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Hort growers’ safety program endorsed

Mar. 26, 2008 at 9:54 pm CDT

The national on-farm food safety program for Canada’s tree and vine fruit growers has passed a government technical review process. The Canadian Horticultural Council said Wednesday that the program it developed has been “officially endorsed” by a team of federal and provincial government experts. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency gave […]

Canola council names corporate VP

Mar. 26, 2008 at 5:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

CN, CPR oppose increased regulation

Mar. 26, 2008 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farm Progress names Viterra as top sponsor

Mar. 26, 2008 at 2:44 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Thin Prairie snowcover may hit winter wheat

Mar. 26, 2008 at 2:07 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Viterra launches Alta. carbon credit plan

Mar. 26, 2008 at 1:32 pm CDT

Viterra plans to offer cash or company credit to eligible Alberta farmers in exchange for their carbon credits. The Regina grain company on Wednesday officially launched its new carbon credit program, extending its offer to Alberta farmers who use reduced- or no-till cropping practices that help sink atmospheric carbon into […]

By FBC staff

Canola meal demand, supply both strong

Mar. 26, 2008 at 10:55 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Demand for Canadian canola meal remains strong, industry watchers say — despite the fact that there’s more of the canola crushing byproduct to go around. While the record pace of Canada’s canola crush is primarily due to the growing international demand for vegetable oil, world feed […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Small decline expected in Ont. corn acres

Mar. 25, 2008 at 5:44 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Alternative crop choices and high input costs were expected to cause a small decline in the number of acres to be seeded to corn in Ontario this spring, according to an official with the Ontario Corn Producers Association. “I would say that while it is still […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Quebec ag receipts up in 2007: ISQ

Mar. 25, 2008 at 5:18 pm CDT

Farm cash receipts in Quebec were up 9.3 per cent in 2007 over 2006, the provincial statistician reported Tuesday. The province’s farmers posted receipts of $6.77 billion in the last calendar year, l’Institut de la statistique du Quebec (ISQ) said. That’s up $574.9 million, about half of which comes from […]

By FBC staff

Lentil treatment to be sold via UAP

Mar. 25, 2008 at 4:49 pm CDT

Crown, a seed treatment for lentils and chickpeas, will be distributed exclusively by UAP Canada on the Prairies starting in this crop year. Chemtura Crop Protection, the Connecticut company that holds the registration on Crown, and UAP announced the new agreement in a release Tuesday. The fungicide is used to […]

By FBC staff