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Workers’ comp. mandated for Man. farms

Aug. 27, 2008 at 3:09 pm CDT

Manitoba farms and farm-related industries will soon have to carry workers’ compensation coverage for their employees. Following the recommendations of the provincial Workers Compensation Board in a report released in June, the province will extend mandatory WCB coverage to an additional 7,500 employers and 30,000 workers, starting January 1, 2009. […]

Man. college plans GPS, GIS training for farmers

Aug. 27, 2008 at 1:54 pm CDT

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N.B. farmers invited to apply for board

Aug. 26, 2008 at 5:11 pm CDT

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Talks wrap up on Canada/Jordan FTA

Aug. 26, 2008 at 4:53 pm CDT

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Yukon moves to thin elk herd

Aug. 26, 2008 at 4:44 pm CDT

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Editors’ Picks: Cows line up by longitude

Aug. 26, 2008 at 3:41 pm CDT

A new European study suggests your cattle may be among the animal species that have a built-in compass. Quoted Tuesday in an Associated Press report by Randolph Schmid, a joint German/Czech study led by biologists Hynek Burda and Sabine Begall of the University of Duisburg-Essen found that cattle at rest […]

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N.B. tops up milk prices

Aug. 26, 2008 at 3:04 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s dairy consumers will pay 3.5 cents per litre more for milk beginning Sept. 1, the New Brunswick Farm Products Commission announced Tuesday. “The price adjustment is wholly based on the effects of the rise of fuel costs throughout the supply chain,” chairman Hazen Myers said in a provincial […]

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Ont. farmers to vote on crop boards’ merger

Aug. 26, 2008 at 2:17 am CDT

Farmers registered with Ontario’s corn, wheat and soybean growers’ groups will vote next month on a proposal for a single marketing board to replace the three boards. The “expression of opinion” vote will be held between Sept. 9 and Sept. 30 at the request of the Ontario Corn Producers’ Association […]

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Maple Leaf delays Toronto plant restart

Aug. 26, 2008 at 2:04 am CDT

Tarred with a link to a listeriosis outbreak now connected to six deaths in Ontario and illnesses in four provinces, plus a costly product recall, Maple Leaf Foods has re-thought its plans to reopen an affected Toronto meat processing plant on Tuesday. The food processing company announced Monday night that […]

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CEMA now “Egg Farmers of Canada”

Aug. 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm CDT

Canada’s national egg marketing agency has officially renamed itself Egg Farmers of Canada. The Canadian Egg Marketing Agency (CEMA), as the agency has been known for over 35 years, announced Monday that its official name and logo change has taken place. In a release Friday before the official launch, agency […]

By FBC staff