Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Nfld. to fund Aleutian disease program

Jun. 5, 2008 at 1:32 pm CDT

An Aleutian disease management program for Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to allow that province’s mink farmers to step up biosecurity. Under a $5.4 million, two-year program announced in April’s provincial budget and rolled out Thursday, eligible mink farmers may use the funding for improving biosecurity measures on farms, carcass […]

DUC expands Alta. wildlife plan

Jun. 5, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Pulse processor buys western Sask. competitor

Jun. 4, 2008 at 3:11 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Changes proposed for eastern grain grading

Jun. 4, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Planet Organic balks at U.S. acquisition

Jun. 4, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.B. to restrict live chicken exports

Jun. 4, 2008 at 1:41 am CDT

The New Brunswick government is introducing “temporary” legislation that would require all chickens raised in the province to be processed only in designated plants. Agriculture Minister Ron Ouellette said in a release Tuesday that the amendment to the Natural Products Act is meant to prevent the province’s poultry producers from […]

By FBC staff

Russia to resume Canadian pork imports

Jun. 4, 2008 at 1:27 am CDT

Russia’s two-month ban on imports of Canadian pork will be lifted as Canada upgrades the security of its export documents, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Tuesday. Russia closed its ports of entry to Canadian pork on April 1 this year because of concerns about “fraudulent export documents,” Agriculture and Agri-Food […]

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CN gets revenue-cap cash back on appeal

Jun. 4, 2008 at 1:10 am CDT

The ag research fund that benefits in years when Canada’s railways earn too much revenue hauling Prairie grain must now pay back over $128,000 to Canadian National Railway (CN). The Western Grains Research Foundation reported Tuesday that it will pay back $128,468.47 to the railway, following a successful appeal by […]

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Nfld. to cover extra limestone trucking costs

Jun. 4, 2008 at 12:05 am CDT

With Newfoundland’s last limestone supplier closing its gates, the province plans to expand its farm limestone program to cover the costs of out-of-province shipments. “The closure of Island Aggregates of Deer Lake is a loss for that region of the province, but it is also having a significant ripple effect […]

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Former B.C. ag minister won’t run again

Jun. 3, 2008 at 11:40 pm CDT

Former British Columbia agriculture minister Corky Evans has announced he won’t run in next year’s provincial election, ending what B.C. media have called a “colourful” career in provincial politics. Evans, currently the NDP opposition’s critic for the agriculture and lands portfolio, is the MLA for Nelson-Creston, a riding he’s represented […]

By FBC staff