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AGCanada.com now on Facebook, Twitter

Oct. 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm CDT

AGCanada.com, the national award-winning web portal for the Farm Business Communications stable of farm magazines, newspapers and websites, is now connected to social media services Facebook and Twitter. Facebook members are invited to visit our page and click on “Become a Fan” to get regular updates on: new editions of […]

July crop, livestock prices drop from 2008: StatsCan

Sep. 23, 2009 at 11:47 pm CDT

By Statistics Canada

Canada launches free trade talks with Ukraine

Sep. 23, 2009 at 1:07 pm CDT

Food costs support consumer price index: StatsCan

Sep. 18, 2009 at 4:20 pm CDT

Feds put up $32M for maple leaf branding

Sep. 18, 2009 at 11:46 am CDT

Farm Business Communications earns CFWF prizes

Sep. 15, 2009 at 2:32 am CDT

Winnipeg’s Farm Business Communications picked up 11 of 44 national awards for writing and photography Saturday at the Canadian Farm Writers Federation’s annual conference in Edmonton. Farm Business Communications, publishers of Country Guide, Grainews, Canadian Cattlemen, the Manitoba Co-operator, Alberta Farmer Express, Horses All and this website, earned the awards […]

AgriInvest deposit notices in mail: AAFC

Sep. 15, 2009 at 1:14 am CDT

Farmers able to check their mailboxes this week can expect to find their 2008 AgriInvest deposit notices, laying out how much farmers need to deposit in AgriInvest accounts to get matching government funds. The deposit notices provide producers with their matchable deposit amount and current account balance, Agriculture and Agri-Food […]

Feds pledge $50M in loans for food firms

Sep. 13, 2009 at 1:43 am CDT

A new five-year federal program will put up $50 million in loans for food processing companies to invest in new processes or technologies. The AgriProcessing Initiative (API), announced Friday, is meant to provide repayable contributions for the “purchasing and installing of equipment in Canadian facilities to enable the adoption of […]

U.S. Senate names new chief for ag committee

Sep. 9, 2009 at 4:45 pm CDT

A shuffle of leadership responsibilities within the U.S. Senate will see its influential agriculture, nutrition and forestry committee led by its first-ever chairwoman. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) was named Wednesday as the first female and first Arkansas senator to chair the ag committee in its 184-year history. Lincoln replaces Tom […]

Editors’ Picks: Store-brand foods beat national brands

Sep. 2, 2009 at 6:30 pm CDT

A blind taste-test study by experienced food tasters has found 23 of 29 “store-brand” foods that taste as good as, if not better than, their national-brand competitors, according to the new issue of Consumer Reports. The Yonkers, N.Y.-based consumer watchdog magazine’s study found store-brand foods have moved beyond their generic, […]

By Dave Bedard