Insights and Stories of FBC staff

FNA launches non-profit lobbying wing

Apr. 30, 2008 at 3:23 pm CDT

Government relations work on behalf of farmers buying ag inputs from outside Canada may go more easily through a new, non-profit advocacy group, according to Farmers of North America (FNA). FNA, a Saskatoon-based group that brokers deals for lower-cost imports of farm chemicals, fertilizer and other inputs and equipment on […]

Canada boosts food aid, lifts limit on sourcing

Apr. 30, 2008 at 3:00 pm CDT

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Alta. to process cull pork for food banks

Apr. 30, 2008 at 2:19 pm CDT

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Newfoundland budgets for ag development

Apr. 30, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

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Que. brewery gets $1M for expansion

Apr. 29, 2008 at 10:03 pm CDT

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Food prices to bite Canada’s grocers: report

Apr. 29, 2008 at 3:51 pm CDT

Faced with the “Wal-Mart effect,” Canada’s grocery retailers can’t depend on price hikes to cope with rising food prices, according to a new report from the George Morris Centre. The Guelph-based ag think tank on Tuesday released a new report on sales and pricing challenges in the Canadian food and […]

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Manitoba, Australia link up on drought research

Apr. 29, 2008 at 2:42 pm CDT

Joint research work on crops’ drought tolerance and on how fresh foods can fight disease is up for $900,000 in Manitoba government funding. The province on Tuesday said it will fund three research projects at the University of Manitoba that involve work-sharing with three different institutions in Australia. They include: […]

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Funds up for Que. farms’ “green” work

Apr. 29, 2008 at 1:50 pm CDT

Quebec will boost its funding for the federal/provincial Prime-Vert program to include programs that help farmers improve water quality and cut excess greenhouse gases (GHGs). The Quebec program, funded through the recently-extended portion of the federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework, promotes best-management practices and supports projects that allow farms to comply […]

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Dry P prices nearly double: KAP survey

Apr. 28, 2008 at 5:31 pm CDT

The annual spring fertilizer and fuel price survey by Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) shows phosphorous (P) prices up by 75 to nearly 100 per cent since last year. The survey, conducted April 4-21 at dealers across the province and released Monday, also noted “significant” increases in potash, sulfur and […]

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Campbell to shut Ont. food plant

Apr. 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

Campbell Soup Co. says it will close its southern Ontario food plant next year as it sheds several businesses to “enhance long-term profitability.” The 48-year-old facility at Listowel, about 65 km west of Guelph, employs about 500 people making mostly frozen products such as soup, entrees, ramen noodles and Pepperidge […]

By FBC staff