Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Ont. court approves Ridley BSE settlement

Sep. 4, 2008 at 2:47 pm CDT

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has approved feed maker Ridley’s $6 million settlement proposal to end its exposure to a proposed class-action suit brought by cattle producers over the arrival of BSE in the Canadian cattle herd. The court on Wednesday gave its provisional approval to the February 2008 settlement […]

Liberals offer “green shift” offsets for farmers

Sep. 4, 2008 at 1:01 am CDT

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CFA chief quits post for Liberals

Sep. 4, 2008 at 12:33 am CDT

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Que. to expand sugar bushes on Crown land

Sep. 3, 2008 at 11:31 pm CDT

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Alta. to redevelop research greenhouses

Sep. 3, 2008 at 10:43 pm CDT

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Projects funded to boost ag work force

Sep. 3, 2008 at 3:20 pm CDT

An ag industry sector council’s work to deepen Canada’s agricultural labour pool has picked up $1.3 million in new federal funds. Speaking Wednesday at La Ferme Gillette at Embrun, Ont., southern Ontario MP Pierre Lemieux announced the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) will get funding for three projects through […]

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Rains stall Man. harvest, Sask. behind average

Sep. 3, 2008 at 2:19 am CDT

Saskatchewan farmers were able to move forward on harvest last week while rainfall bogged down operations in Manitoba, the two provinces’ agriculture departments reported Tuesday. Reporters in parts of Saskatchewan expressed concerns about flooding, ergot, bleaching, staining and lodging, the province said. Southern areas in the province got up to […]

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Deere to shut Ontario plant

Sep. 2, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

A southern Ontario factory making John Deere’s Gator utility vehicles and farm equipment attachments is expected to close by the end of 2009, with its work shipped to the U.S. and Mexico. Deere and Co. announced Tuesday that it will close its plant at Welland, Ont., southwest of Niagara Falls, […]

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BASF names new Canadian ag chief

Sep. 2, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

BASF’s former global fungicide marketing manager is returning to Canada as the head of the German chemical giant’s Canadian ag product lines. Brian Denys has been named business director for BASF Canada Crop Protection, effective Sept. 1, the company said in a release Tuesday. Denys, who grew up on a […]

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Aphid-resistant soybean variety launched

Sep. 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm CDT

Syngenta Seeds Canada plans to have North America’s first aphid-resistant soybean variety available for sale to growers in November, the company said Tuesday. RAG1 soybean seeds offer “season-long protection” from soybean aphids, the company said. The variety has a rare genetic trait that’s “native only to soybean,” was developed in […]

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