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Mexico, Canada move toward cattle trade

Jan. 23, 2008 at 2:15 am CST

Mexican and Canadian ag officials are to meet next month to review the “final details” in protocols aimed at restoring trade in live Canadian cattle. Coming out of a meeting with Alberto Cárdenas Jimenez, Mexico’s secretary for agriculture and livestock, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Tuesday that technical officials […]

CN grain revenue up in ’07

Jan. 23, 2008 at 1:37 am CST

By FBC staff

Cargill to shut two Sask. elevators

Jan. 23, 2008 at 1:11 am CST

By FBC staff

USDA tweaks minimal-risk BSE rules

Jan. 23, 2008 at 12:21 am CST

By FBC staff

CWB expands wheat storage program

Jan. 22, 2008 at 6:37 pm CST

By FBC staff

Quebec’s PMWS aid to roll in February

Jan. 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm CST

Quebec’s $17.5 million aid package for hog farmers with herds hit by post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) will include both direct aid, due next month, and interest-free loans, the province announced Tuesday. The aid package, announced in general terms before Christmas, will be in two parts. The first will be […]

By FBC staff

Alta. trucks to road-test biodiesel

Jan. 22, 2008 at 5:51 pm CST

Biodiesel blends have officially left the lab to be tested against an Alberta winter. Climate Change Central, an Alberta public-private partnership group backing and developing greenhouse gas reduction policies and projects, on Tuesday formally launched the Alberta Renewable Diesel Demonstration, with the announcement of $2.6 million in federal and provincial […]

By FBC staff

Organic fruit projects eligible for U.S. funding

Jan. 22, 2008 at 5:24 pm CST

The U.S.-based Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) says it will invest US$450,000 over the next three years in organic fruit research and education projects in North America, including Canada. The projects will be funded in conjunction with Stretch Island Fruit Company, makers of FruitaBü organic fruit snacks, which has committed […]

By FBC staff

PotashCorp clears first hurdle for N.B. mine

Jan. 22, 2008 at 4:39 pm CST

New Brunswick’s environment department will allow Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan to expand its Sussex, N.B. mine, on 18 conditions. The company announced plans in July for a US$1.8 billion expansion project at its potash operations at Sussex, northeast of Saint John, tapping into its Piccadilly deposit, two “relatively flat” seams […]

By FBC staff

Sask. canola, mustard groups name new brass

Jan. 21, 2008 at 6:19 pm CST

Mostly familiar faces are back at the board tables of Saskatchewan’s canola and mustard growers’ groups for the coming year. Meeting during Crop Production Week in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission named its previous vice-chairman, Kelvin Meadows of Moose Jaw, as chairman of the commission. Meadows replaces Tisdale farmer […]

By FBC staff