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CFA offers federal budget wish list

Feb. 15, 2008 at 1:27 pm CST

A tax deduction for investments in co-operatives is on the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s list of recommendations for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Feb. 26 budget. A co-operative investment plan, as proposed by the CFA, would give co-op members and workers a tax deduction if they choose to invest capital in […]

Fruit, veg growers get new pest control

Feb. 14, 2008 at 6:52 pm CST

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Viterra buys Oklahoma feed firm

Feb. 14, 2008 at 5:31 pm CST

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Viterra to test Israel designer genes in canola

Feb. 14, 2008 at 5:13 pm CST

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P.E.I., CRA to share info on ground hemlock

Feb. 14, 2008 at 4:12 pm CST

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Agrium reports record 2007

Feb. 14, 2008 at 2:55 am CST

Fertilizer company Agrium posted a record fourth quarter and record overall year in 2007, heading into an “outstanding” outlook for 2008 as tight supply and demand conditions continue for ag nutrients. The Calgary-based firm — now looking to become North America’s largest retailer of crop inputs and services through a […]

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Menu Foods posts $62M net loss for 2007

Feb. 14, 2008 at 2:32 am CST

The Toronto-based pet food maker among the hardest hit by last year’s pet food scare involving Chinese melamine posted a net loss of $62 million for fiscal 2007. Menu Foods Income Fund reported a net loss of $62.13 million on $244.8 million in sales for the year, down from $6.43 […]

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No Alta. pigs bound to Hawaii, for now: WSPA

Feb. 14, 2008 at 2:02 am CST

The Alberta-to-Hawaii hog shipping route detailed in a report Tuesday by an international coalition of animal welfare groups as “one of the world’s cruelest transport routes” hasn’t seen any Canadian hogs since October last year, one of the groups said Wednesday. The World Society for the Protection of Animals, a […]

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Canada’s GM crop acres up: report

Feb. 14, 2008 at 1:36 am CST

Canadian acreage devoted to genetically modified (GM) crops rose 13 per cent in 2007 over 2006, according to a report from an international biotech agency. Canada’s biotech crop acres rose from 15 million acres in 2006 to 17 million last year — just above the same percentage increase that was […]

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NOFG manager to run P.E.I. hog board

Feb. 14, 2008 at 1:14 am CST

The plant manager for Prince Edward Island’s ill-fated NOFG pork processing plant has been hired as the new executive director for the Prince Edward Island Hog Commodity Marketing Board. Tim Seeber has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, currently as the plant manager for the Charlottetown facility that Quebec […]

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