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Farm cash receipts above curve in 2010: StatsCan

Feb. 23, 2011 at 1:43 pm CST

Farm cash receipts received by Canadian farmers totalled $43.8 billion in 2010, down 1.7 per cent from a year earlier, but 6.7 per cent above the previous five-year average, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. Farm cash receipts, which include crop and livestock revenues plus program payments, fell in all provinces except Ontario […]

Greenbelt Fund projects promote Ontario food

Feb. 17, 2011 at 6:03 pm CST

By Staff

Global warming not so bad – for weeds, that is

Feb. 17, 2011 at 4:47 pm CST

By weed-science-society-release

Federal food labelling rules to call out allergens, gluten

Feb. 15, 2011 at 4:31 pm CST

Bank of Canada wary of commodity market reform

Feb. 10, 2011 at 11:55 pm CST

By bruce-johnstone

Bring back food commodity trade rules: FAO

Feb. 4, 2011 at 11:30 am CST

Market deregulation since 1999 has fuelled speculation on commodities markets, and that needs to be corrected to curb food price volatility, the head of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday. “We have created an environment that allows pure speculation,” FAO director general Jacques Diouf told Reuters Insider […]

By silvia-aloisi

Speed up Doha talks, WTO chief tells members

Feb. 2, 2011 at 11:43 pm CST

Trading powers who have embarked on an intensified push for a new trade deal sought by political leaders must go faster if they are to have any hope of finishing the Doha round this year, the head of the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. Trade ministers meeting in the Swiss […]

By jonathan-lynn

Trade parity seen for durum, pulses with Morocco FTA

Jan. 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm CST

Canadian producers and exporters of durum and pulses hope to at least secure their market share in Morocco against U.S. competition, as Canada and Morocco head into free trade talks. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Moroccan counterpart Abbas El Fassi on Thursday announced the two countries will begin negotiations […]

New demand shown for Canadian corn, in Spain

Jan. 27, 2011 at 1:08 am CST

Two cargoes of Canadian corn were shipped to Spain in just over a month, a rare occurrence that underscores strong demand for the feed grain in Europe. Transport Canada spokeswoman Josianne Martel said on Wednesday that two ships, the Rodlo and Great Mary, left the port of Sorel, Que., with […]

By martin-roberts Rod Nickel

Farming Is My Life: Why I married a rancher

Jan. 25, 2011 at 12:30 am CST

Editor’s note: Farm Business Communications is pleased to announce the winner of its Farming Is My Life contest. Up until the end of December 2010, farmers and ranchers from across the country submitted essays on their profession and what drives them to choose the rewarding, yet often challenging, lifestyle of […]

By alice-stuart