Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Norwegian fertilizer firm buys into Agrico

May. 29, 2008 at 12:54 pm CDT

Fertilizer supply firm Agrico Canada will expand further into Quebec by partnering with a Norwegian company operating there. Oslo-based fertilizer supply company Yara International announced Wednesday that it’s bought a 25 per cent ownership stake in the 77-year-old Mississauga firm for an undisclosed sum. Agrico operates a supply terminal and […]

UAP’s Thrasher herbicide registered

May. 29, 2008 at 12:31 pm CDT

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Bacteria-based pulse fungicide approved

May. 29, 2008 at 12:13 pm CDT

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Commons passes biofuels bill

May. 28, 2008 at 11:49 pm CDT

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Stoney Creek now plum pox-free

May. 28, 2008 at 11:10 pm CDT

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P.E.I. gov’t sets up biofuel review panel

May. 27, 2008 at 11:01 pm CDT

An interdepartmental committee of the Prince Edward Island government will review proposals to produce farmed fuels in the province. The interdepartmental biofuels committee (IDBC), launched Tuesday, will be led by the provincial ag department and will include representation from the innovation, fisheries, transportation, environment, environment, energy and forestry and treasury […]

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“Hobby” grain farmers to lose CWB vote

May. 27, 2008 at 3:41 pm CDT

Prairie grain growers would have to produce more than a permit book before they can vote in director elections for the Canadian Wheat Board, under a new bill announced Tuesday. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz introduced amendments to the CWB Act Tuesday in the House of Commons that would require […]

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Nova Scotia reorganizes animal protection

May. 27, 2008 at 2:16 pm CDT

The Nova Scotia government has split responsibility for animal protection in the province between its agriculture department and the Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (SPCA). “The department of agriculture will look after all agriculture-related cruelty complaints while the SPCA will handle complaints concerning domestic animals,” said Agriculture […]

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Agrium inks carbon dioxide supply deal

May. 27, 2008 at 1:34 pm CDT

Fertilizer firm Agrium will supply carbon dioxide from its facilities for another Calgary company’s oil recovery operations. Enhance Energy will use Agrium’s carbon dioxide (CO2) in “several” enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects, such as its joint venture with Fairborne Energy at Clive, Alta., about 50 km northeast of Red Deer. […]

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MRAC names new executive director

May. 27, 2008 at 11:26 am CDT

Assiniboine Community College’s agriculture program co-ordinator will be the new executive director for the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC). Ted Eastley will take the MRAC post starting June 30, the council said in a release Tuesday. Eastley, who farms with his family at Nesbitt, about 40 km south of Brandon, […]

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