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Corn-based deodorant hits market

Sep. 24, 2007 at 5:09 pm CDT

Terra Naturals, a toiletries manufacturer based in Toronto and Vermont, has rolled out its first “natural” deodorant based on a corn sugar derivative. The company uses 1,3 propanediol, made by a joint venture between chemical company DuPont and sugar processor Tate & Lyle, as a substitute for petroleum-based propylene glycol. […]

Former Cargill chief on port board

Sep. 24, 2007 at 3:01 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up with soy oil

Sep. 24, 2007 at 2:22 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Sask. hogs make way to slaughter elsewhere

Sep. 21, 2007 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

CFA blasts GROU container disposal fees

Sep. 21, 2007 at 3:32 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. widens net for CWD survey

Sep. 21, 2007 at 2:45 pm CDT

Saskatchewan has widened its designated areas for deer herd reduction as part of its 2007 chronic wasting disease (CWD) control program. In areas where CWD has been found in deer in past years, last year’s smaller herd reduction areas will be expanded to include the entire wildlife management zone surrounding […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: New highs set in barley

Sep. 21, 2007 at 2:05 pm CDT

(Resource News International) Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Friday’s session mainly lower with losses associated with a drop-off in demand and weakness in the CBOT soybean complex, market watchers said. WCE western barley values closed sharply higher with a number of months establishing new contract highs on […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Due diligence underway on CWB initials: Ritz

Sep. 21, 2007 at 1:12 pm CDT

Needling the Canadian Wheat Board for the time it took to ask Ottawa for an adjustment to its 2007-08 initial prices, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today said a decision is in the works. The federal government approves and authorizes initial CWB payments for Prairie wheat, durum and barley, which […]

By FBC staff

CFIA lowers U.S. rice restrictions

Sep. 21, 2007 at 12:22 pm CDT

Canada will scale back its import requirements on U.S. long-grain rice after having found no reportable levels of two unregistered, genetically modified (GM) varieties that found their way into the U.S. supply. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested and sampled long-grain rice from the U.S. for traces of LLRice601 […]

By FBC staff

Maritimes prepare for Open Farm Day

Sep. 21, 2007 at 11:44 am CDT

Thirty-three farms in New Brunswick, 20 on Prince Edward Island and 18 in Newfoundland and Labrador will open their doors to the public as part of those provinces’ Open Farm Day, set for Sept. 23 (Sunday). The event will be held on the same day as Nova Scotia’s Open Farm […]

By FBC staff