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Education campaign aimed at backyard flocks

Jan. 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm CST

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is spearheading an effort to educate hobbyists and other owners of backyard bird flocks on how to prevent and detect disease outbreaks. The national campaign — dubbed Bird Health Basics — promotes steps flock owners and those with pet birds can take to protect […]

N.B., P.E.I. raise milk prices Feb. 1

Jan. 28, 2008 at 4:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

Bison making comeback: StatsCan

Jan. 25, 2008 at 5:33 pm CST

By FBC staff

Feds put up $660K against FMD in South America

Jan. 25, 2008 at 3:44 pm CST

By FBC staff

Sask. hog farmers say TAP yanked back

Jan. 25, 2008 at 2:19 pm CST

By FBC staff

Prairie hog farmers can buy into N.D. hog plant

Jan. 25, 2008 at 11:59 am CST

(Resource News International) — Hog farmers in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to join a producer co-operative looking to buy a controlling interest in a hog slaughter plant in Minot, N.D. That’s according to Daryl Dukart, general manager of the Cloverdale Growers’ Alliance Co-operative (CGAC), a group […]

By Alana Vannahme

Pool barley still available: CWB

Jan. 25, 2008 at 2:00 am CST

The Canadian Wheat Board will still offer forward sales contracts from its malting barley pool to maltsters and other customers, along with its new CashPlus cash price option for farmers, the grain marketing agency said Thursday. “We continue to encourage the industry to offer contracts to barley farmers under CashPlus,” […]

By FBC staff

PotashCorp posts record year, again

Jan. 25, 2008 at 1:41 am CST

Rising crop prices are giving farmers worldwide the “means and motivation” to boost yields and soil fertility, and to boost Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan to its fourth record year in a row, the company announced Thursday. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp reported record net income of $1.1 billion on $5.23 billion in sales […]

By FBC staff

Tight stocks, export limits boost PROs

Jan. 24, 2008 at 4:54 pm CST

Tight stocks and limits on other countries’ wheat exports spurred healthy hikes in the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2007-08 pool return outlooks (PROs) for Prairie wheat and durum, released Thursday. Increases in the PROs for wheat ranged from $16 to $33 per tonne. No. 1 Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) Select […]

By FBC staff

Ont. winter wheat poised for excellent yields

Jan. 24, 2008 at 4:22 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Ideal weather conditions through the fall planting season and winter thus far are reason to believe that this year’s Ontario winter wheat crop has excellent yield potential, according to an industry specialist. Peter Johnson, provincial cereal specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural […]

By Alana Vannahme