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Crops drive farm cash receipts in early 2008

May. 26, 2008 at 4:16 pm CDT

Market cash receipts for farmers hit a record high in the first quarter of 2008, boosted primarily by a surge in grain and oilseed prices, Statistics Canada reported Monday. At the same time, cattle and hog farmers were squeezed by a combination of lower prices, higher feed costs and the […]

Farmers’ net income up in 2007: StatsCan

May. 26, 2008 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Statistics Canada

CFIA moves to end KVD on wheat imports

May. 26, 2008 at 2:30 pm CDT

By FBC staff

NOFG hog plant’s equipment sold: CBC

May. 26, 2008 at 2:06 pm CDT

By FBC staff

“No way” barley monopoly ends by Aug. 1

May. 26, 2008 at 1:36 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

Wheat, durum PROs drop back

May. 23, 2008 at 5:41 pm CDT

Weakening markets have dragged on the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2008-09 and 2007-08 pool return outlooks (PROs) for Prairie spring wheats and durum. The 2008-09 PROs, released Thursday, dropped $23 per tonne from April levels for all classes of wheat and for No. 5 Canada Western Amber durum (CWAD). Milling durum […]

By FBC staff

Livestock producers up for emergency advances

May. 23, 2008 at 5:18 pm CDT

Canada’s livestock producers can now apply for emergency advances through the advance payments program (APP), Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Friday. “We are pleased agreements are now in place with 10 producer organizations to deliver emergency advances so cattle and hog farmers can get the cash flow they need,” Ritz […]

By FBC staff

P.E.I. names ag commission members

May. 23, 2008 at 4:57 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s commission on the future of agriculture now has a full slate of commissioners. Agriculture Minister Neil LeClair on Thursday named the members of the commission, who he said are widely representative of the industry and all areas of the province. They include: Darcy Rennie of Alberton, a […]

By FBC staff

Montreal’s expanded vet teaching hospital open

May. 23, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

Billed as Canada’s “most modern university veterinary hospital,” the Universite de Montreal’s University Veterinary Hospital Centre officially opened for all species Friday. The federal and Quebec governments put up over $74 million alongside the university’s own funding to double and renovate the facility. UVHC’s expanded facility, which will be open […]

By FBC staff

U.S. farm bill irks Canadian ag retailers

May. 23, 2008 at 3:03 pm CDT

The passage of the U.S. government’s US$290 billion farm bill guarantees not only more subsidies for wealthy U.S. farmers, but tax breaks and grants for U.S. ag input retailers that their Canadian competitors can’t match, two Canadian groups said Friday. The Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) and the Grain Growers […]

By FBC staff