Insights and Stories on General

Aug. 26, 2008 at 2:34 am CDT

Market receipts of Canadian farmers from the sale of crops and livestock totalled $19.9 billion between January and June 2008. Strong grain and oilseed prices were mostly responsible for the 12.4 per cent increase over the first six months of 2007. Revenues from January-to-June 2008 stood 25.7 per cent above […]

By Statistics Canada

Aug. 22, 2008 at 1:15 pm CDT

Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE) encouraging proposals to receive funds from its $450,000 Healthy Eating Program, which is aimed at communicating the health benefits of Ontario-grown food. OAFE executive director Colleen Smith-Robinson says proposals are also encouraged from those outside traditional agriculture circles. “We have carefully considered our goals and objectives, […]

By FBC staff

Aug. 22, 2008 at 11:02 am CDT

Market participants say there were few surprises in Statistics Canada’s production estimates for 2008, which were released this morning. However, the upward revision to the 2007/08 canola production estimate by the government agency managed to garner some major attention. Statistics Canada pegged 2008/09 canola output at 10.375 million tonnes, which […]

By Resource News International

Aug. 21, 2008 at 2:47 pm CDT

Eli Lilly and Company will buy Monsanto’s Posilac division for US$300 million, the companies announced Aug. 20. Monsanto put its bovine somatotropin business up for sale a few weeks ago, saying it wanted to focus more on its core strengths selling high-tech seeds and weed control to farmers. Elanco, headquartered […]

By FBC staff

Aug. 21, 2008 at 11:31 am CDT

The federal government is providing organic farmers with over a quarter million dollars to fund marketing organic products to local customers such as childcare facilities, hospitals and schools. The $258,100 program was announced this week by federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz, who says the program will benefit farmers, consumers and […]