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Provinces, Ottawa complete $1.3B ag framework

Jul. 11, 2008 at 1:28 pm CDT

Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial ag ministers have officially completed their multilateral Growing Forward farm policy framework, committing $1.3 billion in cost-shared funding over the next five years. Split 60/40 between Ottawa and the provinces, the $1.3 billion covers programming other than for farm business risk management (BRM), and is […]

Sask. Ag probes “financial irregularity”

Jul. 11, 2008 at 12:43 pm CDT

By FBC staff

CWB initials raised on 2007-08 wheat

Jul. 10, 2008 at 6:49 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WTO text shows “wide gaps” in talks: Ritz

Jul. 10, 2008 at 4:07 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Market Insight: Oat supply seen adequate

Jul. 10, 2008 at 3:36 pm CDT

By farmlink-marketing-solutions

Corn, soy growers seek clarity from McGuinty

Jul. 10, 2008 at 3:33 pm CDT

Come again? Reports that Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty may back off a pledge to require 10 per cent ethanol in gasoline by 2010 have Ontario’s corn and soybean growers looking for clarification. “It’s disconcerting that the Premier’s office is buckling under media pressure suggesting Ontario’s small ethanol industry is the […]

By FBC staff

Dover buys Montreal flour mill

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:56 pm CDT

Ontario flour miller Dover Industries has signed a deal to buy the Cereal Foods Canada flour mill at Montreal. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, is expected to close by the end of this month, the company said in a release Thursday. The mill’s current management and staff will remain […]

By FBC staff

Canadian Pork Council names new president

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:39 pm CDT

Alberta hog producer Jurgen Preugschas has been named the new president of the Canadian Pork Council, replacing Ontario producer Clare Schlegel after four years at the organization’s helm. Pruegschas, who farms at Mayerthorpe, about 120 km northwest of Edmonton, is joined by a newly elected executive committee including first vice-president […]

By FBC staff

Que. ag venture capital agency antes up

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:25 pm CDT

Capital Financiere agricole, the venture capital arm of Quebec’s provincial ag lending agency, la Financiere agricole de Quebec, boosted its new investments by almost 40 per cent in its last fiscal year. In its report for the year ending March 31, released Thursday, CFAI said it had authorized 12 new […]

By FBC staff

Average canola yields seen amid maturity concerns

Jul. 10, 2008 at 2:07 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canola crop development in Western Canada has improved in recent weeks despite a slow start, but industry sources still only anticipate average yields. Uneven germination and late crop maturity were cited as potential yield-lowering risks. Generally, canola crops are roughly 10 days behind normal development, but […]

By Alana Vannahme