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Ottawa funds Ont. farmers’ promotional campaign

Nov. 20, 2007 at 2:00 pm CST

An awareness campaign to highlight “positive contributions” by Ontario’s farmers and farm families will run for the next 18 months with $1.3 million in federal government funding. The Presidents’ Council, an umbrella group of 27 farm and commodity groups in the province, will put the money toward a campaign of […]

Maple Leaf’s Brandon hog plant hits initial targets

Nov. 20, 2007 at 12:21 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

Disease shuts U.S. border to Alta. potatoes: AFE

Nov. 20, 2007 at 2:11 am CST

By FBC staff

OTM rule in effect

Nov. 20, 2007 at 1:20 am CST

By FBC staff

New risk management programs to kick in for ’08

Nov. 19, 2007 at 5:20 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Crusher/fund demand lifts canola

Nov. 19, 2007 at 3:49 pm CST

(RNI) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Monday’s session mainly higher, with weakness in the Canadian dollar and steady domestic crusher demand generating much of the upward price action, market watchers said. WCE feed wheat and western barley futures were steady to slightly weaker. Canola futures were […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Quebec hog farmers get third ASRA advance

Nov. 17, 2007 at 5:34 pm CST

Quebec’s provincial farm finance agency, La Financiere agricole, will issue a third advance from the ASRA program to the province’s hog farmers, dated Nov. 14. The agency, which administers the ASRA (Assurance stabilisation des revenus agricoles) program, made the announcement Thursday. This advance, which represents $6.50 per hog and $46 […]

By FBC staff

CWB raises ’07-08 initials, adds ’06-07 interim

Nov. 17, 2007 at 5:07 pm CST

The federal government has approved substantial raises in the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2007-08 initial payments for Prairie wheat, durum and barley, by as much as $131.25 per tonne for No. 1 Canada Western Amber durum. The CWB announced the approved increase Friday, the same day as a new interim payment […]

By FBC staff

CFA proposes regional ag framework component

Nov. 16, 2007 at 5:01 pm CST

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is proposing an addition to the proposed next-generation national agriculture framework to address regional issues that support the national goals. The proposed program, which the CFA has dubbed AgriFlex, would complement national programs such as AgriInvest and AgriStability and establish federal funding to support […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Hedging erases canola gains

Nov. 16, 2007 at 3:09 pm CST

(RNI) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished Friday’s session lower after trading at higher levels for the bulk of the day. Support in canola had stemmed from fresh export demand and the strength displayed by CBOT soybean complex values, market watchers said. Pre-weekend hedge selling, as […]

By Dwayne Klassen