Insights and Stories on General

New Brunswick trial testing biodiesel

Jan. 23, 2009 at 4:55 pm CST

The government of New Brunswick’s central vehicle agency is conducting a $215 000 biodiesel trial that will include the construction and operation of a biodiesel dispensing facility in the community of Woodstock. The project is part of the New Brunswick Climate Change Action Plan program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas […]

Alberta survey examines coming farmer shortage

Jan. 23, 2009 at 4:40 pm CST

Planning the key to working with financial institutions

Jan. 23, 2009 at 4:23 pm CST

Feds fund biofuels feed program

Jan. 23, 2009 at 4:13 pm CST

B.C. Agriculture Minister Stan Hagen, 68

Jan. 22, 2009 at 3:39 am CST

Farmers should re-think energy needs: FCC

Jan. 20, 2009 at 2:10 pm CST

Even with oil now trading below US$40 a barrel, down from US$147 last July, Canadian farmers should prepare for higher energy costs in the longer term, Farm Credit Canada warns. But today’s oil and gas prices give farm and agribusiness operators a chance to “re-evaluate their current energy practices and […]

Margin pressures seen for grocers, processors in ’09

Jan. 18, 2009 at 2:38 am CST

Canada’s grocers, ever sensitive to their image when it comes to pricing, will be even more so in 2009, while food manufacturers won’t be able to rely on skyrocketing commodity prices to press for price increases. Those factors, according to the George Morris Centre’s analysis of Canada’s food industry in […]

Editors’ Picks: Agricultural analysis goes animated

Jan. 18, 2009 at 1:55 am CST

A four-minute animated adaptation of a 62-page report on food security from Japan’s agriculture ministry has become a “minor YouTube hit,” according to the U.S. magazine BusinessWeek. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) recently commissioned Tokyo design studio Groovisions, which has previously developed visuals for MTV in Japan, […]

By John Morriss

Soil conservators name new top manager

Jan. 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm CST

Retired soil conservationist Glen Shaw has been hired as the new executive director of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada. Shaw, who hails from Moose Jaw, Sask., assumed the new post earlier this month for the organization, which is based 140 km east of Moose Jaw at Indian Head, Sask. […]

Farm equity rose in 2007: StatsCan

Jan. 14, 2009 at 8:29 pm CST

Farm sector equity in Canada increased 8.9 per cent in 2007 to $252.3 billion, as assets rose more rapidly than liabilities. All provinces recorded an increase in equity in 2007, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. Farm assets rose to $302.2 billion in 2007, an 8.0 per cent increase over 2006, the […]

By Statistics Canada