Insights and Stories on General

Jul. 19, 2010 at 4:19 pm CDT

Manitoba’s weekly crop report indicates that some crops are recovering from excess rainfall earlier this spring and summer. In the southwest, many of the crops are rebounding from the moisture stress and have improved significantly in the past week. Disease pressure is moderate to heavy, but no major insect problems […]

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Jul. 19, 2010 at 12:57 pm CDT

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says AgriInvest Deposit Notices will start to appear in producers’ mailboxes over the coming weeks with information on how and where to make their 2009 AgriInvest deposit. Producers can now make their AgriInvest deposits at a participating financial institution of their choice. They must open an account […]

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Jun. 22, 2010 at 9:35 pm CDT

The federal New Democrats’ report urging a national food security policy calls for incentives and tax policies to encourage local food production and labelling that “properly” lays out foods’ origin. The report, released Tuesday, was developed over the party’s 18-month “Food for Thought Tour,” which scheduled forums in 28 communities […]

Jun. 13, 2010 at 7:00 am CDT

It’s time for Canadian farms to plan ahead against the impact of interest rates expected to rise by as much as five per cent in the next five years, the Bank of Montreal (BMO) warns. “It’s important that Canada’s agriculture industry takes steps now in planning for higher rate scenarios […]

Jun. 1, 2010 at 7:45 am CDT

The federal government plans to convene a meeting this fall of young and beginning farmers with representatives from the ag industry and Ottawa, toward what’s expected to be a “redesign” of policy tools meant for renewal in the ag sector. Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the federal minister of state for agriculture, on […]