Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Swine cull program starts April 14

Apr. 9, 2008 at 2:21 pm CDT

The national cull breeding swine program will start taking applications from hog producers on April 14. The Canadian Pork Council, which will administer the $50 million federal program, said in a release Wednesday that payments of $225 per breeding sow, boar or pregnant gilt, less the animal’s selling price, will […]

B.C., Manitoba approve APF extensions

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:51 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Federal food safety bill tabled

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:09 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba hog farmers get AgriStability TAP

Apr. 8, 2008 at 3:36 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Canadian, U.S. ag market researchers merge

Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:58 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Rail exec calls for further deregulation

Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

Canada must stay on track toward full deregulation in grain transportation to drive investments that are critical for increased efficiency in the system, according to a CN marketing executive. Jean-Jacques Ruest, senior vice-president of marketing for Canadian National Railway (CN), on Monday said deregulation has produced competitive rates for rail […]

By FBC staff

Keep de-registered canolas out of seeder: CCC

Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:31 pm CDT

The Canola Council of Canada is warning growers to stay away from de-registered canola varieties this spring. The varieties are no longer marketed and in most cases they lack regulatory approval in key markets, where they could be detected upon arrival, the council said Tuesday. The group’s crop production program […]

By FBC staff

Low flow seen on Okanagan, flood risk on Peace

Apr. 7, 2008 at 5:56 pm CDT

Heavy snowfall in the Okanagan and Similkameen river basins in British Columbia has improved the water supply picture in those areas, but not by much, the province reports. In its snowpack and water supply bulletin Monday, the government said snow conditions in those two river basins are still below normal […]

By FBC staff

Viterra buys Alta. feed mill

Apr. 7, 2008 at 5:39 pm CDT

Grain company Viterra’s feed division has closed a deal to buy V-S Feed and Agri-Supplies of Ponoka, Alta. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, includes a feed premix mill with annual capacity of about 8,000 tonnes per year, the Regina grain company said in a release Monday. The deal also […]

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Rail freight service review process begins

Apr. 7, 2008 at 5:31 pm CDT

Ottawa’s promised rail freight service review got underway Monday with a request for comment from stakeholders on its proposed terms of reference. “There is widespread support for this review because it will identify service problems and their impacts and make recommendations to improve Canada’s rail freight logistics system,” federal Transport […]

By FBC staff