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Ontario farm registration streamlined

Jan. 15, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

Ontario farmers filling out their farm business registration (FBR) forms in the next few weeks can look forward to five years of not doing so. Agricorp, the province’s farm programming delivery agency, noted in a statement that while all farmers in Ontario are required to complete the FBR form in […]

Dairy support price trimmed starting March 1

Jan. 15, 2015 at 6:32 pm CST

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Federal funding pledged for crop market development work

Jan. 14, 2015 at 7:07 pm CST

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Outdoor Farm Show owner sets sights on Saskatchewan

Jan. 14, 2015 at 5:36 pm CST

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Farrowing barn is Quebec’s ninth PED case

Jan. 13, 2015 at 7:02 pm CST

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New chemistry launched as fruit mite control

Jan. 13, 2015 at 6:10 pm CST

The first member of the benzoylacetonitrile group of crop insecticides (Group 25) to come to market in North America will be a mite control for fruit crops. BASF Canada announced Tuesday it has picked up registration for Nealta, a 200-gram-per-litre suspension concentrate of cyflumetofen, billed as a control for all […]

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St. Lawrence floated ‘blowout’ grain volumes in ’14

Jan. 12, 2015 at 8:25 pm CST

Having shut its locks for the season on New Year’s Day, the operators of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway system report moving a “blowout volume” of grain during the 280-day 2014 shipping year. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC) on Monday reported having moved a total cargo volume of 40 […]

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CP to appeal federal fine on September grain handle

Jan. 12, 2015 at 7:51 pm CST

Citing post-Labour Day pains at the West Coast, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) plans to appeal a $50,000 federal fine over the company’s Prairie grain handle. Transport Canada said last week it had issued notices of violation and administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of $50,000 each against CP and Canadian National Railway […]

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Veal processor Ecolait to revive Charlevoix brand

Jan. 12, 2015 at 6:08 pm CST

Quebec veal producer and processor Ecolait has announced plans to pick up and redevelop a well known brand name in the sector. St. Hyacinthe-based Ecolait, which markets veal under the Vivo brand, said Friday it’s bought the Le Veau Charlevoix brand, for an undisclosed sum, “in order to relaunch it.” Le […]

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Canada blocks poultry, eggs from U.S. Northwest

Jan. 9, 2015 at 8:26 pm CST

Birds, eggs and poultry products from Washington and Oregon are being kept out of Canada after findings of high-path avian flu in a pair of backyard flocks in those states. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Dec. 24 reported highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu in a backyard free-range flock […]

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