Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Wheat through Churchill port to earn premium

Mar. 18, 2008 at 6:21 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board is offering premiums to wheat growers in the catchment area for the Hudson Bay grain port of Churchill, Man. The board said Tuesday it will also offer wheat growers storage payments for wheat kept on-farm to be handled through the northern port. “The timing of the […]

Maple Leaf double-shifts Brandon plant

Mar. 18, 2008 at 6:07 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. launches spring runoff hotline

Mar. 18, 2008 at 5:40 pm CDT

By FBC staff

P.E.I.’s NOFG to close March 28: CBC

Mar. 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba sets new limits on fertilizers

Mar. 18, 2008 at 4:48 pm CDT

By FBC staff

P.E.I. committee urges biofuel policy

Mar. 18, 2008 at 2:08 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island should develop policies for its ag and forestry sectors aimed at creating an “aggressive biofuels portfolio” for the province, a provincial committee recommended Monday. The province’s environmental and renewable industries committee (ERIC) delivered its report Monday to the provincial cabinet. ERIC was asked to report on the […]

By FBC staff

WGRF 2007 tax credits announced

Mar. 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm CDT

Checkoff dollars paid on Prairie wheat and Saskatchewan and Manitoba barley will be 82 and 85 per cent eligible respectively toward federal research tax credits for 2007, the Western Grains Research Foundation announced Monday. Wheat growers in all three Prairie provinces can claim 82 per cent of their checkoff payment […]

By FBC staff

CFIA eyes feed rules for biofuel grains

Mar. 18, 2008 at 11:55 am CDT

Grains left over from making fuel aren’t the same as distillers’ grains left over from brewing beer — and if biofuel grains are to be fed to livestock, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to regulate their use. CFIA on Monday rolled out a draft policy paper outlining its proposed […]

By FBC staff

Levinoff-Colbex needs more producer cash: report

Mar. 18, 2008 at 12:55 am CDT

Farmer-owned Quebec beef packer Levinoff-Colbex needs more funds from the province’s dairy and beef producers if it’s to survive, according to the province’s cattle producer group. In a member newsletter released Friday, the Federation des producteurs de bovins du Quebec (FPBQ) said the beef plant ended 2007 with a loss […]

By FBC staff

Equipment maker Ag Growth posts lower net

Mar. 17, 2008 at 11:59 pm CDT

Tax expenses affecting income trusts and a narrower margin due to renovation at its highest-margin business weighed on Winnipeg grain handling equipment firm Ag Growth’s net earnings for 2007. And the company said it plans to boost its margin in 2008 with further price increases on some of its products […]

By FBC staff