CDT

Seeking to calm what one major farm leader has called an “explosive” situation, Quebec Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard today named longtime provincial civil servant Guy Coulombe as his representative for talks with stakeholders in the province’s pork industry. Coulombe is to lead the discussions between the industry’s principal players and […]

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Wet weather slows Man. harvest

Sep. 18, 2007 at 2:10 pm CDT

Harvest resumed in western and northern areas of Manitoba last weekend after delays caused by cool, wet weather the previous week, the provincial agriculture department reported Monday. Cereal and oilseed harvests were complete or nearly complete in the central region (around Portage la Prairie and points south), east of the […]

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Nova Scotia maps wind

Sep. 18, 2007 at 11:13 am CDT

Landowners in Nova Scotia can soon go online to assess their property’s potential to host wind turbines. Researchers at l’Universite de Moncton and Nova Scotia Community College have set up a wind atlas for Nova Scotia, illustrating how much wind is available in the province and where to find it. […]

By FBC staff