Insights and Stories on Crops

New Canadian pear named “Harovin Sundown”

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm CST

The votes are in and the winner is Harovin Sundown, the new name for the newest pear developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) scientists in the Niagara region and southwestern Ontario. Niagara area MP Dean Allison officially announced the new name Wednesday at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Conference. […]

St. Lawrence to freeze tolls through 2010

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:42 pm CST

By FBC staff

CPR to challenge new grain revenue cap

Feb. 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

CTA lowers railways’ Prairie grain revenue caps

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:00 am CST

By FBC staff

Monsanto funds rural curling club renos

Feb. 20, 2008 at 3:01 am CST

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Golden nematode aid expanded in Que.

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:38 am CST

The federal government has expanded the range of compensation available under its golden nematode disaster program for potato growers in the quarantined St-Amable area east of Montreal. “We have listened to potato farmers and we are taking action to help them deal with the immediate transition costs incurred,” said Quebec […]

By FBC staff

Man. ag dept. to fund Aboriginal startups

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:19 am CST

Manitoba’s provincial agriculture department plans to help cover some costs of business startups for young Aboriginal people in rural and northern communities. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) announced the Young Rural Aboriginal Entrepreneur Initiative on Tuesday at the first general meeting of the Indian Agriculture Council of Manitoba […]

By FBC staff

CWB 2007-08 initials hiked

Feb. 18, 2008 at 12:50 am CST

Federal approval has been granted for the Canadian Wheat Board to raise its 2007-08 initial payments for wheat, durum and designated barley effective Feb. 21. Farmers who delivered wheat, durum and designated barley to the CWB between Aug. 1, 2007 and Feb. 20, 2008 will get an adjustment payment for […]

By FBC staff

Bevo Agro gets new financing

Feb. 18, 2008 at 12:19 am CST

Farm Credit Canada has stepped in with a new financing package for B.C.-based greenhouse supply firm Bevo Agro Inc. Bevo Agro propagates and supplies vegetable, flower, berry and other seedlings to greenhouse operators, field growers and nurseries, including a substantial customer base in the U.S. It posted a net loss […]

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B.C. thinks local in provincial ag plan

Feb. 16, 2008 at 2:22 am CST

A new ag plan for British Columbia will direct millions in provincial funding to strategies that promote locally grown food, including a provincewide “food miles” awareness campaign. Agriculture Minister Pat Bell rolled out the new B.C. Agriculture Plan on Friday in Abbotsford, describing the document as setting “a new direction […]

By FBC staff