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Greenbelt training farm to focus on ethnic crops

Sep. 6, 2007 at 11:44 am CDT

The University of Guelph’s Centre for Land and Water Stewardship will set up a new training farm for young people and immigrants in the southern Ontario Greenbelt, focusing on ethnic crops such as okra, bitter melon, sweet potatoes and green chilies. The charitable foundation Friends of the Greenbelt today announced […]

Record Ontario winter wheat acres projected

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:52 am CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Canola Council names new production VP

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:45 am CDT

By Resource News International

Alberta crop yields about average: AFSC

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:41 am CDT

By Resource News International

Canada pursues wheat sales to India

Sep. 5, 2007 at 3:34 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

WCE close: Canola up on fund buying

Sep. 5, 2007 at 3:11 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mainly higher with canola rallying on technically driven commodity fund buying, brokers said. Canola saw a moderate trade with only small amounts of intermonth spreading. The total canola volume was estimated at 9,775 contracts, […]

By Don Bousquet

Grain shippers file new case against CN

Sep. 5, 2007 at 2:20 pm CDT

Six western Canadian grain shippers have launched new level-of-service complaints against Canadian National Railway (CN), which they say has failed to comply with the spirit of a recent Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruling. The shippers — Winnipeg grain handlers Paterson Grain and Parrish & Heimbecker, Alberta’s Providence Grain Group, Saskatchewan’s […]

By Resource News International

Ridley asks Supreme Court to toss BSE lawsuit

Sep. 5, 2007 at 1:48 pm CDT

Feed manufacturer Ridley Inc. is making another legal bid to halt a proposed class action suit before it can begin, this time appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada. Ridley, along with the federal government, is the targeted defendant in four co-ordinated lawsuits filed by cattlemen in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta […]

By FBC staff

CPR to buy northern U.S. railway

Sep. 5, 2007 at 1:03 pm CDT

In a deal expected to increase its access to grain, ethanol and coal markets in the U.S. Midwest, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) will pay US$1.48 billion cash to buy the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp. (DM&E), the company announced last night. Headquartered at Sioux Falls, S.D., the DM&E is […]

By FBC staff

Manitoba lifts stubble burning ban

Sep. 5, 2007 at 12:37 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has resumed daily authorizations for stubble burning in the province, following a suspension after a three-car collision west of Winnipeg August 28. Drivers involved in the mid-afternoon crash near Elie complained their visibility was impaired by smoke billowing across the Trans-Canada Highway from an […]

By FBC staff