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Ont. county looks to build bio-processing hub

Jul. 17, 2008 at 1:18 pm CDT

The Ontario government plans to put almost $900,000 into a rural development plan for a county to focus on farming, making and processing bioproducts such as biofuel, chemicals and functional foods. The province’s $896,815 investment, announced Thursday, will go toward an “ag-industrial development framework” for the United Counties of Stormont, […]

Sask. hail claims “unprecedented”: report

Jul. 17, 2008 at 1:08 pm CDT

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Milk price hikes defeat sector growth: GMC

Jul. 16, 2008 at 2:52 pm CDT

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Viterra, GSU meet with mediator

Jul. 16, 2008 at 12:35 pm CDT

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SeCan GM named CSTA president

Jul. 16, 2008 at 11:59 am CDT

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Alta. names MLAs to land-use committee

Jul. 16, 2008 at 11:46 am CDT

Long-term tasks outlined in Alberta’s new Land-Use Framework will be spearheaded by a new committee of MLAs, the provincial government announced Tuesday. Evan Berger, the MLA for Livingstone-Macleod, parliamentary assistant for sustainable resource development and a former reeve of the M.D. of Willow Creek, will chair the committee. The committee’s […]

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Quaker Oats triples U of S research funding

Jul. 15, 2008 at 5:25 pm CDT

Oat researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have picked up a new three-year, $1.6 million funding commitment from Pepsi-QTG Canada, owners of the Quaker Oats business in Canada. The Quaker funding, which according to oat breeder Brian Rossnagel triples the company’s annual commitment from its previous five-year deal with the […]

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Lallemand opens Montreal probiotic feed lab

Jul. 15, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

Montreal feed additive firm Lallemand Animal Nutrition has opened a new centre of excellence in ruminant research to develop next-generation probiotics for livestock. The company, whose parent specializes in developing yeast- and bacteria-based products for the feed, pharmaceutical, baking and winemaking industries, opened the centre at Montreal’s Biotechnology Research Institute […]

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“Product of Canada” rules kick in Dec. 31

Jul. 15, 2008 at 3:53 pm CDT

New guidelines for food manufacturers who use the terms “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” will apply to foods produced after Dec. 31 this year, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Tuesday. “By the end of the year, if a food is labelled ‘Product of Canada,’ this government is making […]

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Payments, new programs swamp AgriCorp: report

Jul. 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm CDT

Ill-equipped as AgriCorp may be for all the ag support programs and payments it’s been asked to handle in recent years, the Ontario agency should continue to do the job, according to the province’s auditor general. Auditor General Jim McCarter’s special report on AgriCorp, requested by provincial Agriculture Minister Leona […]

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