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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 […]

Russian firm makes new bid for Buhler

Sep. 14, 2007 at 6:03 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ag ministers “optimistic” on Atlantic Beef plant

Sep. 14, 2007 at 4:29 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ag fairs eligible for new heritage funding

Sep. 14, 2007 at 3:48 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Soybeans boost canola

Sep. 14, 2007 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

U.S. to take older Canadian cattle, beef starting Nov. 19

Sep. 14, 2007 at 2:00 pm CDT

The United States will allow imports of older live Canadian cattle and their beef effective Nov. 19, U.S. agriculture officials announced this morning. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it will expand its list of allowable imports from countries recognized as posing “minimal risk” for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE […]

By Dave Bedard

Ottawa puts up $500M for non-grain biofuels

Sep. 14, 2007 at 11:11 am CDT

A new government-backed fund will help bankroll demonstration-scale projects to make biofuels from sources other than food or feed grains. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) on Wednesday announced it will disburse $500 million in repayable federal government funding for up to 40 per cent of eligible project costs on any […]

By FBC staff

Man. soybean growers prepare for harvest

Sep. 14, 2007 at 10:39 am CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — The harvest of Manitoba’s soybean crop was expected to pick up steam next week with recent cold temperatures not seen as being much of a factor. “We have just entered the early stages of the soybean harvest,” said Bruce Brolley, a pulse industry development specialist […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Canada adopts farm animal genetics action plan

Sep. 14, 2007 at 10:34 am CDT

The Canadian government has adopted the Global Plan of Action for Farm Animal Genetic Resources, an international framework to conserve and use animal genetic resources. “This global plan will help Canadian breeders and researchers access genetic resources from other countries as well as further support the export of Canadian animal […]

By Resource News International

Input dealers name new executive director

Sep. 13, 2007 at 3:29 pm CDT

The Independent Dealers Entrepreneurial Association (IDEA), a Saskatoon-based group of locally-owned crop input retailers, has named Nipawin, Sask. farm consultant Bob Evans as its new executive director. Evans, who has previously done advisory work for the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers and is rostered with the Canadian Farm Business Advisory Service […]

By FBC staff