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Ont. stockyard founder Earl Bauman, 89

Jun. 2, 2008 at 5:45 pm CDT

Funeral services were held Monday in Elmira, Ont. for Holstein breeder Earl Bauman, who helped found what’s now the Ontario Livestock Exchange, and who died Friday at age 89. According to his obituary, Bauman was a member of the Holstein Association of Canada for 61 years, received that association’s highest […]

Western premiers eye shared water stewardship

Jun. 2, 2008 at 5:33 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Corn shortfall in East to mean higher U.S. imports

Jun. 2, 2008 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Sask. groups eye single cattle organization

Jun. 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Man. extends guarantee on farmers’ credit lines

Jun. 2, 2008 at 2:11 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Flea beetles are now out there: CCC

Jun. 2, 2008 at 1:33 pm CDT

Now’s the time to scout canola fields for flea beetles, says Derwyn Hammond, the Canola Council of Canada’s Manitoba agronomy specialist. Fields thinned by frost May 27, or struggling because of the cool, dry spring, are especially vulnerable. “In stands that have been thinned out that’s going to focus that […]

By Allan Dawson

KFC Canada backs controlled-atmosphere slaughter

Jun. 2, 2008 at 1:19 pm CDT

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has pledged to end its boycott of KFC Canada, after the chicken chain agreed to a new animal welfare plan including support for controlled-atmosphere slaughter. The Norfolk, Virginia-based advocacy group, operators of the “Kentucky Fried Cruelty” campaign, said KFC Canada has pledged […]

By FBC staff

CPR to fine grain handlers for sloppy loading

May. 30, 2008 at 10:32 pm CDT

As part of a wildlife protection initiative, Canadian Pacific Railway plans to fine grain handling companies who spill grain on the end sills of rail hopper cars during loading. The railway announced Friday that starting July 7, customers who identify and clean up spilled grain on the end sills of […]

By FBC staff

Ritz defends Canada’s biofuel programs

May. 30, 2008 at 6:03 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz defended the use and production of biofuels in Canada at a May 30 meeting between federal, provincial, and territorial ministers of agriculture, saying Canada’s biofuel initiative strikes a good balance between food and fuel. Following the meeting, Ritz was asked to […]

By Alana Vannahme

Montreal Climate Exchange begins trading

May. 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm CDT

The Montreal Climate Exchange on Friday officially launched its new futures contract in Canada carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) units. Co-owned by the Montreal Exchange and the Chicago Climate Exchange, the MCeX thus becomes the first regulated environmental market in Canada, chairman Luc Bertrand said in a release Friday. Fully automated […]

By FBC staff