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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

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

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

Sep. 4, 2007 at 6:15 pm CDT

Cheques will be in the mail in the next few days to about 30,000 Ontario farmers qualifying for $55 million in funding through that province’s Cost Recognition Top-Up program, the government reported today. The program, first announced June 8 and to be delivered by Agricorp, is a 40 per cent-matching […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 4, 2007 at 5:45 pm CDT

Farmers in Saskatchewan have 44 per cent of the 2007 crop harvested, according to the provincial agriculture department’s weekly crop report for the week of September 2. That’s up from 27 per cent last week, and ahead of the five-year (2002-06) average of 31 per cent combined. All areas of […]

By FBC staff