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Planet Organic sales up 47 per cent

Oct. 30, 2007 at 4:31 pm CDT

Organic food and “natural” products retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. posted a 16 per cent increase in net income on a 47 per cent rise in sales this fiscal year, the company said Tuesday. The Edmonton company owns 74 stores in North America, including eight Planet Organic supermarkets in Canada […]

Canada’s canola crush capacity increases

Oct. 30, 2007 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

WCE close: Canola down on weak CBOT soybeans

Oct. 30, 2007 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Grain helps boost CPR’s Q3

Oct. 30, 2007 at 3:16 pm CDT

By FBC staff

McGuinty re-appoints farm cabinet

Oct. 30, 2007 at 2:29 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Bevo Agro gets reprieve on loan

Oct. 30, 2007 at 1:11 pm CDT

B.C.-based greenhouse supply firm Bevo Agro Inc. has been granted another three months to pay back a $5 million bond that matured Sept. 24. Bevo Agro propagates and supplies vegetable, flower, berry and other seedlings to greenhouse operators, field growers and nurseries, including a substantial customer base in the U.S. […]

By FBC staff

New secretary for N.L. ag minister

Oct. 30, 2007 at 12:21 pm CDT

St. John’s-area MHA Kathy Dunderdale was re-appointed Tuesday as Newfoundland and Labrador’s minister responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency and natural resources after the Oct. 9 provincial election. Premier Danny Williams on Tuesday also appointed a new parliamentary secretary to Dunderdale for the forestry and agrifoods file. Harry Harding, […]

By FBC staff

Quebec hog farmers may get early advance

Oct. 29, 2007 at 6:16 pm CDT

Quebec’s provincial farm finance agency is considering an early advance on the insurance program advances it provides to hog farmers. In a release Friday, La Financiere agricole said that after meeting with the hog farmers’ association, la Federation des producteurs de porcs, and taking into account the current situation in […]

By FBC staff

B.C. vets funded to review foreign credentials

Oct. 29, 2007 at 5:39 pm CDT

British Columbia’s veterinary medical association will get funding to improve how it assesses credentials and approves licenses, in order to import new veterinarians from other countries. The province on Monday announced about $497,000 for 17 professional regulatory bodies to improve those assessments and licensing practices, after making the offer to […]

By FBC staff

Alta. farmers beat EFP uptake goal

Oct. 29, 2007 at 5:17 pm CDT

Alberta farmers have beaten their province’s target for completing Environmental Farm Plans (EFPs). The federal and provincial governments reported Friday that over 7,000 Alberta farmers had completed EFPs. That’s above a provincial target of 6,500 for 2007-08, as noted in the provincial agriculture department’s business plan in March this year. […]

By FBC staff