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May. 11, 2013 at 11:34 am CDT

Federal food inspectors will now allow a much broader geographic definition in food marketers’ use of the word “local” while the label claim undergoes regulatory review. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it will include that particular label claim, among others, in its broader review of federal food labelling […]

May. 10, 2013 at 9:16 pm CDT

Employees with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are the largest group on a list of federal civil servants slated for possible layoffs. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the Ottawa-based union for over 180,000 public-sector workers across the country, said 530 of its members were served notices Thursday that “they […]

May. 9, 2013 at 6:52 pm CDT

Global food prices rose in April for a third straight month as surging dairy costs kept upward pressure on the United Nations food agency’s index, but cereal output is expected to be strong this year. Food prices spiked during the summer of 2012 as the United States was hit by […]

Apr. 16, 2013 at 6:04 pm CDT

Average values of farmland in Farm Credit Canada’s cross-country review climbed 10 per cent during the second half of 2012, led by double-digit increases in Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario. The federal ag lender’s spring 2013 Farmland Values report, based on a system that monitors 245 benchmark properties across the country, […]

Apr. 10, 2013 at 1:02 pm CDT

Forage Genetics International (FGI), the developer of Genuity Roundup Ready alfalfa, won’t be launching its product in Canada for planting this spring. The Idaho-based forage seed developer’s decision, announced Monday, comes after months of “interest and speculation” about its commercialization plans for the Canadian market, after RR alfalfa returned to […]