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P.E.I. names point person for potatoes

Sep. 13, 2007 at 1:18 pm CDT

Going beyond the traditional ag extension duties of its potato specialists, Prince Edward Island has created the role of a potato industry co-ordinator. Rachel Cheverie, the province’s integrated pest management (IPM) specialist at Charlottetown for the past eight years, has been appointed to the new role, which will include co-ordination […]

N.S. gears up for Open Farm Day

Sep. 13, 2007 at 12:54 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Frost hits some Alta., Sask. crops

Sep. 13, 2007 at 12:08 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Dairy giant buys Manitoba flax processor

Sep. 13, 2007 at 11:20 am CDT

By FBC staff

Husky in market for feed wheat

Sep. 13, 2007 at 10:25 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

B.C. expands home-grown school snack program

Sep. 12, 2007 at 5:01 pm CDT

British Columbia today expanded its school fruit and vegetable snack program to 164 schools, providing B.C.-grown fruit and vegetables as occasional snacks for up to 57,000 students. The program, which started as a pilot in 2006 with 10 schools and expanded in January to 51, is delivered by the B.C. […]

By FBC staff

NFU calls for hike in CWB initials

Sep. 12, 2007 at 5:00 pm CDT

The National Farmers Union is appealing to Ottawa to authorize a raise in initial prices for Prairie wheat, durum and barley for 2007-08. The federal government has responsibility for setting the initials, which are then posted by the Canadian Wheat Board. The CWB — which will review and recommend adjustment […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola firms on fund buying

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:55 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mainly higher as canola soared to fresh contract highs as heavy technically driven commodity fund buying boosted the market, traders said. Canola saw a very heavy trade with intermonth spreading augmenting activity. The total […]

By Don Bousquet

Manitoba research funding agency boosts cap

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:46 pm CDT

The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) has revised its funding guidelines to allow eligible applicants to access a maximum $300,000, up from $200,000, in federal ag innovation funds. MRAC, which administers funding in Manitoba for the federal Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program, said in a release that some […]

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