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Quebec seeks talks with pork sector

Sep. 19, 2007 at 12:30 pm CDT

Seeking to calm what one major farm leader has called an “explosive” situation, Quebec Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard today named longtime provincial civil servant Guy Coulombe as his representative for talks with stakeholders in the province’s pork industry. Coulombe is to lead the discussions between the industry’s principal players and […]

WCE close: Canola down on soaring loonie

Sep. 18, 2007 at 2:25 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Wet weather slows Man. harvest

Sep. 18, 2007 at 2:10 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Nova Scotia maps wind

Sep. 18, 2007 at 11:13 am CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. harvest two-thirds done

Sep. 18, 2007 at 10:55 am CDT

By FBC staff

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, […]

By FBC staff

CN level-of-service case goes to mediator

Sep. 17, 2007 at 7:40 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board and five small Prairie grain handling companies will take their level-of-service complaint against Canadian National (CN) into mediation this week, the CWB announced today. The shippers had filed a complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency earlier this month, indicating they were willing to seek a mediated […]

By FBC staff

Churchill loads for first Canadian customer

Sep. 17, 2007 at 7:20 pm CDT

An Arctic supply ship is being loaded today at Churchill, Man., with the port’s first-ever shipment of Prairie grain destined for a Canadian buyer, the Canadian Wheat Board said today. The Kathryn Spirit, owned by Kivalliq Marine Supply of Churchill, hauled mobile homes, snowmobiles and other goods north from Montreal […]

By FBC staff

N.B. funds farmland clearing work

Sep. 17, 2007 at 6:20 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s provincial government will help fund farmers’ costs to improve or clear land on their farms to boost its productivity. The province has set aside $200,000 initially for the new Agri-Land Development Program, which will pay up to 35 per cent of a farmer’s eligible expenses, up to $7,500 […]

By FBC staff

Syngenta Seeds names new chief

Sep. 17, 2007 at 6:02 pm CDT

Guelph-based Syngenta Seeds Canada has named Dave Sippell, the former CEO of Winnipeg’s Canterra Seeds, as its new president, replacing Bob Pryce. Sippell was general manager of Proven Seed, the certified seed wing of what was then United Grain Growers (now part of Viterra), before joining Canterra. He also previously […]

By FBC staff