Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Bison making comeback: StatsCan

Jan. 25, 2008 at 5:33 pm CST

The bison herd on Canada’s Prairies has made a comeback, at least on Prairie farms, according to Statistics Canada. For a species once nearly wiped out of the wild as the Prairies were settled, numbers of farmed bison have risen substantially in the last five years alone, the agency said. […]

Feds put up $660K against FMD in South America

Jan. 25, 2008 at 3:44 pm CST

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Sask. hog farmers say TAP yanked back

Jan. 25, 2008 at 2:19 pm CST

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Pool barley still available: CWB

Jan. 25, 2008 at 2:00 am CST

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PotashCorp posts record year, again

Jan. 25, 2008 at 1:41 am CST

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Tight stocks, export limits boost PROs

Jan. 24, 2008 at 4:54 pm CST

Tight stocks and limits on other countries’ wheat exports spurred healthy hikes in the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2007-08 pool return outlooks (PROs) for Prairie wheat and durum, released Thursday. Increases in the PROs for wheat ranged from $16 to $33 per tonne. No. 1 Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) Select […]

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Alta. climate plan eyes emission cuts for ag

Jan. 24, 2008 at 3:25 pm CST

The Alberta government’s climate change action plan is expected to include strategies to help farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The action plan, a general outline of which was released Thursday by Environment Minister Rob Renner and Premier Ed Stelmach, focuses largely on development of a “made-in-Alberta” plan for carbon capture […]

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Man. canola checkoff to double

Jan. 24, 2008 at 2:48 pm CST

Manitoba canola growers’ checkoff to fund research and development will double Aug. 1 to $1 per tonne, the Manitoba Co-operator reports this week. Members of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association voted at what the paper called a “sparsely attended” meeting to raise the checkoff, by a count of 16-11 with […]

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Sugar CEO eyed for CWB post: MCO

Jan. 24, 2008 at 2:21 pm CST

The CEO of Australia’s Queensland Sugar is expected to be named soon as the new CEO of the Canadian Wheat Board, the Manitoba Co-operator reports in its latest issue. The farm newspaper’s Jan. 24 issue quotes unnamed sources identifying Ian White, the Brisbane-based sugar firm’s managing director and CEO, as […]

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Viterra picks VANOC VP as new CFO

Jan. 24, 2008 at 2:01 pm CST

The chief financial officer for Vancouver 2010, that city’s Olympic organizing committee, has been named the new CFO at Canada’s biggest grain company. Viterra on Thursday announced Rex McLennan will join the company Feb. 4, replacing David Carefoot. McLennan, as Viterra’s CFO, will run the company’s financial and risk management […]

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