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Sask. cuts markup for brew pub beers

May. 16, 2008 at 5:59 pm CDT

Brew pub operators in Saskatchewan have caught a break on the markup they pay to the province on their beer sales. The provincial government on Friday said it will cut its markup from $1.13 to 57 cents per litre for beer sold in kegs and from $1.65 to 90 cents […]

N.B. offers funding for maple syrup producers

May. 16, 2008 at 5:51 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.S. backs nutraceutical start-up

May. 16, 2008 at 5:44 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ontario orchard rehab plan moves ahead

May. 16, 2008 at 5:36 pm CDT

By FBC staff

B.C. offers inspections for ag worker vehicles

May. 16, 2008 at 1:24 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Safflower-based shrimp drug hits snag

May. 16, 2008 at 1:10 pm CDT

A Calgary company developing a safflower-based feed additive for farmed shrimp may rethink its plans now that a partner has stepped back from the project. SemBioSys Genetics, which has previously modified its safflower plant varieties to produce insulin and a cardiovascular drug (both still in development) reported Friday that Aqua […]

By FBC staff

Menu Foods posts smaller loss in Q1

May. 15, 2008 at 6:28 pm CDT

Beleaguered Toronto pet food maker Menu Foods is describing its first fiscal quarter as a “significant turnaround.” The income trust posted a net loss of $2.2 million on $55.6 million in sales during the quarter ending March 31, an improvement over a $17.5 million loss on $64.5 million in the […]

By FBC staff

CWB calling in all feed barley

May. 15, 2008 at 6:08 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board wants all feed barley growers to work with their local elevators to deliver by May 26. In a notice to farmers Thursday, the board said that to meet its sales commitments, it needs barley growers to delivery 100 per cent of their feed barley tonnes by […]

By FBC staff

Viterra to move Alta. oat processing

May. 15, 2008 at 5:46 pm CDT

Viterra has the racehorse feed market in mind as it renovates its seed cleaning plant at Camrose, Alta., southeast of Edmonton, for processing and cleaning specialty oats. After this $3.5 million conversion, announced Thursday, the plant will be able to process oat products including double cleaned, triple cleaned, Royal oats, […]

By FBC staff

Higher pork prices may just be temporary

May. 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The rate of North American sow liquidation and reduced pork production has been a key factor in rising prices for Canada’s hog producers, but the jury is still out on whether these values will continue to move higher in 2008, according to a forecast by a […]

By Dwayne Klassen