Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Alta. trucks to road-test biodiesel

Jan. 22, 2008 at 5:51 pm CST

Biodiesel blends have officially left the lab to be tested against an Alberta winter. Climate Change Central, an Alberta public-private partnership group backing and developing greenhouse gas reduction policies and projects, on Tuesday formally launched the Alberta Renewable Diesel Demonstration, with the announcement of $2.6 million in federal and provincial […]

Organic fruit projects eligible for U.S. funding

Jan. 22, 2008 at 5:24 pm CST

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PotashCorp clears first hurdle for N.B. mine

Jan. 22, 2008 at 4:39 pm CST

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Sask. canola, mustard groups name new brass

Jan. 21, 2008 at 6:19 pm CST

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Olymel ships surplus pork to food banks

Jan. 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm CST

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NOFG hands over P.E.I. hog plant: CBC

Jan. 21, 2008 at 4:12 pm CST

Natural Organic Food Group (NOFG) has handed over the keys to its Charlottetown hog plant after the province called in a $1.5 million loan, CBC reported Friday. The company, which recently announced plans to go into receivership, told a news conference Friday that the P.E.I. government had given the company […]

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Canadian regulators approve UAP takeover

Jan. 21, 2008 at 3:41 pm CST

Canada’s top antitrust regulator has no quarrel with Agrium’s plans to buy input retailer UAP. Agrium announced Monday it has received a “no-action” letter from the office of Sheridan Scott, Canada’s commissioner of competition. A “no-action” letter signifies the commissioner does not plan to intervene in a proposed takeover, which […]

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CN fell short on grain service: CTA

Jan. 19, 2008 at 3:15 am CST

Canadian National Railway (CN) didn’t meet its legal obligations for rail service to six Prairie grain shippers during the 2006-07 crop year, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled Friday. But while the six shippers call that much a “milestone victory” toward fairness in rail car supply, the transport regulator said it […]

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Ontario’s BIO hires new GM in overhaul

Jan. 19, 2008 at 1:42 am CST

Beef Improvement Ontario (BIO) has hired a former executive director of the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association to manage the restructured organization. Mike McMorris, who most recently was a senior director for Agricorp, was previously the OCA’s executive director and before that worked for the provincial ag ministry. He takes the general […]

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Feds fund N.B. biodiesel, bioplastics projects

Jan. 19, 2008 at 12:42 am CST

Three federal programs will flow a total of $861,000 into New Brunswick for two biodiesel projects and research on making plastics from potato and grain starch. Christian Paradis, the federal secretary of state for agriculture, announced the funding for the three projects Friday in Edmundston. They include: retrofitting and buying […]

By FBC staff