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Manitoba: New measures to guard against woodland pests

Sep. 27, 2007 at 10:17 am CDT

Manitoba conservation minister Stan Struthers has reintroduced the Forest Health Protection Act that would put into place improved safeguards to help battle against the impacts of woodland pests. “The Forest Health Protection Act will enable measures to help protect Manitoba’s forests against pests such as the pine beetle that has […]

ABIC: Biotech wheat stays on the shelf

Sep. 26, 2007 at 6:25 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Report urges cash support for Sask. organic farms

Sep. 26, 2007 at 6:02 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. lifts cap on wind power

Sep. 26, 2007 at 5:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

CN to buy U.S. Steel’s Chicago line

Sep. 26, 2007 at 4:52 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Viterra: That’s “VT” to brokers

Sep. 26, 2007 at 4:06 pm CDT

Stock in Canada’s biggest grain handler will begin trading Friday under the ticker symbol VT on Toronto’s TSX. Viterra, which formed from the June purchase of No. 1 grain handler Agricore United by No. 2 handler Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, adopted the new name at the end of August and will […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on CBOT soy gains

Sep. 26, 2007 at 3:52 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mainly higher with canola boosted by the strong rally in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, brokers said. Canola saw a light to moderate trade with intermonth spreading enhancing the level of activity. Traders continue […]

By Don Bousquet

Prairie canola growers watch for clubroot

Sep. 26, 2007 at 3:37 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — A potentially devastating disease, clubroot, is causing concern for Alberta canola growers, according to a crop specialist with the province’s Ag-Info Centre. Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers were also keeping a close eye on the development of the disease. Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Farmlife editor Bonnie Thompson, 58

Sep. 26, 2007 at 3:18 pm CDT

Bonnie Thompson, who edited the Farmlife section of Grainews and the Country Crossroads section of the Manitoba Co-operator, died early Tuesday morning of complications from a long bout with cancer. Thompson, 58, was born in southwestern Manitoba and came to the publishing division of Winnipeg-based United Grain Growers in July […]

By FBC staff

“May contain traces” is too little warning: CFIA

Sep. 26, 2007 at 2:06 pm CDT

There may be a crackdown on how packaged foods’ precautionary labels are worded, if food processors choose not to accurately reflect allergy risks in their warnings, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said yesterday. In an advisory to manufacturers and importers, CFIA and Health Canada noted that their policy on these […]

By FBC staff