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Oct. 2, 2007 at 12:54 am CDT

Higher commodity prices have been written into the values of farmland across much of Canada in the first half of 2007, leading to the country’s biggest overall increase in ag land values in five years, Farm Credit Canada reported Monday. The federal farm lending agency said in its farmland values […]

By FBC staff

Oct. 2, 2007 at 12:48 am CDT

A ban on movement of live birds out of Saskatchewan is among the latest biosecurity restrictions in place following last week’s confirmation of a strain of avian flu on a south-central poultry farm. The farm, found between the communities of Lumsden and Regina Beach northwest of Regina, is the centre […]

By FBC staff

Oct. 2, 2007 at 12:47 am CDT

Mediation between six grain shippers and CN in the level-of-service dispute between the companies and railroad ended without a resolution, the lead shipper said Friday. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) said in a bulletin that the Canadian Transportation Agency will have to determine the outcome of the shippers’ complaint against […]

By FBC staff

Oct. 2, 2007 at 12:46 am CDT

The Saskatchewan and federal governments will invest $276,000 in a new agency to develop the province’s biofuel sector. Expanding its mandate beyond ethanol into other farmed fuels, the Saskatchewan Biofuels Development Corp. includes members of the former Saskatchewan Ethanol Development Council and representatives from the biodiesel sector and Saskatchewan Canola […]

By FBC staff

Oct. 2, 2007 at 12:44 am CDT

Probes fitted with high-tech signal generators may be developed to detect food safety and quality problems and air- and waterborne bugs and pathogens if new public investment at the University of Manitoba pans out. The federal/provincial/civic Winnipeg Partnership Agreement will put up $3.2 million for a biological and electrical biosensor […]

By FBC staff