Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Ukraine assistance program extended

Jul. 29, 2008 at 10:39 am CDT

A Canadian program to assist Ukrainian farmers in the transition to a more modern economy has been extended for two years. The Canada-Ukraine Facility for Agriculture Reform and Modernization (FARM) Program is managed by Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) with partnerships with the Saskatchewan and Manitoba Provincial Governments and […]

Saskatchewan crops above average

Jul. 29, 2008 at 10:20 am CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba crops look good overall

Jul. 29, 2008 at 10:17 am CDT

By FBC staff

Mission Terminal buys Man. elevator

Jul. 26, 2008 at 12:00 am CDT

By FBC staff

Soy rust spores reach Ont., Man.

Jul. 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Seven Sask. bison die from anthrax

Jul. 25, 2008 at 3:20 pm CDT

Seven bison on one farm in the northern Saskatchewan municipality of Paddockwood, near Prince Albert, were confirmed Thursday to have died of anthrax, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. The dead animals make up the second separate case of anthrax poisoning in the province this week, the CFIA said, […]

By FBC staff

P.E.I. fluid milk prices rise Sept. 1

Jul. 25, 2008 at 3:07 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s minimum wholesale price of fluid milk and cream products will rise two cents a litre on Sept. 1, the P.E.I. Marketing Council announced Thursday. The council did not increase the minimum home delivery price of fluid milk products, chairman Gordon MacBeath said in a provincial release. Distributors […]

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Ont. backs horse centre project

Jul. 25, 2008 at 3:02 pm CDT

Ontario’s provincial government will put up $500,000 for a new equine and agricultural centre in the southwestern municipality of Central Huron. The funding, announced Wednesday, goes to what will be called the Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron. The facility, to be built in an existing school building, will […]

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New functional food research labs funded

Jul. 25, 2008 at 2:49 pm CDT

Federal, provincial and city funding will support new Winnipeg laboratories and equipment for research on functional foods, nutraceuticals and other health products. The Winnipeg Partnership Agreement this week granted $800,000 to the Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) at St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre. “The […]

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Wheat drops back in 2008-09 PRO

Jul. 25, 2008 at 1:17 am CDT

Wheat values have retreated in the new 2008-09 pool return outlooks (PROs) from the Canadian Wheat Board as wheat harvests get underway on the northern half of the globe. The CWB, in its 2008-09 PROs released Thursday, show nearly all wheat values down by $11 per tonne compared to June […]

By FBC staff