Insights and Stories of FBC staff

CWB to offer organic spring contracts

Mar. 28, 2008 at 3:46 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board will extend its pilot organic marketing program by offering organic grain growers spring contracts on a limited basis for 2008-09, starting in mid-April. Contract availability is limited and will be determined by market opportunities, the board said in a release Friday. The marketing program includes a […]

Ottawa tops up Ont. ethanol plant’s tank

Mar. 28, 2008 at 3:27 pm CDT

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Flax processing among dairy projects funded

Mar. 28, 2008 at 2:09 pm CDT

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Volatility trims 2008-09 wheat PROs

Mar. 28, 2008 at 12:17 am CDT

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Potato insecticide gets four-year reprieve

Mar. 27, 2008 at 11:40 pm CDT

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NAFTA partners standardize breeding cattle trade

Mar. 27, 2008 at 6:16 pm CDT

A deal to harmonize North America to international standards for trade in breeding cattle will end a ban by several U.S. state governments against Canadian breeding stock entering Mexico through their border ports. The three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, announced Thursday that […]

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Refine SG good for aerial spraying

Mar. 27, 2008 at 5:43 pm CDT

DuPont Canada has picked up federal regulators’ approval for aerial application of its Group 2 herbicide Refine SG. “Aerial applicators and growers have been asking for this solution for a few years, so this will be good news for them,” said Travis Schoonbaert, DuPont’s cereals and oilseeds product manager, in […]

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Man. pork council “pauses” research funding

Mar. 27, 2008 at 5:27 pm CDT

The Manitoba Pork Council plans a “temporary pause” on all of its research funding in light of what it called a “permanent moratorium” on the province’s hog industry. The council’s announcement Thursday follows the provincial government’s indefinite moratorium, put in place March 3, on new or expanding hog operations in […]

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Ont. to flow communities funding toward farms

Mar. 27, 2008 at 5:04 pm CDT

The Ontario government plans to stream at least some of the $358 million it will receive from the federal Community Development Trust toward agriculture programs. Premier Dalton McGuinty and Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Ontario’s allocation from the fund in a news release Thursday. The federal government’s $1 billion Community […]

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Pioneer Hi-Bred plant to boost seed output

Mar. 27, 2008 at 4:47 pm CDT

Pioneer Hi-Bred expects to boost its hybrid canola seed production acreage by almost 60 per cent this year through its new Lethbridge, Alta. facility. Pioneer, a DuPont subsidiary, officially opened the Lethbridge facility Thursday, saying the facility will be part of the company’s plan to lead the canola seed market […]

By FBC staff