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Prairie winter wheat seeding underway

Sep. 7, 2007 at 1:02 pm CDT

(Resource News International) An early harvest across Western Canada means many farmers are already seeding their winter wheat for next year. While actual acres still remain to be seen, good prices and the large planting window point towards another large crop, said an industry official. Western Canadian farmers recently harvested […]

Funding to spur E. coli vaccine production

Sep. 7, 2007 at 12:53 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Merged Viterra posts $96M in Q4 earnings

Sep. 7, 2007 at 11:01 am CDT

By Resource News International

Prairie canola harvest progress seen variable

Sep. 7, 2007 at 10:31 am CDT

By Resource News International

Maple Leaf looks to ramp up Brandon hog kill

Sep. 7, 2007 at 10:22 am CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Stubble smoke gets in Winnipeg’s eyes

Sep. 6, 2007 at 4:54 pm CDT

Smoke from resumed stubble burning on Manitoba farms Wednesday is being blamed for a severe smash-up between three semi-trailers on a Winnipeg truck route, among other reported traffic accidents in the city early Thursday morning. The provincial agriculture department on Sept. 5 lifted a blanket ban on burning of crop […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola down on weak soy

Sep. 6, 2007 at 2:03 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Thursday’s session mainly lower with canola down on the weak tone in Chicago Board of Trade soybean markets, traders said. Canola saw a moderate trade with small levels of intermonth spreading. The total estimated canola volume […]

By Don Bousquet

WCE close: Canola down on weak soy

Sep. 6, 2007 at 2:03 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

SaskPower eyes waste heat, wind

Sep. 6, 2007 at 1:56 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government and SaskPower, the Crown power company, plans to expand the province’s “green power” portfolio with more wind power and new projects within the next three to five years. On top of a proposal to expand wind generation in the province by another 100 megawatts (mW) by 2012, […]

By FBC staff

Corn growers drop legal action, focus on WTO

Sep. 6, 2007 at 1:07 pm CDT

A coalition of corn producer groups in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba that challenged imports of U.S. grain corn in 2005 has decided not to try for one last appeal of the ruling that those imports don’t injure Canadian corn growers. Canadian Corn Producers, which last year lost its trade challenge […]

By FBC staff