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Western equipment dealers name new chief

Jan. 31, 2008 at 1:16 am CST

The Canada West Equipment Dealers Association has named Duane Smith, a John Deere dealer from Swift Current, Sask., as its new president. Smith represents Jay Dee Equipment, which operates dealerships in five towns in southwestern Saskatchewan. He was installed as president Friday at the group’s annual meeting in Edmonton, to […]

N.S. farmers’ input wanted on water strategy

Jan. 30, 2008 at 5:21 pm CST

By FBC staff

Rail slowdowns leave grain shippers uneasy

Jan. 30, 2008 at 4:55 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

Climate change calls for crop research: Wall

Jan. 30, 2008 at 3:07 pm CST

By FBC staff

Australian sugar CEO to head CWB

Jan. 30, 2008 at 2:58 pm CST

By FBC staff

CN cuts back service in West due to cold

Jan. 29, 2008 at 6:48 pm CST

Canadian National (CN) has temporarily cut back freight service in most parts of Western Canada due to “extreme cold and wind conditions,” the company said Tuesday afternoon. The company said it expects the service reduction to last for up to 36 hours and customers should thus expect delayed transit times […]

By FBC staff

P.E.I.’s Triple-Milk no more: CBC

Jan. 29, 2008 at 6:14 pm CST

Some, but not enough, Prince Edward Island residents are mourning the loss of Triple-Milk after its maker wound down its production, CBC reported Monday. Amalgamated Dairies’ (ADL) Triple-Milk, a product unique to P.E.I., was pasteurized, homogenized, concentrated milk with 66 per cent of its water removed. Unlike evaporated or condensed […]

By FBC staff

N.S. setting up organic ag council

Jan. 29, 2008 at 4:43 pm CST

Nova Scotia farmers, processors and other stakeholders are forming a new organic agricultural council for the province. The new council, tentatively called the Nova Scotia Organic Council, will work with the federally-formed Organic Federation of Canada (OFC) to address issues in the industry on standards and regulations, organizers said Tuesday […]

By FBC staff

BASF takes Equinox to wide release

Jan. 29, 2008 at 4:22 pm CST

Chemical company BASF Canada plans to make its new Group 1 tepraloxydim herbicide Equinox “broadly available” across Western Canada for the 2008 growing season. The post-emergent dicot graminicide was only available “in limited quantities” to farmers in 2007, the company said in a release Tuesday. Equinox is registered for use […]

By FBC staff

Ritz wants barley “roadmap” from CWB

Jan. 29, 2008 at 3:56 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz wants a “clear roadmap” from the Canadian Wheat Board on how to provide greater marketing choice for Prairie barley producers, he said in a teleconference Tuesday. Ritz made his comments following a closed-door meeting with CWB officials and industry and farmer […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin