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Farmer strike spurs Canadian wheat sales: exporters

Apr. 3, 2008 at 11:31 am CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Exporters indicate that at least two cargoes of Canadian wheat have been sold to Brazilian millers as the farmers’ strike in Argentina left end-users looking to find alternative suppliers. “There is still some speculation that the Canadian wheat could have been either from Ontario or […]

Smoky diesel trucks in B.C. face fines

Apr. 3, 2008 at 12:03 am CDT

By FBC staff

N.B., Yukon approve APF extensions

Apr. 2, 2008 at 11:43 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. pledges $85M for southern irrigation

Apr. 2, 2008 at 11:27 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Beef packer Gencor Foods shuts doors

Apr. 2, 2008 at 4:10 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Lorox L cleared for use in herb crops

Apr. 2, 2008 at 3:27 pm CDT

Growers of coriander, caraway and dill can now use DuPont Canada’s Group 7 herbicide Lorox L on several broadleaf weeds as well as some grasses such as green foxtail. The company has picked up the added registration on its linuron herbicide brand, which DuPont described as a “mainstay” of the […]

By FBC staff

Program caps led Stomp into protection: SaskPork

Apr. 2, 2008 at 3:03 pm CDT

Limits on ag support payments to larger producers have led “directly” to Saskatchewan’s second largest pork producer filing for bankruptcy protection, according to the provincial pork development board. SaskPork said in a release Wednesday that Stomp Pork Farms (SPF) filed to buy time to develop a new plan and restructure […]

By FBC staff

Sunflower growers not worried over increased U.S. acres

Apr. 2, 2008 at 2:46 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canadian sunflower producers say increased oilseed sunflower acreage in the United States will not hurt the Canadian market as demand from U.S. crushers is also expected to increase. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2008-09 prospective planting report, released March 31, forecast U.S. oilseed sunflower […]

By Alana Vannahme

Yellow mustard beats weeds hardest in study

Apr. 1, 2008 at 5:22 pm CDT

Yellow mustard, compared and contrasted against other canola and mustard types in a recent Prairie study, comes out on top in terms of suppressing weed growth around it. But the message farmers should take from this three-year plot study, done by federal ag department researchers at sites in Saskatchewan and […]

By FBC staff

Nominees wanted for “Seed of the Year”

Apr. 1, 2008 at 4:16 pm CDT

SeCan and the University of Guelph want nominations for Seed of the Year, a competition designed to recognize a publicly developed Canadian field crop, forage, fruit, vegetable or herb variety that has made a significant contribution to the agri-food industry. Two separate awards will be given, one for Eastern Canada, […]

By FBC staff