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So much Ont. livestock, so little corn: GMC

Jul. 3, 2008 at 11:24 pm CDT

Ontario is producing more cattle and hogs than it has home-grown corn to feed them, making those sectors uncompetitive on a cost basis, the George Morris Centre observes in a new report. The Guelph-based ag think tank on Thursday released a new report that warns those Ontario livestock sectors may […]

Restaurants pan proposed dairy price hike

Jul. 3, 2008 at 3:00 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alberta appoints board and chair of new meat agency

Jul. 3, 2008 at 1:38 pm CDT

Ontario pursues next generation of biofuels

Jul. 3, 2008 at 1:34 pm CDT

Time to assess sclerotinia risk in canola

Jul. 3, 2008 at 12:53 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

AAFC to track more organic imports

Jul. 2, 2008 at 4:56 pm CDT

A federal pilot project to track imported organic produce and get a better picture of market potential will expand to 20 new products, the federal agriculture department announced Wednesday. The 20 added products bring the total to 61, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said in a release. The project, which was […]

By FBC staff

Loosened variety registration rules proposed

Jul. 2, 2008 at 3:32 pm CDT

Potato, sunflower, safflower and buckwheat varieties won’t need to meet the same variety registration requirements as other crops under proposed changes to federal regulations on seed. Proposed amendments to the federal Seeds Regulations were published June 28 for a 75-day public comment period, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in […]

By FBC staff

N.B. invites farmers to apply for board seats

Jul. 2, 2008 at 2:26 pm CDT

New Brunswick residents can now put their names forward to be considered to serve on agriculture-related provincial boards, commissions or agencies. A pilot project, announced Wednesday, allows New Brunswickers to submit “expressions of interest” to serve with agencies, boards or commissions that deliver services on behalf of the province, advise […]

By FBC staff

Ont. farm premises registry goes live

Jul. 2, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

OnTrace, the agency spearheading food traceability programs in Ontario, has launched an online, full-scale, provincewide Ontario Agri-food Premises Registry (OAPR). “The launch of the OAPR fulfills OnTrace’s first key mandate, which was to deliver a premises identification registry for agriculture and agri-food in Ontario,” said OnTrace CEO Brian Sterling in […]

By FBC staff

Bayer rolls out new hort-crop insecticide

Jul. 1, 2008 at 2:35 am CDT

Bayer CropScience has picked up registration in Canada for Movento, a new foliar insecticide, for use in apple, grape and some vegetable crops. The product, a Group 23 active ingredient called spirotetramat, has a new mode of action from tetramic acid, a class of chemistry that acts as a lipid […]

By FBC staff