Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Safflowers may make rennet for cheese

Jan. 29, 2008 at 1:35 pm CST

An Argentinean biotech company wants to see if it can get viable amounts of a key cheesemaking enzyme out of a Calgary company’s genetically modified safflowers. Argentina’s Institutio de Agrobiotecnologia Rosario (Indear) has signed an option agreement for SemBioSys’ processes to produce chymosin, also known as rennet, in safflower plants […]

Canada, Peru seal free trade deal

Jan. 29, 2008 at 1:36 am CST

By FBC staff

Grains fund repays CPR out of new penalty

Jan. 29, 2008 at 1:01 am CST

By FBC staff

Institute to “green” Alberta’s ag sector

Jan. 29, 2008 at 12:19 am CST

By FBC staff

Barley meeting shuts out farmer groups: NFU

Jan. 28, 2008 at 7:09 pm CST

By FBC staff

No TB found yet in B.C. bull’s wake

Jan. 28, 2008 at 6:25 pm CST

Tests on animals with connections to a British Columbia bull that had bovine tuberculosis have so far turned up no new confirmed cases, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Monday. CFIA said it’s identified over 1,000 animals that might have been exposed to bovine TB in relation to the lone […]

By FBC staff

Aid offer extended for small Ont. meat plants

Jan. 28, 2008 at 5:42 pm CST

Small, freestanding meat plants in Ontario have more time to apply for funds to help upgrade their facilities to new food safety standards. The funding comes from the provincial meat plant assistance program, which was first announced in January 2006 with original deadlines of Feb. 15, 2008 and 2009 for […]

By FBC staff

CWB announces IP contract programs

Jan. 28, 2008 at 4:56 pm CST

The Canadian Wheat Board has announced its identity-preserved contract programs (IPCPs) for the 2008-09 crop year. The programs are aimed either at new varieties for market development purposes or varieties that require ongoing segregation to meet customer requirements. Farmers who take part can receive incentives such as contract and storage […]

By FBC staff

Education campaign aimed at backyard flocks

Jan. 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm CST

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is spearheading an effort to educate hobbyists and other owners of backyard bird flocks on how to prevent and detect disease outbreaks. The national campaign — dubbed Bird Health Basics — promotes steps flock owners and those with pet birds can take to protect […]

By FBC staff

N.B., P.E.I. raise milk prices Feb. 1

Jan. 28, 2008 at 4:29 pm CST

Dairy farmers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island will receive price increases of about 2.95 cents per litre on the milk they produce starting next month. The New Brunswick Farm Products Commission on Monday announced an average increase of 2.95 cents for producers, with no increase at the processor […]

By FBC staff