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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

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

May. 23, 2008 at 1:57 pm CDT

Sugar beets, significantly established in Canada in the first half of the 20th century, continue to be sweet for farmers in Ontario and Alberta, a new study has found. Census of Agriculture data show that in 2006, 314 farms seeded 19,488 hectares in sugar beets, according to the study, “That beet is sweet!” published […]

By Statistics Canada

May. 22, 2008 at 3:13 pm CDT

Younger Alberta cattle at high risk for BSE will be the new focus of the federal/provincial surveillance program for the disease. Starting July 1, the Canada-Alberta BSE surveillance program, run by Alberta’s agriculture department and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, will shift its focus to testing younger cattle for which […]

By FBC staff

May. 22, 2008 at 2:29 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Cool temperatures and a late spring are believed to have prevented crops in Manitoba and isolated regions of Saskatchewan from suffering any major damage from overnight frost. “I don’t think there was any substantial damage as a result of the cool overnight temperatures that were experienced […]

By Alana Vannahme, Dwayne Klassen