Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Weekend rain benefits southern Sask., Man.

May. 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

Rainfall Saturday and Sunday in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba improved soil moisture and allowed some seeding to go ahead, by varying degrees, the two provinces’ ag departments reported Monday. Following a week of continued dry and windy weather, farmers in Manitoba’s southwest received anywhere from five to 30 mm of […]

CFIA moves to end KVD on wheat imports

May. 26, 2008 at 2:30 pm CDT

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NOFG hog plant’s equipment sold: CBC

May. 26, 2008 at 2:06 pm CDT

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Wheat, durum PROs drop back

May. 23, 2008 at 5:41 pm CDT

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Livestock producers up for emergency advances

May. 23, 2008 at 5:18 pm CDT

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P.E.I. names ag commission members

May. 23, 2008 at 4:57 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s commission on the future of agriculture now has a full slate of commissioners. Agriculture Minister Neil LeClair on Thursday named the members of the commission, who he said are widely representative of the industry and all areas of the province. They include: Darcy Rennie of Alberton, a […]

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Montreal’s expanded vet teaching hospital open

May. 23, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

Billed as Canada’s “most modern university veterinary hospital,” the Universite de Montreal’s University Veterinary Hospital Centre officially opened for all species Friday. The federal and Quebec governments put up over $74 million alongside the university’s own funding to double and renovate the facility. UVHC’s expanded facility, which will be open […]

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U.S. farm bill irks Canadian ag retailers

May. 23, 2008 at 3:03 pm CDT

The passage of the U.S. government’s US$290 billion farm bill guarantees not only more subsidies for wealthy U.S. farmers, but tax breaks and grants for U.S. ag input retailers that their Canadian competitors can’t match, two Canadian groups said Friday. The Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) and the Grain Growers […]

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Alta. to skew BSE surveillance younger

May. 22, 2008 at 3:13 pm CDT

Younger Alberta cattle at high risk for BSE will be the new focus of the federal/provincial surveillance program for the disease. Starting July 1, the Canada-Alberta BSE surveillance program, run by Alberta’s agriculture department and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, will shift its focus to testing younger cattle for which […]

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B.C. extends organic extension funding

May. 22, 2008 at 2:22 pm CDT

British Columbia farmers will have an organic extension agent for at least another two years under extended funding announced Wednesday. The provincial ag and lands ministry, which provided $100,000 last year for the Certified Organic Associations of B.C. (COABC) to offer farmers an organic extension agent (OEA), has now committed […]

By FBC staff