Insights and Stories of FBC staff

AgriStability advances on tap for Sask. hog farmers

Jan. 10, 2008 at 2:05 pm CST

Saskatchewan has picked up federal government approval to start a targeted advance program (TAP) for hog farmers under the AgriStability program. TAP payments will provide hog producers with 60 per cent of their estimated 2007 benefit under AgriStability, the program that replaces the Canadian Ag Income Stabilization (CAIS) program’s coverage […]

Professional sign-off needed on reclaimed Alta. oil land

Jan. 10, 2008 at 2:18 am CST

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Consumers eating higher chicken prices: review

Jan. 10, 2008 at 1:31 am CST

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CWB launches CashPlus malting barley option

Jan. 10, 2008 at 12:42 am CST

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Agrium extends UAP offer

Jan. 9, 2008 at 3:26 pm CST

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Better transportation first: pulse grower poll

Jan. 8, 2008 at 6:14 pm CST

A chemical company’s poll of Canadian pulse crop growers finds improving transportation to be the main issue with which they require help from the pulse industry. Syngenta Crop Protection Canada on Tuesday released the results of its online survey of 170 pulse growers, conducted Dec. 5-17. The poll showed campaigning […]

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Prairieland Park to add livestock space

Jan. 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm CST

Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park on Monday launched a $5.6 million plan to build dedicated space for livestock events and related trade shows. The planned 20,000-square foot building expansion will allow the park’s multi-building Trade Centre to be used exclusively as conference and trade show space, ending the costly down-time needed to […]

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Viterra names corporate development VP

Jan. 7, 2008 at 5:12 pm CST

An investment banker with experience in mergers and acquisitions is the new vice-president of corporate development for Canada’s biggest grain handler. Viterra on Monday announced Andrew Muirhead will lead the company’s “strategic business development and growth.” Muirhead, who starts immediately, will operate out of the company’s Calgary office. Muirhead was […]

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Chicken plant fined over 2006 blast

Jan. 7, 2008 at 4:55 pm CST

A methane explosion that killed a worker at a southern Ontario chicken processing plant in 2006 led to a $150,000 fine for the company Monday. Sure Fresh Foods of Bradford pled guilty Monday in the Ontario Court of Justice in nearby Barrie to charges under the provincial Occupational Health and […]

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Western Sask. water projects funded

Jan. 7, 2008 at 4:12 pm CST

The Saskatchewan and federal governments on Monday announced $2.3 million to support six water projects in western Saskatchewan, ranging from feasibility studies to the laying of supply pipes. The approved projects include five research projects and a regional pipeline project, all of which are either already underway or complete. Among […]

By FBC staff