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Husky in market for feed wheat

Sep. 13, 2007 at 10:25 am CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Husky Energy will soon begin operations at a new 130 million-litre-per-year ethanol plant in Minnedosa, Man., and is aggressively in the market for feed wheat supplies to run the facility. A company official said contracts for January delivery were just announced this week. Raymond Dyck, […]

B.C. expands home-grown school snack program

Sep. 12, 2007 at 5:01 pm CDT

By FBC staff

NFU calls for hike in CWB initials

Sep. 12, 2007 at 5:00 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola firms on fund buying

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:55 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Manitoba research funding agency boosts cap

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:46 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ag Growth offering to raise $45M

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:34 pm CDT

Winnipeg’s Ag Growth Income Fund expects to raise $45 million to pay down debt and look at new acquisitions, following an agreement today to sell 1.73 million trust units to a Canadian underwriters’ syndicate. The underwriters are led by TD Securities and include Wellington West, CIBC World Markets and PI […]

By FBC staff

4-H Council sheds top-down operating structure

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:10 pm CDT

The members of the Canadian 4-H Council have approved new bylaws that are expected to put responsibility for the council’s operations largely in the hands of its staff and place the board in a “visionary” role. Member representatives voted on the change at a special general meeting yesterday. Pending approval […]

By FBC staff

P.E.I. names new deputy ag minister

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:09 pm CDT

Brian Douglas has been named as Prince Edward Island’s new deputy minister of agriculture, replacing Wayne Hooper. Douglas has previously worked as the agriculture department’s laboratory manager (1989-2000), manager of farm extension services (2000-02) and director of the agriculture resource division from 20003 until this appointment. He also worked for […]

By FBC staff

Atlantic Beef deadline flexible: Ghiz

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:06 pm CDT

P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz said yesterday he’s willing to extend the deadline past the end of September before making a final decision on the province’s future involvement in the Atlantic Beef Products packing plant. The province has been a minority shareholder since 2002 and also built the waste treatment plant […]

By FBC staff

Strong demand to put grain handling system to test

Sep. 12, 2007 at 12:05 pm CDT

(Resource News International) Canada’s grain handling and transportation system is expected to be put to the test this fall with few participants expressing any confidence that there will not be some sort of breakdown. “Trying to move all the barley, wheat, canola, peas and other commodities that was sold for […]

By Dwayne Klassen