Insights and Stories on General

WTO text shows “wide gaps” in talks: Ritz

Jul. 10, 2008 at 4:07 pm CDT

A new draft modalities text on agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) lays bare “wide gaps” separating countries’ positions at the talks, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Thursday. The draft text released Thursday by Crawford Falconer, chair of the WTO ag talks, is an outline of his assessment […]

Quebec to lift yellow margarine ban: report

Jul. 9, 2008 at 5:16 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Glacier buys into Iron Solutions

Jul. 8, 2008 at 5:17 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ag ministers prepare to sign new APF

Jul. 7, 2008 at 5:23 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ontario pursues next generation of biofuels

Jul. 3, 2008 at 1:34 pm CDT

Ag secretary named public works minister

Jun. 25, 2008 at 1:08 pm CDT

Quebec MP Christian Paradis, the federal secretary of state for agriculture, has been named the federal minister for public works and government services. Paradis’ new duties will be in addition to his work on the ag file, assisting Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Wednesday. Secretaries of […]

By FBC staff

Ag groups propose bridge over funding gaps

Jun. 21, 2008 at 1:27 am CDT

Leading up to the expected launch of the federal and provincial governments’ latest ag policy framework, several of Canada’s general farm groups have relaunched a proposal for a new program to cover what they say are gaps in that framework. Originally proposed in November 2007, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s […]

By FBC staff

Senate urges action on ag inputs, rural affairs

Jun. 17, 2008 at 5:42 pm CDT

The Canadian Senate’s standing committee on agriculture recommends the federal government step in to address the rising costs of farm inputs, and to raise rural affairs’ profile in national policy. In separate reports released Tuesday — one on rural poverty, the other on the cost of farm inputs — the […]

By FBC staff

Farmers’ cash income, equity up: StatsCan

Jun. 17, 2008 at 4:31 pm CDT

Rising grain prices boosted cash income for Canadian farms in 2007, while rising farm real estate values improved the farm sector’s equity, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Cash income for Canadian farm businesses increased 14.5 per cent in 2007, the federal agency reported. The impact of rising grain and oilseed prices […]

By Statistics Canada

Canadian Ag Hall of Famers named

Jun. 11, 2008 at 12:36 pm CDT

An international spokesman for farmers, a dairy cattle breeder, a cattle marketer and an ag economist, all from Ontario, are the newest inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recently announced its four newest members, to be formally inducted Nov. 9 at the Royal Agricultural […]

By FBC staff