Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Man. manure research group names new chief

Jul. 22, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

Don Dixon, the retired head of the Manitoba agriculture department’s crops branch, has been named chairman of the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative. Dixon, who recently retired from the provincial government after 30 years, began work with the department as the provincial apiarist and held several management positions before heading […]

Maple Leaf’s Burlington pork plant for sale

Jul. 22, 2008 at 1:49 pm CDT

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Federal swine cull funding still available: CPC

Jul. 22, 2008 at 1:02 pm CDT

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Rains help Sask. crops, soak eastern Man.

Jul. 22, 2008 at 12:41 pm CDT

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Grain revenue up in CN’s Q2

Jul. 21, 2008 at 11:47 pm CDT

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Sask. oat growers fund U of S research

Jul. 21, 2008 at 11:23 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission has signed on for a five-year, $500,000 funding commitment for development of higher-yielding, disease-resistant oat varieties at the University of Saskatchewan. The SODC, which had previously put up a one-time, $25,000 contribution to work at the U of S Crop Development Centre (CDC) on “high […]

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Cattle’s eyes a marker for temper: study

Jul. 21, 2008 at 5:36 pm CDT

Selecting cattle to breed for temperament may soon become as easy as seeing the whites of their eyes. In a study outlined Monday in an Ontario ag ministry newsletter for beef producers, University of Guelph researcher and master’s student Sarah Core explored the correlation between the amount of white showing […]

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Options sought to replace crop buyers’ bonds

Jul. 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

Prairie pulse growers’ and general farmers’ groups plan to look for new ways to ensure farmers are paid for grain deliveries once the bonding requirement for grain buyers is no longer mandatory. The provincial pulse growers’ and general farmers’ organizations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as the Canadian […]

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N.B. backs public cold storage facility

Jul. 21, 2008 at 4:20 pm CDT

Fruit and vegetable processors in New Brunswick are among those expected to benefit from a new public cold storage facility to be built at Portage. The provincial government on Monday announced a $180,000 forgivable loan for Maritime Cold Storage to help cover capital costs to set up and equip the […]

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Nominations open for national ag awards

Jul. 21, 2008 at 3:49 pm CDT

Nominations are now open until Sept. 15 for the 2008 Canadian Agri-Food Awards of Excellence, meant to honour “innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs that are moving Canadian agriculture forward everyday,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Friday. The awards are presented each year in

By FBC staff