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Sask. designates primary weight road system

Sep. 18, 2007 at 12:09 am CDT

In a bid to boost rural community development, Saskatchewan has mapped out what it describes as a “more efficient, integrated” network of municipal roads that are — or will be — maintained to handle primary-level vehicle weights. The “Clearing the Path” (CTP) primary weight corridor network, developed by the province, […]

CN level-of-service case goes to mediator

Sep. 17, 2007 at 7:40 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Churchill loads for first Canadian customer

Sep. 17, 2007 at 7:20 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.B. funds farmland clearing work

Sep. 17, 2007 at 6:20 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Syngenta Seeds names new chief

Sep. 17, 2007 at 6:02 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola lifted by CBOT soy rally

Sep. 17, 2007 at 3:13 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Monday’s session mostly higher with solid gains in canola in response to the firm tone in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex advances, brokers said. Canola saw a moderate trade with intermonth spreading enhancing activity. The […]

By Don Bousquet

Russian firm makes new bid for Buhler

Sep. 14, 2007 at 6:03 pm CDT

A Russian combine manufacturer has reworked its bid to buy a majority stake in farm implement maker Buhler Industries, moving to an all-cash offer. Combine Factory Rostselmash had raised eyebrows among market analysts with its previous bid this summer, in which it offered to buy 51 per cent of the […]

By FBC staff

Ag ministers “optimistic” on Atlantic Beef plant

Sep. 14, 2007 at 4:29 pm CDT

The Maritime provinces’ agriculture ministers agreed today to speed up negotiations aimed at saving the region’s only federally-inspected beef slaughter facility. Meeting in Moncton, the ministers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island reviewed a series of reports on the history and current status of the Atlantic Beef […]

By FBC staff

Ag fairs eligible for new heritage funding

Sep. 14, 2007 at 3:48 pm CDT

Community agricultural fairs celebrating special anniversaries may qualify for up to $200,000 in new federal infrastructure cash, according to a national fairs group. Speaking Wednesday in Halifax, Heritage Minister Josee Verner announced $30 million, as earmarked in the last federal budget, to support arts and heritage events at the community […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Soybeans boost canola

Sep. 14, 2007 at 3:44 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished Friday’s session mainly higher. Strength in canola was associated with steady demand and the advances exhibited by CBOT soybean complex values, market watchers said. A firm Canadian dollar and pre-weekend hedging tempered some of the upward […]

By Dwayne Klassen