Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Dover buys Montreal flour mill

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:56 pm CDT

Ontario flour miller Dover Industries has signed a deal to buy the Cereal Foods Canada flour mill at Montreal. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, is expected to close by the end of this month, the company said in a release Thursday. The mill’s current management and staff will remain […]

Canadian Pork Council names new president

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:39 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Que. ag venture capital agency antes up

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:25 pm CDT

By FBC staff

P.E.I. nitrate panel urges mandatory rotations

Jul. 9, 2008 at 6:04 pm CDT

By FBC staff

B.C. farm assessment panel co-chair replaced

Jul. 9, 2008 at 5:33 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Quebec to lift yellow margarine ban: report

Jul. 9, 2008 at 5:16 pm CDT

Quebec’s government plans to end its 20-year-old regulation that prohibits margarine sold in the province from having a yellow colour, Quebec media reported Tuesday. Quebec farm newspaper La Terre de chez nous and a Montreal report in Toronto’s Globe and Mail both said the move is the result of pressure […]

By FBC staff

McCain cuts shift at P.E.I. fry plant: CBC

Jul. 9, 2008 at 4:41 pm CDT

McCain Foods will cut one of four shifts at its Borden, P.E.I. french fry plant, meaning layoffs for 40 workers, CBC reported Tuesday. The layoffs, affecting about 20 per cent of the plant’s workforce, are effective Aug. 25, the broadcaster said. CBC quoted Jamie MacKenzie, the plant’s manager, as citing […]

By FBC staff

Glacier buys into Iron Solutions

Jul. 8, 2008 at 5:17 pm CDT

Glacier Ventures International, owners of this web site and several of Canada’s major farm publications, has bought an equity stake in online farm equipment marketing company Iron Solutions. Specific terms of Vancouver-based Glacier’s investment weren’t disclosed, other than its joint purchase of a 90 per cent stake in Iron Solutions […]

By FBC staff

Agrium buys European fertilizer distributor

Jul. 8, 2008 at 4:18 pm CDT

Common Market Fertilizers, one of the largest fertilizer distributors in Western Europe, has a new Canadian owner. Calgary-based fertilizer firm Agrium has sealed its deal to buy a 70 per cent equity stake in CMF for an undisclosed sum, giving Agrium “important access to major distribution assets across Europe.” The […]

By FBC staff

Warm weather favours some Man., Sask. crops

Jul. 8, 2008 at 4:07 pm CDT

Warm, dry conditions last week have allowed some Manitoba crops to catch up but have cooked other crops, especially in Saskatchewan. The weather allowed farmers in Saskatchewan to make good progress with haying, with 26 per cent of the first cut having been cut, baled or silaged compared to just […]

By FBC staff