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Que. crop insurance payouts, claims down: FAQ

Feb. 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm CST

Crop damage claims from Quebec’s 2007 growing season are below the five-year average and crop insurance payouts are also expected to drop from year-earlier levels, the provincial ag lending and insurance agency reported Tuesday. La Financiere agricole du Quebec’s (FAQ) February report on the state of Quebec’s crops describes the […]

CCA names new chief for CanFax

Feb. 26, 2008 at 2:13 pm CST

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CFIA finds 12th mad cow

Feb. 26, 2008 at 1:19 pm CST

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CWB posts first PRO for 2008-09

Feb. 25, 2008 at 9:31 pm CST

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Sask. greases wheels for biofuel project funding

Feb. 25, 2008 at 8:37 pm CST

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CWB shortens PPO pricing periods

Feb. 25, 2008 at 7:48 pm CST

The Canadian Wheat Board’s effective pricing period for its producer payment option programs will now run from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. (CT) each business day. The CWB said in a bulletin Friday that it made this adjustment “in order to better manage trade risk on these programs.” An exchange-for-physicals […]

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Mexico, Barbados accept Canadian breeding cattle

Feb. 25, 2008 at 7:38 pm CST

The Mexican government has loosened its restrictions on Canadian beef and cattle to allow the import of breeding cattle from Canada. In a release Saturday, the Mexican agriculture department said it will expand Canadian exporters’ market access starting next month to include beef and dairy breeding cattle, as well as […]

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Feds back GMC value chain centre

Feb. 24, 2008 at 12:37 am CST

The George Morris Centre’s planned Value Chain Management Centre will get some value added through a $1 million federal contribution. The funding was announced Friday in Guelph, where the agriculture think-tank is based. The VCMC, to be located at the centre, is expected to raise awareness and demonstrate the financial […]

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Sask. boosts crops’ insured prices for 2008

Feb. 22, 2008 at 4:07 pm CST

Among new programs such as coverage for gopher damage, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance will also “substantially” raise its insured prices for 2008, by almost 50 per cent per acre on average. “Our dollar coverage is increasing from a provincial average of $86 per acre in 2007 to $128 per acre in […]

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Ont. cattlemen name new chief

Feb. 22, 2008 at 3:29 pm CST

The Ontario Cattlemen’s Association has picked Gord Hardy, a Middlesex County feedlot operator, as its new president. Hardy, an OCA director for southern Ontario since 2000 and most recently the beef producer group’s vice-president, replaces Elgin County cow-calf operator Ian McKillop, who stepped down from the president’s chair. Hardy and […]

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