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Ontario, Quebec approve APF extensions

Apr. 1, 2008 at 2:09 pm CDT

The Ontario and Quebec governments signed up Tuesday to officially extend funding for some federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) programming in their provinces. The extension applies to four ag programming pillars of the five-year APF other than the business risk management (BRM) pillar: renewal, innovation, environment and food safety. The […]

Provinces approve APF extensions

Mar. 31, 2008 at 2:22 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Field crops lead Canada’s organic offerings: StatsCan

Mar. 28, 2008 at 5:01 pm CDT

By Statistics Canada

Canada behind on ag land stewardship: report

Mar. 24, 2008 at 1:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba sets new limits on fertilizers

Mar. 18, 2008 at 4:48 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Wheels in motion on Canadian carbon farming

Mar. 11, 2008 at 5:06 pm CDT

Plans to set a market price for carbon and a domestic carbon emissions trading market include a place for farm projects, the federal government confirmed Monday. Environment Minister John Baird on Monday released the government’s greenhouse gas regulatory framework, which includes new regulations on Canada’s oil sands, coal power and […]

By FBC staff

Feds open office for red-tape disputes over food

Mar. 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm CDT

The federal government has opened a Food and Drugs Act Liaison Office in Ottawa to handle the public’s issues with Canada’s food and drug laws. The Act is the federal legislation that governs food and drugs made in or imported into Canada and their safety, labels and label claims. According […]

By FBC staff

Liberals’ ag task force urges regulatory review

Mar. 9, 2008 at 1:53 am CST

A review of regulations affecting Canadian farming and an AgriFlex fund to regionalize farm business risk management are among the recommendations of the federal Liberals’ Opportunities in Agriculture task force. The task force, headed by Liberal ag critic Wayne Easter and a Quebec candidate, Cindy Duncan MacMillan, released its report […]

By FBC staff

Farm Safety Week focuses on strains, sprains, falls

Mar. 8, 2008 at 2:37 am CST

Farming is physically demanding; however, it doesn’t have to be physically damaging. Farmers must make the health and safety of workers a priority to reduce the risk of injury or being killed on the job, safety experts warn. In Canada each year, an average of 115 people die and another […]

By ns-department-of-agriculture

Farm fair fact-finding funded

Mar. 8, 2008 at 1:38 am CST

The Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions plans to put a $500,000 federal investment to work on a survey of farm fair-goers. In a federal government release Friday, CAFE said it will use the funding to conduct a Canada-wide survey of 16,800 fair and exhibition attendees. “Results from this study […]

By FBC staff