Insights and Stories on General

Net farm income slips in 2009: StatsCan

Nov. 30, 2010 at 5:29 am CST

Realized net farm income, the difference between a farmer’s cash receipts and operating expenses minus depreciation, plus income in kind, fell 11.2 per cent to $3.3 billion in 2009, according to Statistics Canada. It was the first decrease since 2006 and was the result of declining program payments, grain, cattle […]

Non-compliance penalties planned for interprovincial trade

Nov. 26, 2010 at 7:53 pm CST

Subsidy payouts remain top U.S. crop, analysts say

Nov. 25, 2010 at 2:28 pm CST

Ritz names federal advisory board on food safety

Nov. 19, 2010 at 5:15 am CST

Farm writer, Country Guide editor Don Baron, 82

Nov. 18, 2010 at 4:51 pm CST

AgDealer to join Farm Business Communications

Nov. 5, 2010 at 5:17 pm CDT

A nationwide print and online resource for farmers seeking equipment will join the Farm Business Communications ag publishing house. DirectWest, the phone book publishing arm of Saskatchewan’s Crown-owned phone company SaskTel, announced Thursday it will sell iDeal Publishing Solutions of Ottawa to Farm Business Communications. iDeal publishes seven provincial editions […]

West claims win over Ontario in veg oil dispute

Oct. 25, 2010 at 11:33 pm CDT

Canada’s four western provinces say they’ve won a renewed interprovincial trade challenge against Ontario’s limits on products blending vegetable oils with dairy. The challenge, launched in March and spearheaded by the Alberta government, is the first to be heard under a new Chapter 17 dispute resolution process for Canadian provinces’ […]

Feds’ food campaign to focus on “percent daily value”

Oct. 23, 2010 at 11:45 pm CDT

Health Canada and Canada’s biggest food industry association will spearhead a new campaign to educate consumers on the use of prepared foods’ “Nutrition Facts” tables. The federal health department and Toronto-based Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) said Friday they will roll out a multi-media Nutrition Facts Education Campaign […]

Farmland values rise everywhere but B.C.: FCC

Oct. 6, 2010 at 6:57 am CDT

“Highly productive” farmland continued to be a hot commodity in most parts of Canada during the first half of this year, according to Farm Credit Canada’s twice-yearly farmland values report. Overall, the Crown ag finance firm said in its report Monday, the average value of farmland in Canada rose three […]

FREE: Canada’s first fully-featured app for ag news

Oct. 5, 2010 at 4:55 pm CDT

Canadian farmers can now track weather, futures markets and agriculture news on their smartphones using a free mobile application from Farm Business Communications. AgReader Mobile is Canada’s first fully-featured app for following agricultural news and markets, with information instantly available on a smartphone rather than through a web browser. Available […]

By FBC staff