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Sask. launches spring runoff hotline

Mar. 18, 2008 at 5:40 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers and other residents will now be able to get current information on the state of their region’s spring runoff through a toll-free phone line. The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority on Tuesday launched the Runoff Roundup line at 1-866-501-0888. The line will be updated with pre-recorded messages each Tuesday, or […]

P.E.I.’s NOFG to close March 28: CBC

Mar. 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba sets new limits on fertilizers

Mar. 18, 2008 at 4:48 pm CDT

By FBC staff

P.E.I. committee urges biofuel policy

Mar. 18, 2008 at 2:08 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WGRF 2007 tax credits announced

Mar. 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm CDT

By FBC staff

CFIA eyes feed rules for biofuel grains

Mar. 18, 2008 at 11:55 am CDT

Grains left over from making fuel aren’t the same as distillers’ grains left over from brewing beer — and if biofuel grains are to be fed to livestock, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to regulate their use. CFIA on Monday rolled out a draft policy paper outlining its proposed […]

By FBC staff

Levinoff-Colbex needs more producer cash: report

Mar. 18, 2008 at 12:55 am CDT

Farmer-owned Quebec beef packer Levinoff-Colbex needs more funds from the province’s dairy and beef producers if it’s to survive, according to the province’s cattle producer group. In a member newsletter released Friday, the Federation des producteurs de bovins du Quebec (FPBQ) said the beef plant ended 2007 with a loss […]

By FBC staff

Equipment maker Ag Growth posts lower net

Mar. 17, 2008 at 11:59 pm CDT

Tax expenses affecting income trusts and a narrower margin due to renovation at its highest-margin business weighed on Winnipeg grain handling equipment firm Ag Growth’s net earnings for 2007. And the company said it plans to boost its margin in 2008 with further price increases on some of its products […]

By FBC staff

Quebec pledges $15M for food innovation

Mar. 17, 2008 at 6:00 pm CDT

The Quebec government will put up $15 million over five years for a competitiveness and innovation program for the province’s agri-food sector. The funding, announced Saturday by Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard at the annual meeting of the province’s food processors’ council (CTAC), is meant to support processors’ research and development […]

By FBC staff

Funding eyed for Sask. cellulosic ethanol plant

Mar. 15, 2008 at 11:08 pm CDT

The federal NextGen Biofuels Fund has sent Ottawa enzyme maker Iogen’s funding application for a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Saskatchewan to the “due diligence” phase. The decision brings Iogen’s proposal “one step closer to making our country’s first full-scale cellulosic ethanol fuel facility a reality,” federal Environment Minister […]

By FBC staff