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Lallemand opens Montreal probiotic feed lab

Jul. 15, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

Montreal feed additive firm Lallemand Animal Nutrition has opened a new centre of excellence in ruminant research to develop next-generation probiotics for livestock. The company, whose parent specializes in developing yeast- and bacteria-based products for the feed, pharmaceutical, baking and winemaking industries, opened the centre at Montreal’s Biotechnology Research Institute […]

“Product of Canada” rules kick in Dec. 31

Jul. 15, 2008 at 3:53 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Payments, new programs swamp AgriCorp: report

Jul. 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. crops look good, north needs rain

Jul. 15, 2008 at 12:04 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Norwegian fertilizer firm to buy Saskferco

Jul. 14, 2008 at 11:05 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Quebec to flow culled pork to food banks

Jul. 14, 2008 at 5:31 pm CDT

The Quebec government will put up $400,000 to direct 300,000 kg of pork from hogs slaughtered through the federal cull program to 18 food banks in the province. Dr. Alain Poirier, the province’s director of public health, said in a release Monday that while the $50 million federal program covers […]

By FBC staff

Rain improves Sask. crops, soaks Manitoba

Jul. 14, 2008 at 4:53 pm CDT

Crops in Saskatchewan and parts of southwestern Manitoba sorely needed last week’s rain, but most of the rest of Manitoba is soggy and could now use warmer, sunnier weather. Topsoil moisture on Saskatchewan cropland last week stood at 76 per cent adequate, up from 48 per cent the week before, […]

By FBC staff

Funds on tap for N.B. maple sugar stands

Jul. 14, 2008 at 1:46 pm CDT

Details and application forms will be available online Tuesday for New Brunswick maple sugar producers to get funding to help thin their stands for better production. The $300,000 sugar bush silviculture program, first announced in May, will provide up to $5,000 per producer at a rate of $500 per hectare […]

By FBC staff

Mediator involved as Viterra strike continues

Jul. 11, 2008 at 4:35 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Unionized employees at the head office of Canada’s largest grain handler remain on strike in retaliation to the company’s plan to initiate rotating lockouts in order to force a new labour contract, a Grain Services Union official said Friday. “Viterra, so far, has not locked out […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Aleutian disease funds in for Nfld. ranchers

Jul. 11, 2008 at 3:36 pm CDT

Mink ranchers in Newfoundland and Labrador can now apply for funding to improve on-farm biosecurity under a provincial Aleutian disease management program. “Under this program, eligible operators can access up to $200,000 to implement biosecurity measures to manage and/or protect against Aleutian disease,” said Kathy Dunderdale, minister for the provincial […]

By FBC staff