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Sun Media set to sell Ontario Farmer

Oct. 6, 2014 at 3:07 pm CDT

Long-running weekly ag journal Ontario Farmer is among the titles on the block in Sun Media’s planned sell-off of its English-language Canadian newspapers. Sun Media, Canada’s biggest newspaper publisher and an arm of Montreal media and telecom giant Quebecor, announced Monday it plans to sell all 175 of its English-language daily and weekly […]

Ont. farmers to get tax credit for donated food

Sep. 30, 2014 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Staff

EU, Canada dismiss German minister’s threat to block trade pact

Sep. 26, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Canada, EU wrap free trade talks

Sep. 26, 2014 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Staff

Japan, U.S. remain apart in trade talks, dealing blow for TPP

Sep. 25, 2014 at 3:26 am CDT

By Krista Hughes

Canada/Korea trade pact’s final text signed

Sep. 22, 2014 at 5:43 pm CDT

Now signed and sealed, a trade pact that’s expected to level the playing field for Canada’s agrifood export sectors in South Korea is waiting on implementation. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Korean President Park Geun-hye formally signed off on the free trade agreement’s final text at a ceremony Monday in […]

By Staff

EU food producers set for more cash to help with Russian ban

Sep. 17, 2014 at 10:01 am CDT

Brussels | Reuters — EU officials are drawing up new measures to help food producers hit by a Russian ban on agricultural imports and will publish them over the coming days, the European Commission said. Moscow in August imposed a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from […]

By barbara-lewis

World hunger easing but one in nine people undernourished, food agencies say

Sep. 17, 2014 at 2:42 am CDT

Rome | Reuters — The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, still do not have enough to eat, three U.N. food and agriculture agencies said on Tuesday. The number of chronically […]

By Isla Binnie

FCC again extends loan plan for young farmers

Aug. 28, 2014 at 2:20 pm CDT

Canada’s federal farm lending agency has held over its Young Farmer Loan program for a third year and again boosted the program’s budget commitment. Farm Credit Canada said Thursday it will continue the program, which grants loans to eligible producers under age 40 for up to $500,000 to buy or […]

By Staff

Burger King, Tim Hortons reach deal on marriage

Aug. 26, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Two days after confirming their talks on the idea, Canada’s biggest quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain and the world’s second-biggest burger chain have lined up their US$15.5 billion merger deal. Burger King Worldwide and Tim Hortons on Tuesday announced a “definitive agreement” to combine the world’s fourth- and eighth-biggest QSR firms […]

By Staff