Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Wheels in motion on Canadian carbon farming

Mar. 11, 2008 at 5:06 pm CDT

Plans to set a market price for carbon and a domestic carbon emissions trading market include a place for farm projects, the federal government confirmed Monday. Environment Minister John Baird on Monday released the government’s greenhouse gas regulatory framework, which includes new regulations on Canada’s oil sands, coal power and […]

Feds open office for red-tape disputes over food

Mar. 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ethanol, cellulosic fuel firms team up

Mar. 11, 2008 at 12:15 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ridley buys Ky. supplement block maker

Mar. 11, 2008 at 11:52 am CDT

By FBC staff

N.S. funds work on longer-lasting Christmas trees

Mar. 10, 2008 at 3:02 pm CDT

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Liberals’ ag task force urges regulatory review

Mar. 9, 2008 at 1:53 am CST

A review of regulations affecting Canadian farming and an AgriFlex fund to regionalize farm business risk management are among the recommendations of the federal Liberals’ Opportunities in Agriculture task force. The task force, headed by Liberal ag critic Wayne Easter and a Quebec candidate, Cindy Duncan MacMillan, released its report […]

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Livestock tax deferrals rolled out for 2007

Mar. 8, 2008 at 4:57 am CST

The federal government has designated its first list of municipalities where breeding livestock producers will be eligible to defer some tax on 2007 income from drought-induced sales. The tax deferral program, announced Friday, will apply to breeding livestock producers in areas of northwestern, southern and eastern Ontario and southern Saskatchewan, […]

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Man. waste plant upgrades to boost pork capacity

Mar. 8, 2008 at 4:28 am CST

Manitoba will direct cash from a federal community development plan to upgrades on municipal wastewater treatment plants that will allow expansions at two major pork processing facilities. The province announced Friday that it will flow part of the federal government’s pledged $41.9 million Community Development Trust funding package into upgrades […]

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Manitoba pledges $14.7M for cattle producers

Mar. 8, 2008 at 4:25 am CST

Manitoba’s cattle producers will be eligible for direct payments from a $14.7 million fund to help support them through high feed costs, low cattle prices and the high Canadian dollar. The province announced Friday it will put $7.35 million toward the payments, while the other half will come from the […]

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Saudis’ subsidy boosts CWB Pool B barley

Mar. 8, 2008 at 2:49 am CST

A move Wednesday by the Saudi Arabian government to raise its import subsidy for feed barley has prompted the Canadian Wheat Board to issue an unusual mid-month pool return outlook (PRO) reflecting higher prices. The CWB’s mid-March 2007-08 PRO, released Friday, raises No. 1 Canada Western Pool B feed barley […]

By FBC staff