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4-H Council sheds top-down operating structure

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:10 pm CDT

The members of the Canadian 4-H Council have approved new bylaws that are expected to put responsibility for the council’s operations largely in the hands of its staff and place the board in a “visionary” role. Member representatives voted on the change at a special general meeting yesterday. Pending approval […]

P.E.I. names new deputy ag minister

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:09 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Atlantic Beef deadline flexible: Ghiz

Sep. 12, 2007 at 2:06 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Strong demand to put grain handling system to test

Sep. 12, 2007 at 12:05 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Ruling may free up jam maker for sale

Sep. 12, 2007 at 11:30 am CDT

By FBC staff

B.C. to extend tax breaks for ports

Sep. 12, 2007 at 10:50 am CDT

The British Columbia government plans to extend a property tax cap for 20 major West Coast industrial ports for another 10 years to ensure the ports “remain competitive into the future,” the province said yesterday. The Ports Competitiveness Initiative, first introduced in 2003, caps the municipal property tax rates for […]

By FBC staff

Clock ticking on AAFC consulting service

Sep. 11, 2007 at 4:09 pm CDT

Time is running down for farmers to take advantage of a federal program that offers business consulting services at a fraction of the usual cost. Chris Ruschowski, regional manager for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) specialized business planning services program, warned farmers in a Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food newsletter this […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola mixed on firm loonie vs. soy gains

Sep. 11, 2007 at 2:11 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Tuesday’s session mixed with canola mixed as the very strong Canadian dollar pressured the market down, but was offset by the late rally in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, traders said. Canola saw a […]

By Don Bousquet

Alberta harvest: South done, north just starting

Sep. 11, 2007 at 1:50 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Harvest operations in southern Alberta were virtually complete, but remained stalled in the central and northern areas of the province, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. “Wet and cool temperatures in the central and northern areas were slowing crop maturity as well […]

By Dwayne Klassen

StatsCan: Wheat supplies tight, canola stocks big

Sep. 11, 2007 at 10:36 am CDT

(Resource News International) There were few surprises in the Statistics Canada report on grain stocks in all positions for the period ended July 31, the end of the 2006-07 crop year. The exceptions to the rule, however, were tighter-than-expected wheat supplies and canola stocks a bit larger than anticipated. “The […]

By Dwayne Klassen