Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Saputo profit rises on “rationalization”

Jun. 6, 2008 at 11:08 pm CDT

Canada’s biggest dairy processor has logged a substantial boost in its year-end bottom line, partly through “rationalization” in its Canadian business and increased Canadian fluid milk sales. Montreal-based Saputo posted $288.2 million in net earnings on $5.06 billion in revenue in its fiscal 2008 ending March 31, the company reported […]

Viterra braces for GSU vote

Jun. 6, 2008 at 6:20 pm CDT

By FBC staff

CWB poll subject to interpretation

Jun. 6, 2008 at 5:57 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Aid package leads Alta. livestock “transition”

Jun. 6, 2008 at 2:35 am CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba doubles hog farmer loan limit

Jun. 6, 2008 at 1:15 am CDT

By FBC staff

CWB files Charter challenge of “gag order”

Jun. 6, 2008 at 12:40 am CDT

A federal order-in-council that directs the Canadian Wheat Board not to use its farmer-funded budget on any advocacy for the single grain marketing desk it operates, is headed to a court challenge. The CWB announced in a press release Thursday that it filed notice Tuesday in Federal Court to question […]

By FBC staff

“Buy P.E.I.” local food initiative launched

Jun. 6, 2008 at 12:15 am CDT

Prince Edward Island will help fund market development and promotion for Island farmers’ food products as part of a new “Buy P.E.I.” initiative launched Thursday. The initiative, part of a $500,000 allocation in April’s provincial budget, is expected to help producers and businesses in marketing and promotion, promote P.E.I. food’s […]

By FBC staff

Stolen laptop had canola growers’ data

Jun. 5, 2008 at 11:38 pm CDT

Their financial data isn’t likely to be stolen, but canola growers in five provinces have been warned that the computer containing it was. Several Prairie media outlets on Thursday reported that a laptop belonging to the Canadian Canola Growers Association was stolen in late March after it was taken off-site […]

By FBC staff

Agrium fined over Sask. miner injury

Jun. 5, 2008 at 11:13 pm CDT

A potash mine rockfall that left a miner paraplegic will cost fertilizer firm Agrium a $234,000 fine, a Saskatchewan court ruled Wednesday. The penalty follows an incident in late August 2006 at the Calgary company’s potash mine at Vanscoy, about 25 km southwest of Saskatoon. CBC, which identified the worker […]

By FBC staff

Alta. beekeepers report high overwintering losses

Jun. 5, 2008 at 2:11 pm CDT

Higher-than-normal loads of mites that have built up resistance to pesticides have helped lead to higher-than-normal rates of winterkill in Alberta bees, according to the provincial apiculturist. Alberta producers are seeing about 25 per cent overwintering losses, the province said, compared to the normal 15-20 per cent range. “The hardest […]

By FBC staff