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Marketing funded for dairy test kits

Mar. 25, 2008 at 4:24 pm CDT

A new diagnostic kit to test vitamin A and D content in fortified milk and other dairy products will get almost $1 million in federal funding to help see it through the marketing phase. SciMed Technologies of Edmonton has developed VitaKit A and VitaKit D, which the company says will […]

Farm groups want review of “runaway” rail costs

Mar. 25, 2008 at 3:15 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Tariff shouldn’t hinder fertilizer imports: FNA

Mar. 24, 2008 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

Beet ethanol proposal may leave P.E.I.: CBC

Mar. 24, 2008 at 3:42 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Canada behind on ag land stewardship: report

Mar. 24, 2008 at 1:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Vineland centre plans “local” project

Mar. 24, 2008 at 12:44 pm CDT

The Niagara region’s Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has kicked off a new “Local Food” project with the goal of supporting and directly linking local growers, producers and suppliers with buyers. The plan, announced Monday with the launch of a Niagara Local Food pilot project, is meant to improve the […]

By FBC staff

Canada’s canola, wheat, pea acres forecast to rise

Mar. 24, 2008 at 12:19 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canola, wheat, and field peas appear poised to gain acres in Canada for the 2008-09 crop year, according to industry sources. Lentils and edible beans are also forecast to see increased acreage while barley and oat acres are expected to decline. Fertilizer prices, rotation concerns, economics […]

By Alana Vannahme

Prairies’ lack of moisture hinders seeding optimism

Mar. 24, 2008 at 12:04 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Lack of moisture in the central regions of the Prairies is hindering optimism for spring seeding among producers, according to a number of market participants. “There is a large contingent of producers, primarily from the central south part of the Prairies, that are clearly looking at […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sask. to fund ag water projects

Mar. 20, 2008 at 7:10 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s provincial budget calls for a new $6 million farm and ranch water infrastructure fund to deal with “long-standing water supply issues” in parts of the province. The historically dry southwestern part of the province was mentioned in particular in the province’s press release, part of a series of releases […]

By FBC staff

Ont. plans for speed limiters on bigger trucks

Mar. 20, 2008 at 6:53 pm CDT

The Ontario government is introducing legislation meant to cap the speed of large-scale trucks at 105 km/h by making speed limiters mandatory. A speed limiter is an electronic device that caps the top speed of a truck, the province explained in a press release Wednesday. “Speed limiters are proven to […]

By FBC staff