Insights and Stories on General

Jul. 16, 2009 at 6:58 pm CDT

Farm Credit Canada has renewed and raised its cash support of the Canadian 4-H Council’s “4-H 4-Ever” promotional program. The federal farm and agribusiness lending agency has pledged $250,000 to the program for each of the next four years, up from its total commitment of $600,000 when it helped launch […]

Jul. 14, 2009 at 1:28 pm CDT

Enrolment in Canadian universities’ ag and natural resources programs, especially by women, rose for 2007-08 at a rate well above universities’ overall average, compared to the previous year. Which arguably isn’t saying much, as enrolment in university programs overall rose just 0.6 per cent in that time — a number […]

Jul. 11, 2009 at 1:06 am CDT

The environmental portion of the federal/provincial Growing Forward farm funding policy framework has been finalized to include a $200 million, five-year federal pledge for on-farm technical help and information-sharing. “Funding will support initiatives to help farmers transfer research and knowledge into practice and to use science to improve their outcomes,” […]

Jul. 10, 2009 at 1:58 am CDT

Canada has pledged to more than double its investments in food security in developing countries, increasing its funding by $600 million over three years. Prime Minister Stephen Harper committed the added cash, bringing total food security program funding to $1.18 billion over three years, in an announcement Thursday during the […]

Jul. 9, 2009 at 9:36 am CDT

Canada’s largest rural broadband provider has signed a deal with Google Canada to provide a new e-mail platform for Xplornet customers across the country. Barrett Xplore, the Woodstock, N.B. owner of Xplornet Internet Services, will see its new platform powered by Google’s Gmail, giving its customers “enhanced e-mail features and […]