Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Feds back B.C. farmers’ markets

Aug. 25, 2008 at 4:07 pm CDT

The federal government has pledged over $200,000 for efforts to boost the public profile of farmers’ markets in British Columbia. Speaking Saturday in Burnaby, B.C. MP James Moore announced $219,000 for a strategic plan for farmers’ markets, funded through the Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program, delivered in the […]

Drenched Man. farmers to get forage aid program

Aug. 25, 2008 at 3:50 pm CDT

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Mexico bans Alberta breeding cattle

Aug. 22, 2008 at 2:31 pm CDT

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Healthy food communication ideas sought in Ontario

Aug. 22, 2008 at 1:15 pm CDT

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Monsanto unloads bovine hormone business

Aug. 21, 2008 at 2:47 pm CDT

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StatsCan hog report shows rapid restructuring

Aug. 20, 2008 at 10:51 am CDT

Canada’s hog industry is continuing its record of rapid consolidation according to a report by Statistics Canada that shows one in five hog producers has left the industry since the start of 2008. On January 1 there were 9,725 farms raising hogs in Canada and as of July 1 that […]

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Grain Services Union head calls foul over Viterra replacement workers

Aug. 20, 2008 at 9:40 am CDT

The head of the union representing grain handler Viterra’s striking office workers says he’s unhappy with some of the company’s tactics. The company has confirmed it is trying to recruit temporary replacement workers for its head office to replace the 200 employees, who have been on strike since July 7. […]

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Canada’s 14th mad cow found in Alta.

Aug. 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm CDT

A six-year-old beef cow from an Alberta farm is Canada’s 14th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Friday. CFIA said in a release that this latest case shouldn’t affect exports of Canadian cattle or beef, though the cow was born well after Ottawa imposed […]

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Amendments end KVD on wheat imports

Aug. 15, 2008 at 2:11 pm CDT

The federal government has changed its Seeds Regulations to take the kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) requirements off imports of wheat seed into Western Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced Friday that the amendments were published in the Aug. 6 Canada Gazette, Part II. The amendments repeal the KVD […]

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N.S., P.E.I. ag income at “rock bottom”: report

Aug. 15, 2008 at 1:42 pm CDT

A new study on farm economic viability in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island finds the two provinces’ farmers “now earning less than at any time in the last four decades.” That, in turn, leaves the provinces’ rural communities at serious risk, according to the report released Friday by GPI […]

By FBC staff