Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Oct. 7, 2008 at 12:02 am CDT

Farm Business Communications came away with 11 national awards Saturday at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards banquet in Courtenay, B.C. The Farm Business Communications division, based in Winnipeg and owned by Vancouver’s Glacier Ventures International, operates this website and is publisher of Country Guide, Grainews, Canadian Cattlemen, the Manitoba […]

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Oct. 6, 2008 at 6:12 pm CDT

Yield trending and yield cushioning are among the changes recommended in a new review of Saskatchewan’s provincial crop insurance program. The province hasn’t yet specified what changes it will make on the basis of the review, prepared for the province by Meyers Norris Penny (MNP). But Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud […]

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Oct. 6, 2008 at 4:38 pm CDT

UAP has rolled out a new slow-release nitrogen fertilizer that it says will allow farmers to plan around a “more targeted” foliar N application later in a growing season. The product, called N-Pact, is a patented 26-0-0 Triazone foliar formulation, which “allows better foliar uptake without the leaf burning often […]

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Oct. 6, 2008 at 3:22 pm CDT

A farmers’ group hoping to overturn changes to the voters’ list for Canadian Wheat Board director elections wants to have its case heard before the election process moves ahead. Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, represented by Manitoba lawyer Anders Bruun, said Monday it will ask the Federal Court in […]

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Oct. 6, 2008 at 1:11 pm CDT

Cattle producers taking part in a Verified Beef Production (VBP) workshop now have until Dec. 31 to apply for funding to purchase equipment via the Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program. The federal agriculture department has extended the deadline to allow more producers to take advantage of the funding available, […]

By FBC staff