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Agrium extends UAP offer, again

Feb. 27, 2008 at 4:05 pm CST

Fertilizer maker and input retailer Agrium has again extended its offer to buy UAP, a major North American input retailer, while its proposal awaits approval from U.S. antitrust regulators. The offer, which was previously set to expire at midnight on Monday, will now be open until midnight (ET) March 14. […]

Feds’ budget “light” on ag growth: CFA

Feb. 27, 2008 at 3:39 pm CST

By FBC staff

Court rejects government’s appeal on CWB

Feb. 26, 2008 at 7:31 pm CST

By FBC staff

Tuesday’s budget cites Monday’s ag pledges

Feb. 26, 2008 at 7:08 pm CST

By FBC staff

Que. crop insurance payouts, claims down: FAQ

Feb. 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm CST

By FBC staff

“Average” weather predicted for Prairies

Feb. 26, 2008 at 4:17 pm CST

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Early indications point toward average weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Midwest this summer, according to a meteorologist at the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) annual GrainWorld conference here Tuesday. Pacific Ocean surface water temperatures along the equator are currently at their fifth-coolest […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CCA names new chief for CanFax

Feb. 26, 2008 at 2:13 pm CST

Rob Leslie, a former rancher and livestock drug sales rep, has been named the new manager of CanFax, the market analysis wing of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Leslie starts March 3, the CCA said in a release Tuesday. His role will include that of the division’s senior market analyst, as […]

By FBC staff

CFIA finds 12th mad cow

Feb. 26, 2008 at 1:19 pm CST

A six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta was confirmed Tuesday as Canada’s latest case of mad cow disease. As in every case since bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was first found in Canada in 2003, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported the animal’s carcass is under agency control and no part […]

By FBC staff

Advances, sow cull on tap for livestock sector

Feb. 25, 2008 at 10:11 pm CST

New rules for the federal advance payments program (APP) that could spot livestock producers up to $400,000 each are on the table for Canada’s livestock producers, pending approval by the House of Commons. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Monday that legislative amendments for the program have just been tabled, […]

By Dave Bedard

CWB posts first PRO for 2008-09

Feb. 25, 2008 at 9:31 pm CST

Tight supplies of board grains have led the Canadian Wheat Board to post its first 2008-09 pool return outlooks (PROs) in some cases well over 110 per cent higher compared to a year ago. The board’s first PRO for No. 1 Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) 14.5 is set at […]

By FBC staff