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Sask. seeded acres expected above average

Apr. 9, 2008 at 3:36 pm CDT

(REVISED) — Saskatchewan farmers are planning to seed 34.2 million acres — three per cent above the 10-year (1998-2007) average of 33.3 million acres, and four per cent above last year’s 33.1 million acres, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s first weekly crop report for 2008. Crops that show increases in intended […]

Ont. facing up to 40 per cent fewer hog farms

Apr. 9, 2008 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

Even more Canadian cattle being fed in U.S.

Apr. 9, 2008 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sask. launches crop insurance review

Apr. 9, 2008 at 2:49 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Swine cull program starts April 14

Apr. 9, 2008 at 2:21 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Hay industry upbeat on exports, prices

Apr. 9, 2008 at 1:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Declining U.S. hay acreage will provide greater export opportunities for Canadian producers in the upcoming 2008-09 crop year, with prices expected to firm, according to industry sources. Hay acreage in the U.S. for 2008-09 was pegged in the March 31 U.S. Department of Agriculture prospective plantings […]

By Alana Vannahme

B.C., Manitoba approve APF extensions

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:51 pm CDT

The Manitoba and British Columbia governments have officially agreed to extend funding for some federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) programming. The two provinces will each extend their share of funding up until April 1, 2009 at the latest. The extension applies to four ag programming pillars of the five-year APF, […]

By FBC staff

Federal food safety bill tabled

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:09 pm CDT

A federal bill to boost the fines for food safety violations and strengthen federal powers to order product recalls has arrived at the House of Commons. A new Consumer Product Safety Act and amendments to the Food and Drugs Act were in the legislative package introduced Tuesday. Prime Minister Stephen […]

By FBC staff

Manitoba hog farmers get AgriStability TAP

Apr. 8, 2008 at 3:36 pm CDT

Manitoba’s beleaguered hog farmers will be offered early access to their expected AgriStability payout for 2008, under a Targeted Advance Payment (TAP) program announced Tuesday. Letters are in the mail to eligible Manitoba hog producers with information about the amount of their advance and how to receive a payment, the […]

By FBC staff

Damaged CPR line expected open shortly

Apr. 8, 2008 at 2:58 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Pacific (CPR) rail line affected in Monday’s train collision 12 miles south of Weyburn, Sask., is expected to return to operation as soon as the end of the day, according to Mike LoVecchio, CPR’s senior manager of media relations. “Now that we’re moving to […]

By Alana Vannahme