Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Alta. names new deputy ag minister

Mar. 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm CDT

Alberta’s new agriculture and rural development department will have a new top bureaucrat, the province announced Thursday. John Knapp, formerly the assistant deputy minister for the environmental assurance division of the environment ministry, has been named the deputy minister for agriculture and rural development. Knapp, who was one of eight […]

Agricorp offers new RMP coverage options

Mar. 13, 2008 at 4:47 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Agrotain goes dry

Mar. 13, 2008 at 3:37 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. men charged over care of horses

Mar. 13, 2008 at 11:22 am CDT

By FBC staff

Former CWB director joins Viterra board

Mar. 13, 2008 at 10:48 am CDT

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Alta. government reunites farm, rural portfolios

Mar. 12, 2008 at 5:06 pm CDT

The Alberta government will remarry agriculture and rural development into a single ministry, the province announced Wednesday. Premier Ed Stelmach announced a reorganization of several ministries and a cabinet shuffle Wednesday after winning a substantially larger majority government March 3 in his first general election as premier. George Groeneveld, Stelmach’s […]

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Viterra posts $41M profit in Q1

Mar. 12, 2008 at 3:10 pm CDT

Buying Canada’s largest grain handler appears to have been a financially healthy move so far for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The company, operating under the name Viterra since its marriage to Agricore United last summer, on Wednesday posted net earnings of $41.2 million on $1.32 billion in sales for the quarter […]

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Pilot hunting season set for Que. muskox

Mar. 12, 2008 at 1:55 pm CDT

A breeding program to help introduce muskox in Quebec has led to a new pilot program to hunt some. The provincial natural resources department on Wednesday announced it will allow a limited kill of up to six animals up until the end of this month, while it continues to gather […]

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P.E.I. pledges $3M for cattle producers

Mar. 12, 2008 at 1:20 pm CDT

Cattle producers on Prince Edward Island will get direct provincial payments as part of a $3 million support package announced Wednesday. The funding package followed negotiations with cattle industry representatives is aimed at “new initiatives” to “assist producers to adjust to current market conditions and develop improved quality in their […]

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Sask. to review gopher control methods

Mar. 12, 2008 at 12:55 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government will fund a new look at methods such as pesticides and predators to keep gophers in check. The province on Tuesday pledged $380,000 in research funding for gopher control. Gilbert Proulx of Alpha Wildlife, an Edmonton-area wildlife management company, will evaluate existing methods and focus on “long-term, […]

By FBC staff