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Grain corn, feed crops seen up in StatsCan survey

Oct. 4, 2007 at 9:44 pm CDT

Production of major field crops, except for spring wheat, canola and flaxseed, should improve from 2006 estimates as a result of increases in harvested acreage, according to a survey of Prairie growers. In Eastern Canada, grain corn production is expected to hit a record high in both Ontario and Quebec […]

Alta. hog farmers propose recovery plan

Oct. 4, 2007 at 9:11 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Man. streamlines land registration for wind farms

Oct. 4, 2007 at 8:31 pm CDT

By FBC staff

T.O. firm says new cold-press canola process more efficient

Oct. 4, 2007 at 8:14 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ottawa commits to Sask. ethanol project

Oct. 4, 2007 at 7:34 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Wheat board becomes podcaster

Oct. 4, 2007 at 7:22 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board will offer Prairie grain farmers the option to download podcasts of analysis and crop outlooks to hear on their home computers or portable MP3 players. (Podcasts are downloadable radio-style broadcasts available from a number of web sites. The name came from their introduction on iTunes, the […]

By FBC staff

Man. moves to regulate biofuels sector

Oct. 4, 2007 at 7:03 pm CDT

A licensing regime for biofuel makers, new fuel quality standards and mandated biodiesel sales will be pumped into a package of biofuels legislation coming back to the Manitoba legislature, the province announced today. The Biofuels Amendment Act, which sputtered before the assembly shut down for this summer’s provincial election, proposes […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on soyoil, slow selling

Oct. 4, 2007 at 5:05 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Thursday’s session mixed with canola higher on the gains in Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures and the sluggish selling pace, brokers said. Canola saw a moderate trade with intermonth spreading augmenting the activity. There was some […]

By Don Bousquet

Alta. harvest continues around showers: AFSC

Oct. 4, 2007 at 1:09 pm CDT

Harvest was two-thirds complete in Alberta as of Sept. 27, despite cool weather and sporadic rain provincewide, according to the provincial Agriculture Financial Services Agency (AFSC). The harvest stood at 65.2 per cent complete that week, up from 38 per cent on Sept. 13. Yields are projected to continue declining […]

By FBC staff

Sask. avian flu cull complete

Oct. 4, 2007 at 12:06 pm CDT

The culling is finished on a Regina Beach, Sask. poultry farm where a highly-pathogenic strain of avian influenza broke out among birds, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said yesterday. With the farm now completely depopulated of birds, next must come the cleaning and disinfection of all barns, vehicles, equipment and […]

By FBC staff