Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Alta. beet-based cleanser project funded

May. 30, 2008 at 5:23 pm CDT

A processing project to get industrial acid out of Alberta sugar beets has picked up a $1 million investment from Ottawa. The federal government, through its Agri-Opportunities program, said Friday it will put up the repayable funding for Flexible Solutions Ltd. to renovate an existing processing plant at Taber, Alta., […]

Ottawa to fund P.E.I. value chain office

May. 30, 2008 at 5:14 pm CDT

By FBC staff

JRI crush plant up for “immediate” construction

May. 30, 2008 at 12:53 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.B. hog farmers get AgriStability TAP

May. 30, 2008 at 12:10 am CDT

By FBC staff

Que. court approves Ridley BSE settlement

May. 29, 2008 at 11:45 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. utilities to finance rural hookup costs

May. 29, 2008 at 3:38 pm CDT

Crown-owned utilities SaskPower and SaskTel will offer new financing programs for what could otherwise be cost-prohibitive new connections to electricity and phone service. Starting June 1, SaskPower will finance new residential and farm customers whose electricity connection costs are over $1,000, and commercial customers where such costs are over $5,000. […]

By FBC staff

Alta., Sask. urge export focus at WTO

May. 29, 2008 at 2:16 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan and Alberta governments are asking Ottawa to take a “more progressive stance” on opening up market access for Canadian farmers at global trade talks. Bob Bjornerud and George Groeneveld, the two provinces’ respective ag ministers, on Wednesday jointly urged the federal government and the other provinces to support […]

By FBC staff

Ex-Imperial Oil CEO joins Viterra board

May. 29, 2008 at 1:51 pm CDT

Canada’s largest grain handling company has named the now-retired CEO of Imperial Oil to its board of directors. Tim Hearn, who had been the oil company’s CEO from 2002 until earlier this year, joins Viterra’s board effective immediately and will also sit on its audit committee, Regina-based Viterra announced Thursday. […]

By FBC staff

Corn-fed beef group to boost traceability

May. 29, 2008 at 1:36 pm CDT

The Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association’s corn-fed beef program will add a new layer of traceability to its product through a deal with OnTrace. OnTrace, an Ontario industry-led food traceability corporation, will provide premises identification validation and technical support services for producers affiliated with Ontario Corn Fed Beef Inc. (OCFB). Premises […]

By FBC staff

N.S. adopts “Queens Soil” as symbol

May. 29, 2008 at 1:13 pm CDT

One of Nova Scotia’s official symbols will now be its reddish-brown clay loam soil. The province announced Wednesday that Queens Soil, developed from reddish brown clay loam till derived from red shales and mudstones, and significant to the province’s agriculture and forestry sectors, will be its official soil. The decision […]

By FBC staff