Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Alta. ag minister, critic re-elected

Mar. 4, 2008 at 2:21 pm CST

Alberta Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld kept his seat by a wide margin in the Progressive Conservatives’ first election under Premier Ed Stelmach. Stelmach, a former agriculture minister in the Ralph Klein government, led his party to capture 72 of 83 seats in Monday’s election, up from 60 when the election […]

Manitoba closes gate into “hog alley”

Mar. 3, 2008 at 9:57 pm CST

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Family choice trumps price among meats: study

Mar. 3, 2008 at 8:42 pm CST

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CN to challenge grain revenue cap

Mar. 3, 2008 at 8:31 pm CST

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Tories’ bill bids to re-open CWB Act

Mar. 3, 2008 at 8:18 pm CST

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Barley legislation on tap next week: Ritz

Mar. 1, 2008 at 2:44 am CST

Amendments to the federal Canadian Wheat Board Act and related statutes to deregulate Prairie barley marketing will be introduced in the House of Commons “early next week,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Friday. “This bill will deliver on our Throne Speech commitment and will bring barley marketing freedom to the […]

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Que., N.S. orchards get renovation funds

Mar. 1, 2008 at 2:06 am CST

Orchard and vineyard owners in Quebec and Nova Scotia will get federal funding to pull outdated trees and vines in favour of new varieties. The federal government on Friday announced $5.6 million on top of the Quebec government’s $12 million toward an orchards and vineyards transition program in that province. […]

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Ont. wheat growers help lure cake maker

Mar. 1, 2008 at 1:31 am CST

Ontario’s provincial government will put up $2.5 million for a major B.C. frozen dessert maker to build a new plant at London, Ont. with help from the provincial wheat growers’ board. The Original Cakerie, which bills itself as Canada’s largest privately owned dessert company, expects to complete its new plant […]

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Commons passes advance payment changes

Mar. 1, 2008 at 1:14 am CST

Legislative changes that could boost federal advance payments available to cash-strapped livestock producers as soon as late March made their way quickly into law Thursday. The House of Commons, Senate and Governor General by Thursday had all approved amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Products Act that “will provide improved cash […]

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B.C. names farm assessment review panel

Mar. 1, 2008 at 12:52 am CST

With a panel in place, public consultations on what defines a farm for municipal tax purposes in British Columbia are expected to start early this summer, the province announced Friday. Revenue Minister Rick Thorpe on Friday named the remaining members of the farm assessment review panel, which is expected to […]

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