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Ont. wheat board rolls out interim payments

Jan. 18, 2008 at 12:31 pm CST

Interim payments of between $10 and $30 per tonne are in the mail this week, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board announced Friday. The board also released its estimates for total earnings from its 2007 pool program, which it expects will be $10.01 to $14.61 per tonne above the total […]

Prairies’ purple gas banned in Montana

Jan. 17, 2008 at 11:33 pm CST

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Ritz calls CWB, critics to meet on barley

Jan. 17, 2008 at 7:27 pm CST

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Sask. to tap communities fund for biofuel work

Jan. 17, 2008 at 4:39 pm CST

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Potato growers funded for food safety

Jan. 17, 2008 at 4:06 pm CST

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Ont. offers $14M for deadstock collection, abattoirs

Jan. 17, 2008 at 2:27 pm CST

Ontario’s cattle producers and beef slaughter plants will share $14 million in provincial funding to help pay for deadstock disposal and costs incurred under the pumped-up federal feed ban, respectively. The province’s agriculture ministry on Thursday announced $5 million in interim funding for the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association, to support […]

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CWB targets lower export volume, higher prices

Jan. 16, 2008 at 6:03 pm CST

The Canadian Wheat Board expects to export eight per cent less grain in 2007-08, but aims to sell high before the new crop arrives. The board on Wednesday released its annual Grain Marketing Report, outlining its plans to sell aggressively at current high prices. In the report, CWB chief operating […]

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P.E.I. eyes provincewide ALUS for ag support

Jan. 16, 2008 at 4:57 pm CST

Federal and provincial ag officials discussing new approaches for support of Prince Edward Island’s ag industry are “actively” considering a provincewide expansion of the ALUS program. Now operating in pilot projects in two P.E.I. watersheds, and in other pilots in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, ALUS (Alternative Land Use Services) […]

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N.B. wants consultations before ag summit

Jan. 16, 2008 at 4:19 pm CST

New Brunswick Agriculture Minister Ron Ouellette will hit the road in January and February to consult with the province’s agriculture sector leading up to his planned provincial ag summit in early April. Regional consultations will be held in eight communities between Jan. 21 and Feb. 13, the province announced in […]

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Man. canola growers name new execs

Jan. 16, 2008 at 3:36 pm CST

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association re-elected a group of mostly familiar faces as its new executive at its meeting Tuesday in Brandon. Ernie Sirski was elected president, replacing farmer Brian Chorney of East Selkirk. Sirski, who farms at Dauphin, has previously served in several roles, including president, on the association’s […]

By FBC staff