Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Ag contest wants media-savvy young Manitobans

Feb. 14, 2008 at 1:01 am CST

Manitobans between ages 9 and 24 with an eye or ear for presentation and a germ of an agriculture-related idea can put their skills to the test in a new Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) contest with the help of the Manitoba Co-operator. The “Share What You See in Agriculture” media […]

Agropur posts record earnings

Feb. 13, 2008 at 6:35 pm CST

By FBC staff

JRI to expand two Pioneer sites in Man.

Feb. 13, 2008 at 6:02 pm CST

By FBC staff

Quebec farming risks “suffocating:” commission

Feb. 13, 2008 at 5:05 pm CST

By FBC staff

Former CGC head John O’Connor, 75

Feb. 13, 2008 at 12:53 pm CST

By FBC staff

Alta.-Hawaii hog shipments dubbed “worst” cruelty

Feb. 13, 2008 at 2:09 am CST

An international coalition of animal welfare groups has launched a humane transport campaign with what it claims is damning video footage of live hogs shipped by land and sea from Lethbridge, Alta., to Hawaii in inhumane conditions for pork labelled as a Hawaiian product. The groups, spearheaded by the World […]

By FBC staff

CN rail car plan will harm grain handling: shippers

Feb. 13, 2008 at 1:14 am CST

A group of Prairie grain shippers including the Canadian Wheat Board and five of the Prairies’ smaller grain firms want “emergency interim relief” from federal regulators to put a stop to Canadian National’s (CN) new rail car allocation system. The railway’s new system, which the companies said was launched Feb. 1, […]

By FBC staff

Bayer doubles up herbicides

Feb. 13, 2008 at 12:34 am CST

Bayer CropScience will roll out a new broadleaf/grass herbicide combo, the iPak, for sale at independent retailers in Western Canada during the coming growing season. The company announced Tuesday that it will package its new broadleaf herbicide, the bromoxynil/pyrasulfotole combo Infinity (Groups 6 and 27, respectively), with Syngenta’s Group 1 […]

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Halifax postpones urban poultry debate: CBC

Feb. 13, 2008 at 12:04 am CST

Halifax city council will put off further debate on the idea of allowing urban residents to keep backyard chickens until a report is completed on how other cities handle the issue, CBC reported Monday. That report isn’t expected for another six or seven months. The discussion came to council after […]

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Ont. funds new OVC animal hospital

Feb. 12, 2008 at 11:50 pm CST

The Ontario government will put up $9.5 million toward a new primary-care teaching hospital for small animals at Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. “This will give students a high quality and diverse clinical teaching and learning experience and enable the college to expand training in nutrition, health and wellness,” the province […]

By FBC staff