Insights and Stories of FBC staff

P.E.I. eyes provincewide ALUS for ag support

Jan. 16, 2008 at 4:57 pm CST

Federal and provincial ag officials discussing new approaches for support of Prince Edward Island’s ag industry are “actively” considering a provincewide expansion of the ALUS program. Now operating in pilot projects in two P.E.I. watersheds, and in other pilots in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, ALUS (Alternative Land Use Services) […]

N.B. wants consultations before ag summit

Jan. 16, 2008 at 4:19 pm CST

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Man. canola growers name new execs

Jan. 16, 2008 at 3:36 pm CST

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Comment sought on federal food safety plan

Jan. 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm CST

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Campaign urges herbicide rotations

Jan. 15, 2008 at 6:59 pm CST

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Ag Growth buys U.S. livestock gate maker

Jan. 15, 2008 at 6:49 pm CST

Grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth of Winnipeg has bought a U.S. manufacturer of livestock gates, panels, stock tanks and feeders on its latest cross-border shopping trip. Ag Growth Income Fund announced Tuesday that it’s bought Applegate Steel of Saratoga, Ind., for US$3 million. Applegate has posted annual revenues of […]

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Former CFA chief returns to post

Jan. 15, 2008 at 4:46 pm CST

Brigid Rivoire has returned to the executive director’s desk at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture after over a year away. Rivoire, who had moved in October 2006 to a new post as executive director of the Canadian Child Care Federation in Ottawa after five and a half years with the […]

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Safety review not a rural service cut: Canada Post

Jan. 15, 2008 at 3:21 pm CST

An ongoing review of on-the-job safety for rural mail carriers is not a disguised attempt to cut rural mail service, Canada Post said Thursday. The federal mail carrier issued a statement “to firmly dispel any misconceptions that might have arisen, from recent media reports or other sources, about the future […]

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Made-in-Canada swine vaccine approved

Jan. 15, 2008 at 2:55 pm CST

A recently-approved vaccine to control post-weaning diarrhea in swine will be the first of its kind in a decade to be developed and produced in Canada, its makers report. Coliprotec, developed by Prevtec Microbia of Ste-Hyacinthe, Que., was brought through pre-licensing serial testing at the Saskatchewan Research Council’s biosafety level […]

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Ont. pledges $2.5M for ag research

Jan. 15, 2008 at 2:23 pm CST

The Ontario government plans to use $2.5 million of its $150 million aid package for its livestock and horticulture sectors to fund ag research. The $2.5 million, part of the aid package announced in December, will go to the Agricultural Adaptation Council, a coalition of 71 farm, food and rural […]

By FBC staff