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Input dealers name new executive director

Sep. 13, 2007 at 3:29 pm CDT

The Independent Dealers Entrepreneurial Association (IDEA), a Saskatoon-based group of locally-owned crop input retailers, has named Nipawin, Sask. farm consultant Bob Evans as its new executive director. Evans, who has previously done advisory work for the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers and is rostered with the Canadian Farm Business Advisory Service […]

N.S. won’t fund Atlantic Beef plant

Sep. 13, 2007 at 1:47 pm CDT

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P.E.I. names point person for potatoes

Sep. 13, 2007 at 1:18 pm CDT

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N.S. gears up for Open Farm Day

Sep. 13, 2007 at 12:54 pm CDT

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Dairy giant buys Manitoba flax processor

Sep. 13, 2007 at 11:20 am CDT

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B.C. expands home-grown school snack program

Sep. 12, 2007 at 5:01 pm CDT

British Columbia today expanded its school fruit and vegetable snack program to 164 schools, providing B.C.-grown fruit and vegetables as occasional snacks for up to 57,000 students. The program, which started as a pilot in 2006 with 10 schools and expanded in January to 51, is delivered by the B.C. […]

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NFU calls for hike in CWB initials

Sep. 12, 2007 at 5:00 pm CDT

The National Farmers Union is appealing to Ottawa to authorize a raise in initial prices for Prairie wheat, durum and barley for 2007-08. The federal government has responsibility for setting the initials, which are then posted by the Canadian Wheat Board. The CWB — which will review and recommend adjustment […]

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Manitoba research funding agency boosts cap

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:46 pm CDT

The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) has revised its funding guidelines to allow eligible applicants to access a maximum $300,000, up from $200,000, in federal ag innovation funds. MRAC, which administers funding in Manitoba for the federal Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program, said in a release that some […]

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Ag Growth offering to raise $45M

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:34 pm CDT

Winnipeg’s Ag Growth Income Fund expects to raise $45 million to pay down debt and look at new acquisitions, following an agreement today to sell 1.73 million trust units to a Canadian underwriters’ syndicate. The underwriters are led by TD Securities and include Wellington West, CIBC World Markets and PI […]

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4-H Council sheds top-down operating structure

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:10 pm CDT

The members of the Canadian 4-H Council have approved new bylaws that are expected to put responsibility for the council’s operations largely in the hands of its staff and place the board in a “visionary” role. Member representatives voted on the change at a special general meeting yesterday. Pending approval […]

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