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Ag goods lightened in Bank of Canada index

May. 7, 2010 at 11:06 pm CDT

The Bank of Canada’s commodity price index (BCPI), used to gauge the country’s economic performance, has been retooled to add potatoes to the list of commodities it tracks. But while potatoes are added to an ag commodity basket that already includes cattle, hogs, wheat, barley, canola and corn, the revised […]

Auto firms say “right to repair” plan in place

May. 6, 2010 at 5:31 am CDT

Planet Organic chain enters creditor protection

Apr. 30, 2010 at 12:52 pm CDT

Ignatieff’s Liberals pledge “national food policy”

Apr. 28, 2010 at 11:22 am CDT

Canada backs World Bank’s food security plan

Apr. 23, 2010 at 10:08 pm CDT

Feds consulting on “Product of Canada” exemptions

Apr. 22, 2010 at 11:01 pm CDT

Proposed exemptions to the federal regulations on “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” food claims will be the subject of an online consultation until May 16. Participants will be asked to consider “specific guideline details” such as exemptions for certain ingredients that are difficult to source within Canada, such […]

Canada to host Cairns ag ministers next year

Apr. 20, 2010 at 5:58 pm CDT

The exact where and when remain to be announced, but Canada will host a ministerial meeting of the Cairns Group of ag exporting countries in 2011. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made the announcement at the conclusion of the 2010 Cairns Group ministerial meeting in Punta del Este, a coastal town […]

A-G finds federal ag research “not well managed”

Apr. 20, 2010 at 5:07 pm CDT

Pointing to “serious” management problems, Canada’s auditor general says the federal agriculture department needs to improve how it runs its research work if it wants to meet its stated goals. Research handled or funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is “important to Canada’s food production and its ability to […]

Pulse, swine, barley trade deals set with China

Apr. 15, 2010 at 2:09 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s trade mission to China has led to agreements that will benefit Canadian pea and barley growers and hog producers, he said in a teleconference Thursday from Beijing. China has agreed to remove its import restrictions on Canadian peas after a joint scientific […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Food banks’ food safety programming funded

Apr. 3, 2010 at 8:15 pm CDT

The national body representing Canada’s food banks has picked up over $850,000 in federal funding for programming to help improve food safety at food bank facilities. “When volunteers sign up to help out at a food bank, they need the right training and equipment, and this investment will make sure […]

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