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CWB sets ’06-07 final payments

Dec. 16, 2007 at 12:32 am CST

The Canadian Wheat Board on Friday announced its final payments for wheat, durum, feed and designated barley for the 2006-07 crop year, ranging from $7.04 per tonne for No. 2 CWRW winter wheat to $26.64 per tonne for all grades of pool B barley. The federal government approved the final […]

Livestock producers to get faster access to loans, payments

Dec. 14, 2007 at 6:27 pm CST

By FBC staff

Aid package set for Ont. livestock, horticulture sectors

Dec. 14, 2007 at 5:09 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on spec buying

Dec. 14, 2007 at 4:32 pm CST

By Don Bousquet

Sask. offers loan extensions for livestock producers

Dec. 14, 2007 at 3:58 pm CST

By FBC staff

P.E.I. closes cash tap for NOFG pork plant

Dec. 14, 2007 at 3:46 pm CST

The Prince Edward Island government announced Thursday it would withhold all further public assistance from the Natural Organic Food Group (NOFG) hog plant at Charlottetown and bring in the provincial Auditor General to examine the province’s relationship to the plant. “Given some of the concerns that have been raised, it […]

By FBC staff

Feds to scrap bond requirement for grain companies

Dec. 14, 2007 at 2:12 am CST

Grain companies will no longer have to post bonds or letters of credit as security to cover unpaid purchases of Prairie farmers’ grain, under federal government proposals to “modernize” the Canadian Grain Commission. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Thursday announced this and other proposed changes, in tandem with the […]

By FBC staff

Sask. organic group’s GMO suit shut down

Dec. 14, 2007 at 1:10 am CST

The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear an appeal from two Saskatchewan farmers looking to mount a class-action suit against Monsanto Canada and Bayer CropScience over genetically modified (GM) canola. The denial of leave to appeal by Canada’s top court effectively shuts down the case in its present form, as […]

By FBC staff

Novozymes seals Philom Bios deal

Dec. 14, 2007 at 12:08 am CST

Danish enzyme firm Novozymes has completed its $25.6 million cash deal to buy a controlling stake in Saskatoon inoculant maker Philom Bios. The deal gives Philom Bios access to Novozymes’ resources and technology, more opportunities for growth and a “larger entryway” into U.S. and international ag markets, Novozymes said in […]

By FBC staff

Sask. feeder associations can claim APP interest rebate

Dec. 13, 2007 at 11:56 pm CST

Cattle producers in feeder associations in Saskatchewan can now apply for rebates of interest paid through the Advance Payments Program (APP). Saskatchewan Agriculture announced this week it had signed an agreement with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to allow the provincial Livestock Loan Guarantee (LLG) program to administer the interest-only portion […]

By FBC staff