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Nov. 26, 2009 at 4:35 pm CST

Canadian farmers’ cash receipts over the first nine months of 2009 have dropped 4.2 per cent from the year-earlier period to $32.8 billion, Statistics Canada reports. Farm cash receipts include gross crop and livestock revenues plus program payments. Market receipts from the sale of crops and livestock amounted to $30.3 […]

By Statistics Canada

Nov. 26, 2009 at 3:08 pm CST

Canada’s National Farmers Union plans to launch a new nationwide awareness campaign focused on the “rapid decline” in the number of farmers, particularly young and beginning farmers. The NFU plans to officially launch its Campaign for New Farmers on Saturday (Nov. 28), the last day of its annual convention in […]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 4:53 pm CST

In their zeal to be environmentally sustainable, food production systems should concentrate less on their carbon footprint and more on production and distribution, says a new study. Improving the way food is grown, harvested, transported and consumed provides greater environmental benefits than simply counting food miles, according to the three-year […]

Nov. 23, 2009 at 2:18 am CST

A decrease of almost $900 million in federal ag program spending for 2008-09 from 2007-08 levels, coming largely from business risk management programming, is “nothing short of a disgrace” given Canada’s troubled livestock sector, according to the federal Liberals’ ag critic. However, the document cited in the Liberals’ claims contends […]

Nov. 19, 2009 at 3:59 am CST

The chair of the Commons standing committee on agriculture aims to turn off the tap of farm program funds for major corporations and small-scale hobby farmers alike. Larry Miller, the Conservative MP for the Ontario riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound since 2004, recently introduced Bill C-479, a private member’s bill to […]