Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Food wins food-vs.-fuel debate on Prairies: CWB

Oct. 9, 2008 at 4:05 pm CDT

Close to 90 per cent of wheat acres on Canada’s Prairies are seeded to spring wheat or durum with intent to go into bread or pasta, the Canadian Wheat Board says. According to the board’s 2008 variety survey, despite the recent attention given to food crops flowing into ethanol production, […]

Listeria found again at Maple Leaf plant

Oct. 9, 2008 at 2:12 am CDT

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CWB opens CWRS fusarium program

Oct. 8, 2008 at 11:55 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.S. wind atlas goes online

Oct. 8, 2008 at 11:29 pm CDT

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Calculator to gauge horses’ disease risks

Oct. 8, 2008 at 10:27 pm CDT

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N.L. to fund cranberry acreage development

Oct. 8, 2008 at 6:22 pm CDT

Aiming to defray some of the high start-up costs of cranberry production, Newfoundland and Labrador’s government is taking applications for funding under a new cranberry industry development program. The program, announced in the province’s 2008 budget, is funded up to $2.95 million for 2008-09, the government said in a release […]

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COOL confusion costs producers: CCA, CPC

Oct. 7, 2008 at 6:22 pm CDT

Watching its rules be reinterpreted on “a weekly basis,” Canada’s cattle and hog producers say U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation is now chilling cross-border trade volume and prices. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Canadian Pork Council have filed joint comments with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) saying COOL is […]

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Alta. ships PID forms for AFRP II funding

Oct. 7, 2008 at 6:06 pm CDT

Alberta livestock producers will either soon have or be able to order the forms needed for their second round of benefits under the Alberta Farm Recovery Plan (AFRP) II. The province, in an information bulletin Tuesday, reiterated that to receive their second installment of AFRP II funding in early 2009, […]

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Sask. boosts water funding for dry southwest

Oct. 7, 2008 at 5:52 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government will use AgriRecovery funds to boost funding for ranchers and farmers in the parched southwest to build infrastructure to supply water. Provincial Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud announced Tuesday in Swift Current that producers in 65 drought-designated rural municipalities can get boosts in aid available through the Farm […]

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U.S. FDA approval eyed for canola proteins

Oct. 7, 2008 at 5:30 pm CDT

A Canadian food research and development firm says it’s confirmed that its two canola protein isolates will meet U.S. safety standards as food ingredients — and will now see if U.S. regulators agree. Burcon NutraScience, based in Vancouver with lab and technical facilities in Winnipeg, announced Tuesday that it has […]

By FBC staff