Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Man. to review livestock veterinary services

Feb. 20, 2008 at 6:08 pm CST

Manitoba has named a task force to review the distribution of — and increased demands on — veterinarians handling livestock in the province. The review will look at how veterinary services are distributed, systems currently in place for early warning and surveillance of both local and foreign animal diseases, and […]

CFIA drops permits for feeding scraps

Feb. 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm CST

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St. Lawrence to freeze tolls through 2010

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:42 pm CST

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CPR to challenge new grain revenue cap

Feb. 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

Canada, Jordan start free trade talks

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:22 pm CST

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Chinese pigs’ legs intercepted: CFIA

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:08 pm CST

A Toronto-area international trading firm has been fined $10,000 over an attempt to bring undeclared pigs’ legs from China into Canada. A guilty plea was entered Jan. 9 on behalf of Merilin International Trading Inc. for violating federal animal health regulations, connected to the import of 1,600 kg of pork […]

By FBC staff

CTA lowers railways’ Prairie grain revenue caps

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:00 am CST

The expected lower costs of maintaining grain hopper cars will take a significant bite out of the maximum that Canada’s two mainline railways can charge farmers to move western grain in 2007-08, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled Tuesday. The federal quasi-judicial transport tribunal on Tuesday announced a final adjusted […]

By FBC staff

Monsanto funds rural curling club renos

Feb. 20, 2008 at 3:01 am CST

Monsanto Canada has named the Val Marie Curling Club in southwestern Saskatchewan as the grand prize winner of $10,000 toward needed improvements in the seed and chemical company’s “Imagine a Better House” contest. The club at Val Marie, south of Swift Current, won the grand prize from 240 applications and […]

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Golden nematode aid expanded in Que.

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:38 am CST

The federal government has expanded the range of compensation available under its golden nematode disaster program for potato growers in the quarantined St-Amable area east of Montreal. “We have listened to potato farmers and we are taking action to help them deal with the immediate transition costs incurred,” said Quebec […]

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Man. ag dept. to fund Aboriginal startups

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:19 am CST

Manitoba’s provincial agriculture department plans to help cover some costs of business startups for young Aboriginal people in rural and northern communities. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) announced the Young Rural Aboriginal Entrepreneur Initiative on Tuesday at the first general meeting of the Indian Agriculture Council of Manitoba […]

By FBC staff