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Crops boost farm product price index

Jan. 23, 2008 at 3:24 pm CST

Statistics Canada’s farm product price index (FPPI) for November 2007 rose from the same month in 2006 on the back of escalating crop prices, the agency reported Wednesday. The statistician’s preliminary numbers for November 2007 point to a 3.7 per cent rise in the overall FPPI compared to November 2006, […]

Ont. to fund farm help line, business training

Jan. 23, 2008 at 2:05 pm CST

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N.B. plans $3M loan program for hog farmers

Jan. 23, 2008 at 1:38 pm CST

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CWB calls for higher initials

Jan. 23, 2008 at 1:25 pm CST

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Mexico, Canada move toward cattle trade

Jan. 23, 2008 at 2:15 am CST

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CN grain revenue up in ’07

Jan. 23, 2008 at 1:37 am CST

Higher revenue per carload of grain helped against “strong headwinds” in Canadian National Railway’s (CN) 2007 fiscal year, the company reported Tuesday. In its year-end financial results for 2007, CN posted full-year net income of $2.16 billion on $7.897 billion in revenues, up from $2.09 billion on $7.929 billion in […]

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Cargill to shut two Sask. elevators

Jan. 23, 2008 at 1:11 am CST

Cargill plans to close two grain elevators east of Saskatoon within the next four months and route the business to a larger elevator nearby, the company announced Tuesday. The company has scheduled “discontinuation” of its elevator at Humboldt, Sask., by the end of this month. Its elevator at Aberdeen, about […]

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USDA tweaks minimal-risk BSE rules

Jan. 23, 2008 at 12:21 am CST

“Several nonsubstantial changes” in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s BSE regulations will slightly loosen a few remaining export restrictions on Canadian cattle and related products. USDA on Friday announced amendments to its regulations on imports of animals and animal products from regions of “minimal risk” for BSE, or mad cow […]

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CWB expands wheat storage program

Jan. 22, 2008 at 6:37 pm CST

Sign-up begins today for the Canadian Wheat Board’s expanded wheat storage program, which will offer farmers up to $15 per tonne to store high-quality wheat. The CWB announced on Tuesday that the storage program, in its second year, will be expanded to all delivery points across Western Canada that have […]

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Quebec’s PMWS aid to roll in February

Jan. 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm CST

Quebec’s $17.5 million aid package for hog farmers with herds hit by post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) will include both direct aid, due next month, and interest-free loans, the province announced Tuesday. The aid package, announced in general terms before Christmas, will be in two parts. The first will be […]

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