Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Manitoba “hog pause” runs to Feb. 29

Feb. 6, 2008 at 4:40 pm CST

The Manitoba government’s “pause” on approvals for new or expanding hog operations will extend to Feb. 29, while the province ponders a report on the industry’s sustainability. The province has received its long-awaited report from the provincial Clean Environment Commission (CEC), reviewing its environmental protection measures already in place relating […]

Runoff forecast sees shortages in southern Sask.

Feb. 6, 2008 at 3:32 pm CST

By FBC staff

JRI to expand two Pioneer sites in Sask.

Feb. 6, 2008 at 2:23 pm CST

By FBC staff

Simplicity herbicide registered in wheat

Feb. 6, 2008 at 1:32 pm CST

By FBC staff

U.S. to allow Ont. firm’s E. coli vaccine

Feb. 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm CST

By FBC staff

Ridley agrees to $6M settlement in BSE lawsuit

Feb. 5, 2008 at 6:15 pm CST

Winnipeg feed maker Ridley Inc. will pay $6 million to Canada’s cattle producers to end its exposure to class actions over the arrival of mad cow disease. The company said in a press release Tuesday that it will pay $6 million into a plaintiffs’ settlement trust fund to settle claims […]

By FBC staff

P.E.I. maintains seed potato virus level cap

Feb. 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm CST

Prince Edward Island’s provincial government won’t raise its three per cent cap on virus levels in seed potatoes for the 2008 season. Agriculture Minister Neil LeClair made the announcement Tuesday, citing reports that virus levels in some varieties during the 2007 growing season exceeded levels from 2006. “There was an […]

By FBC staff

Research deal sought on Cdn. soil bacteria

Feb. 5, 2008 at 4:27 pm CST

A Chinese biotech firm is talking with University of Waterloo biologists about collaborating on more farming uses for plant growth-promoting bacteria. Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group, a publicly traded Beijing company, on Tuesday announced it had met with Waterloo biologist Xiao-Dong Huang “to discuss the possibility” of joint research and development […]

By FBC staff

Poultry allowed on disinfected Sask. farm

Feb. 4, 2008 at 7:06 pm CST

A Saskatchewan poultry farm quarantined for H7N3 avian flu since last September has been given the all-clear to bring new birds to the property. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday that all cleaning and disinfection have been completed on the affected farm and all quarantine measures have been removed. […]

By FBC staff

Hytek seals deal for Springhill Farms

Feb. 4, 2008 at 6:26 pm CST

Manitoba hog production company Hytek Ltd. has finalized its deal to buy the Springhill Farms pork packing plant near Neepawa, Man. Hytek, based at La Broquerie, east of Steinbach, first announced the deal in October to buy the facility, about 75 km northeast of Brandon, for an undisclosed sum. Hytek […]

By FBC staff