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Hort food safety program set for Sept. 1

Jul. 24, 2008 at 10:22 pm CDT

The Canadian Horticultural Council’s on-farm food safety certification program for growers of fresh fruit and vegetables will launch Sept. 1, the council announced Thursday. In a release, the CHC noted that growers’ customers may then request that the growers have program certification, to ensure that the council’s on-farm food safety […]

PotashCorp faces strike as sales bust records

Jul. 24, 2008 at 3:52 pm CDT

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Maple Leaf faces $9M loss in Q2

Jul. 24, 2008 at 3:16 pm CDT

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JRI backs work on Sask. landmark barn

Jul. 24, 2008 at 2:39 pm CDT

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Sask. pulse processor expands south

Jul. 23, 2008 at 2:55 pm CDT

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Monsanto Canada names new president

Jul. 23, 2008 at 2:22 pm CDT

U.S. seed and chemical giant Monsanto has named one of its U.S. regional directors to lead the company’s Canadian business operations. Lisa Safarian, currently the parent company’s regional business director for its north/central region based in St. Louis, Mo., will move to Winnipeg next month to become president and general […]

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Editors’ Picks: Corn land rents for US$450

Jul. 23, 2008 at 12:58 pm CDT

One of the “most aggressive farmers” in central Illinois will pay a record cash rent of US$450 per acre for 800 acres of corn and soybean land southeast of Springfield, AgriMarketing magazine reports. The Missouri-based magazine for marketers and communicators in the North American ag industry on Monday quoted a […]

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Beef centre names communications chief

Jul. 23, 2008 at 12:43 pm CDT

Former Alberta Farmer Express editor Janet Kanters is the new stakeholder communications manager for the Beef Information Centre (BIC). BIC, with offices in Calgary and Mississauga, is the beef market development division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Kanters, the Alberta farm newspaper’s editor from June 2006 to November 2007, has […]

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NFU calls on feds to block Lakeside sale

Jul. 22, 2008 at 3:25 pm CDT

A major beef packing plant sale that would create “one of the most concentrated markets in the North American food system” shouldn’t be allowed to go ahead without major concessions, the National Farmers Union urged Tuesday. U.S. meat giant Tyson Foods announced last month it will sell its Lakeside Farm […]

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CPR’s Q2 grain revenue drops

Jul. 22, 2008 at 2:45 pm CDT

Despite raising its freight rates against rising fuel costs, Canadian Pacific Railway posted a sharp drop in profits plus a four per cent smaller grain handle in its second quarter ending June 30. “This was a tough quarter with the unprecedented rise in fuel prices, the North American economic downturn, […]

By FBC staff