Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Quebec’s food sector growth rate below GDP’s

Mar. 1, 2008 at 12:17 am CST

Growth in Quebec’s food industry isn’t keeping pace with the growth rate in the province’s overall gross domestic product, according to a 2007 food sector profile released Friday by the provincial ag ministry. Gross domestic production in the food sector reached $15.9 billion in 2006, for a growth rate of […]

Durum up $31/T in CWB PRO

Feb. 28, 2008 at 7:47 pm CST

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Vegreville biodiesel plant takes step forward

Feb. 28, 2008 at 2:22 pm CST

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Seed more durum, pasta makers urge farmers

Feb. 28, 2008 at 2:21 am CST

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Barley group calls rally Fri. for reform

Feb. 27, 2008 at 6:06 pm CST

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Vineland centre names science advisory panel

Feb. 27, 2008 at 4:33 pm CST

Ontario’s Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has tapped horticulture experts worldwide for a new science advisory committee to help co-ordinate its research on horticulture and ornamental crops. The non-profit Niagara-region centre, in the midst of reworking itself as an international hub for horticultural research, said Wednesday that its new committee […]

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Agrium extends UAP offer, again

Feb. 27, 2008 at 4:05 pm CST

Fertilizer maker and input retailer Agrium has again extended its offer to buy UAP, a major North American input retailer, while its proposal awaits approval from U.S. antitrust regulators. The offer, which was previously set to expire at midnight on Monday, will now be open until midnight (ET) March 14. […]

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Feds’ budget “light” on ag growth: CFA

Feb. 27, 2008 at 3:39 pm CST

Tuesday’s federal budget contains some welcome measures for farmers but no commitment to promote investment and growth in the ag sector, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. The CFA, in the midst of its annual general meeting this week in Ottawa, said late Tuesday that the budget, on top […]

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Court rejects government’s appeal on CWB

Feb. 26, 2008 at 7:31 pm CST

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, when asked Monday to comment on Tuesday’s court date for Ottawa’s bid to deregulate Prairie barley marketing, had said “it’s just one sleep away — it’s sort of like Christmas.” A three-member panel of judges from the Federal Court of Appeal handed Ritz a proverbial lump […]

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Tuesday’s budget cites Monday’s ag pledges

Feb. 26, 2008 at 7:08 pm CST

If farmers get a sense of deja vu from Tuesday’s federal budget, they won’t have to think back very far. The $72 million in new farm program spending cited in Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget goes to cover Monday’s announcement of proposed legislative changes to the federal advance payments program […]

By FBC staff