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Sask. stock growers name new GM

May. 21, 2008 at 12:35 pm CDT

An articling agrologist with a background in water stewardship is the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s new general manager. Chad MacPherson, the former Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards stewardship co-ordinator, was the first source water protection plan co-ordinator in the province, the SSGA said in a release Wednesday. MacPherson replaces consultant […]

Alta. pulse growers name new director

May. 21, 2008 at 12:16 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ex-Sask. ag deputy heads north

May. 21, 2008 at 12:05 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ritz rips draft WTO text over SM goods

May. 21, 2008 at 1:47 am CDT

By FBC staff

Winds a setback in Man., Sask.

May. 21, 2008 at 1:27 am CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. to back shortline rail improvements

May. 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government will support shortline rail companies’ infrastructure projects with a new program announced Tuesday. The provincial highways and infrastructure department will put up $500,000 this fiscal year to cost-share infrastructure projects 50/50 with eligible shortline companies. Any of Saskatchewan’s eight shortline railways is eligible to apply for funding […]

By FBC staff

Diageo to buy Constellation’s Que. distillery

May. 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm CDT

The makers of Black Velvet whisky are selling their Quebec distillery and consolidating their Canadian production in Alberta. New York-based Constellation Spirits announced Tuesday that it will sell its Schenley Distillery and Bottling operation at Valleyfield, southwest of Montreal, to Diageo, another major player in the spirits, beer and wine […]

By FBC staff

P.E.I. fund to support ag, rural jobs

May. 20, 2008 at 4:53 pm CDT

The Prince Edward Island government has put up $1.25 million over three years to help rural businesses and agencies hire additional staff, including businesses in ag-related processing. The rural jobs initiative, announced Tuesday, is aimed at the creation of jobs in support of innovation, technological adaptation and sustainable diversification, Rural […]

By FBC staff

Que. research eyes veg oil in transformers

May. 20, 2008 at 4:41 pm CDT

The Quebec government will put up $430,000 for research on the use of both vegetable and animal oils as insulators in electrical transformers. The provincial agriculture ministry (MAPAQ) said Friday it will put up $180,000 over two years for related work at Oleotek, a research and technology transfer firm at […]

By FBC staff

2,4-D passes PMRA re-evaluation

May. 20, 2008 at 4:19 pm CDT

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) will allow continued registration of the Group 4 herbicide 2,4-D with only minor changes to the chemical’s label. The agency had taken on a long-term re-evaluation of the product — the use of which on Canadian farms dates back to 1946 — and […]

By FBC staff