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Ecological goods and services pilot funded in N.S.

Dec. 2, 2007 at 2:14 am CST

The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture will use over half a million dollars in new federal funding to put dollar values on farmers’ environmental management activities in an Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) pilot project. Guy Lauzon, the federal parliamentary secretary for agriculture, announced the funding at the federation’s annual […]

Ont. soybean growers pull out of merger

Nov. 30, 2007 at 5:47 pm CST

By FBC staff

Half of Man. farmland committed to EFPs

Nov. 30, 2007 at 5:24 pm CST

By FBC staff

Man. gets value chain funding

Nov. 30, 2007 at 5:18 pm CST

By FBC staff

Pork council upset by EU subsidies

Nov. 30, 2007 at 5:07 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Profit-taking undermines canola

Nov. 30, 2007 at 4:51 pm CST

(RNI) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Friday’s session mainly lower after trading higher just ahead of the close. Weakness in canola was linked to late profit-taking by fund accounts as well as the losses posted in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean complex, market watchers […]

By Dwayne Klassen

India’s pulse demand is Canadian exporters’ gain

Nov. 29, 2007 at 5:03 pm CST

(Resource News International) — As India’s demand for pulses grows in coming years, Canadian exports are expected to increase accordingly, according to Carl Potts of Pulse Canada, and that increase may support prices. Canada is India’s largest supplier of pulse crops — legumes such as peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas and […]

By Alana Vannahme

N.S. offers new award for ag innovation

Nov. 29, 2007 at 4:51 pm CST

Nova Scotia’s provincial government has up to $10,000 for one farmer who proposes a new way to handle business challenges on his or her farm. The province’s new Agri-Food Innovation Award, funded through the “renewal” pillar of the federal-provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF), is to go toward the planning and […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up as dollar plunges

Nov. 29, 2007 at 3:21 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Thursday’s session mainly higher, as canola was supported by the steep decline in the Canadian dollar against the U.S. greenback, brokers said. Canola saw an active trade, with index funds rolling their January futures contracts into March accounting for the […]

By Don Bousquet

Ritz focused on barley appeal

Nov. 29, 2007 at 12:50 pm CST

(Resource News International) — While not ruling out other options to remove the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk marketing powers for Prairie barley, the federal government for now is focused on a court appeal toward that end. The government is focusing its attention on an appeal of a decision by a […]

By Dwayne Klassen