Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Sep. 5, 2007 at 12:37 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has resumed daily authorizations for stubble burning in the province, following a suspension after a three-car collision west of Winnipeg August 28. Drivers involved in the mid-afternoon crash near Elie complained their visibility was impaired by smoke billowing across the Trans-Canada Highway from an […]

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Sep. 4, 2007 at 6:15 pm CDT

Cheques will be in the mail in the next few days to about 30,000 Ontario farmers qualifying for $55 million in funding through that province’s Cost Recognition Top-Up program, the government reported today. The program, first announced June 8 and to be delivered by Agricorp, is a 40 per cent-matching […]

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Sep. 4, 2007 at 5:45 pm CDT

Farmers in Saskatchewan have 44 per cent of the 2007 crop harvested, according to the provincial agriculture department’s weekly crop report for the week of September 2. That’s up from 27 per cent last week, and ahead of the five-year (2002-06) average of 31 per cent combined. All areas of […]

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Sep. 4, 2007 at 3:32 pm CDT

The Ontario government has broadened farmers’ ability to claim exemptions from the province’s eight per cent retail sales tax (RST) to include more equipment and building materials dedicated for on-farm use. The province last week said it would redefine “farming” effective August 28 to allow post-harvest activities such as cleaning, […]

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Aug. 31, 2007 at 2:56 pm CDT

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) has named the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange’s senior vice-president to step into its retiring president’s shoes. Will Hill replaces Mike Gagne as president and chief operating officer of the WCE. Gagne retired on the August 28 completion of Atlanta-based ICE’s takeover of WCE’s parent firm, WCE Holdings. Hill […]

By FBC staff