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Ag and trade bills stalled during prorogation

Jan. 14, 2010 at 7:07 pm CST

Revised, Jan. 21 — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent decision to prorogue Parliament has left a number of farming bills on the shelf, including amendments to the Canada Grain Act. “This move by Stephen Harper has effectively killed 36 pieces of the Conservative government’s own legislation, which will now have […]

McCain pledges to simplify foods’ ingredients

Jan. 13, 2010 at 4:12 pm CST

Dorgan to end U.S. Senate career in 2010

Jan. 6, 2010 at 1:28 am CST

Best Comments of the Week: Jan. 1

Jan. 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm CST

Best Comments of the Week: Dec. 25

Dec. 25, 2009 at 12:06 am CST

Feds tweak biofuel fund payments, eligibility

Dec. 22, 2009 at 7:00 pm CST

Canadian biofuel processors expecting production incentives through the federal ecoEnergy for Biofuels program now have more time to complete their construction work, but also must meet some new criteria. The federal government on Dec. 14 bumped the construction deadline for funded projects to Sept. 30, 2012, from the previous deadline […]

Best Comments of the Week: Dec. 18

Dec. 18, 2009 at 5:18 pm CST

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GLOBAL FARMER POLL: How can we feed the world?

Dec. 18, 2009 at 12:36 am CST

How can the world feed itself? That’s the question being asked by the UK’s leading farming publication Farmers Weekly as it launches an international poll in association with Country Guide and a number of other key farming titles around the world. To take part, just click here. Everyone who enters […]

By Tom Allen-Stevens

Canada joins brain trust on farm GHGs

Dec. 16, 2009 at 6:40 pm CST

Canada has signed on as a founding and funding member of a new worldwide research body devoted to cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in farming. The government announced the move Wednesday in Copenhagen, Denmark, where a number of federal and provincial officials are attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference […]

Outstanding Young Farmers named for 2009

Dec. 11, 2009 at 2:59 pm CST

Vegetable producers from P.E.I. farming about 150 acres, and a grain farming couple from Manitoba cropping about 13,000 acres, were named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2009 at the national awards ceremony in Ottawa on Dec. 4. Greg and Tania MacKenzie operated MacKenzie Produce at Stratford, P.E.I., southeast of Charlottetown. […]

By Lee Hart