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Celiac researcher among agri-food honourees

Nov. 5, 2007 at 5:36 pm CST

An oat researcher known for his work adapting oats into food for sufferers of celiac disease was among those honoured Monday as the winners of the annual Canadian Agri-Food Awards of Excellence. Ontario oat breeder Vernon Burrows, who has registered 27 varieties in his career, is a well-known volunteer with […]

Churchill posts near-record traffic

Nov. 5, 2007 at 4:36 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola falls on slow demand

Nov. 5, 2007 at 3:33 pm CST

By Don Bousquet

Farmers rethink CWB as ethanol plants bid up for wheat

Nov. 5, 2007 at 2:59 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

USDA tightens testing on Canadian meat

Nov. 5, 2007 at 12:53 am CST

By FBC staff

Summer’s worth of Rancher’s Beef recalled

Nov. 2, 2007 at 11:40 pm CDT

The now-closed Rancher’s Beef Ltd. near Calgary, working with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, has announced a recall of all beef distributed from its Balzac, Alta. plant between June 8 and Aug. 15 this year. The recall is of all products distributed directly to the company’s corporate clients in Canada, […]

By FBC staff

N.B. adds programs for hog farmers

Nov. 2, 2007 at 6:09 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s provincial government will put up $150,000 to help hog farmers audit and adapt their farms to handle new market opportunities. The Hog Industry Enhancement and Renewal Initiative, announced Friday, will support: production audits by professionals such as veterinarians, engineers or agrologists, to assess requirements needed to meet new […]

By FBC staff

Canada, U.S. cut red tape on processing potatoes

Nov. 2, 2007 at 5:41 pm CDT

Already each other’s largest export markets for potatoes, Canada and the U.S. on Thursday concluded new agreements that Ottawa said will further smooth cross-border trade in potatoes for processing or further-repackaging. The “Technical Arrangement Concerning Trade in Potatoes” came into effect Thursday and will be phased in over three years. […]

By FBC staff

Feed maker Ridley posts improved Q1

Nov. 2, 2007 at 5:06 pm CDT

Strong sales growth in the U.S. improved the first-quarter bottom line for Winnipeg feed maker Ridley Inc., despite tough times for its Canadian customers, the company reported Friday. The company, which also operates a U.S. head office in Minnesota, posted $2.6 million in net earnings on $139.8 million in sales […]

By FBC staff

Gas discharge costs sulphur maker $280K

Nov. 2, 2007 at 4:39 pm CDT

Sulphur fertilizer maker Tiger Industries has been fined $280,000 for a toxic gas release at its former Calgary manufacturing plant, the provincial environment department said Thursday. The company pled guilty Tuesday to a provincial charge of releasing a substance that causes or may cause an adverse effect — in this […]

By FBC staff