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Ranchers Beef investigation leads to B.C. recall

Oct. 29, 2007 at 4:51 pm CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s E. coli investigation of shuttered beef packing co-op Ranchers Beef Ltd. has so far led it to British Columbia, where it’s ordered a recall of six different package types of burgers and chuck. The recalled products listed by CFIA include boneless chuck steak and ground […]

WCE close: Canola mixed as dollar offsets soy rally

Oct. 29, 2007 at 2:22 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

CFIA suspects link in E. coli cases nationwide

Oct. 27, 2007 at 1:53 am CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. government to rethink water licensing policy

Oct. 26, 2007 at 11:34 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Chickpea market seen firm for now

Oct. 26, 2007 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

WCE close: Hedging trims canola gains

Oct. 26, 2007 at 3:56 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Friday’s session mostly higher. Strength in CBOT soybean complex values had provided good support for canola throughout most of the session while the strong Canadian dollar and pre-weekend hedge selling kept some contracts on the defensive, market watchers […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Corn trait wins EU approval: Monsanto

Oct. 26, 2007 at 1:53 pm CDT

A European Union decision to allow imports of a Monsanto corn variety that “stacks” traits for corn borer resistance and Roundup herbicide tolerance is good news for Canadian corn growers, the company said Thursday. Monsanto reported that the EU will allow its YieldGard Corn Borer (MON 810) hybrid varieties for […]

By FBC staff

PotashCorp posts record Q3

Oct. 26, 2007 at 1:13 am CDT

Predicting price hikes for its main product on tighter supplies in 2008, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan on Thursday announced record third-quarter earnings, also the second-highest quarterly earnings in its history. PotashCorp reported a net income of $243.1 million on $1.3 billion in sales for the quarter, up from $145.2 million […]

By FBC staff

Maple Leaf improves Q3 in mid-restructuring

Oct. 26, 2007 at 12:49 am CDT

Cost-cutting and price hikes helped offset higher costs for corn, wheat and other inputs on Maple Leaf’s third-quarter bottom line, the company reported Thursday. The quarter ending Sept. 30 included an after-tax gain of $218 million on the sale of Maple Leaf’s animal feed businesses to Dutch firm Nutreco, which […]

By FBC staff

Hog inventories continue falling: StatsCan

Oct. 26, 2007 at 12:03 am CDT

Inventories of hogs in Canada fell for the second quarter in a row on softening slaughter prices and escalating feed costs, even while international demand for Canadian hogs and pork remains high, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. Canada had 14.4 million hogs on farms as of October 1, down 3.1 per […]

By FBC staff