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Saskatchewan EFPs funded

Apr. 14, 2008 at 2:05 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan Agri-Environmental Advisory Council, the producer group responsible for providing direction for the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) program, will receive one-year funding during the transition between the Agriculture Policy Framework (APF) and Growing Forward, the new agricultural policy framework. The funding results from an agreement between the provincial and […]

Viterra launches house-branded crop protection products

Apr. 14, 2008 at 1:37 pm CDT

British PM sounds biofuel warning

Apr. 11, 2008 at 9:45 am CDT

FAO sounds alarm on food supplies

Apr. 11, 2008 at 9:43 am CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba government tables hog moratorium legislation

Apr. 11, 2008 at 9:16 am CDT

Hay industry upbeat on exports, prices

Apr. 9, 2008 at 1:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Declining U.S. hay acreage will provide greater export opportunities for Canadian producers in the upcoming 2008-09 crop year, with prices expected to firm, according to industry sources. Hay acreage in the U.S. for 2008-09 was pegged in the March 31 U.S. Department of Agriculture prospective plantings […]

By Alana Vannahme

Federal food safety bill tabled

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:09 pm CDT

A federal bill to boost the fines for food safety violations and strengthen federal powers to order product recalls has arrived at the House of Commons. A new Consumer Product Safety Act and amendments to the Food and Drugs Act were in the legislative package introduced Tuesday. Prime Minister Stephen […]

By FBC staff

Canadian, U.S. ag market researchers merge

Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:58 pm CDT

Canadian market research firm Ipsos Reid’s agribusiness, food and animal health division has announced plans to merge its practice with Forward Research, a U.S. firm in the same field of interest. The combined company will be known in the U.S. as Ipsos Forward Research, the two firms said in a […]

By FBC staff

NRCan launches renewable energy site for farmers

Apr. 3, 2008 at 3:05 pm CDT

Natural Resources Canada has gone live with a new resource web site for farmers considering renewable energy to power their operations. The Integration of Renewable Energy on the Farm (IREF) web site is billed as a “complete repository of technical information and online tools for analyzing the potential for integrating […]

By FBC staff

N.B., Yukon approve APF extensions

Apr. 2, 2008 at 11:43 pm CDT

The New Brunswick and Yukon governments officially agreed Wednesday to extend funding for some federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) programming in their provinces. Both the province and the territory announced they will extend their share of funding up until April 1, 2009 at the latest. The extension applies to four […]

By FBC staff