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CFA offers federal budget wish list

Feb. 15, 2008 at 1:27 pm CST

A tax deduction for investments in co-operatives is on the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s list of recommendations for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Feb. 26 budget. A co-operative investment plan, as proposed by the CFA, would give co-op members and workers a tax deduction if they choose to invest capital in […]

Ag contest wants media-savvy young Manitobans

Feb. 14, 2008 at 1:01 am CST

By FBC staff

Quebec farming risks “suffocating:” commission

Feb. 13, 2008 at 5:05 pm CST

By FBC staff

Crop gains to support ag income in 2007, 2008

Feb. 9, 2008 at 3:20 am CST

By FBC staff

New WTO text will spur reaction: Ritz

Feb. 9, 2008 at 1:42 am CST

By FBC staff

Farmer, financial planner named to Farm Credit board

Feb. 4, 2008 at 5:51 pm CST

A mixed farmer from Quebec and an Ontario farm financial planner are the newest appointees to the board of Farm Credit Canada. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Monday named Caroline Belzile of Saint-Elzéar, Que., to a three-year term effective immediately. Belzile has co-owned a beef, hog and grain farm […]

By FBC staff

Canadian official sees veto in U.S. Farm Bill’s future

Feb. 4, 2008 at 12:34 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The latest U.S. Farm Bill could be vetoed by President George W. Bush in coming weeks unless significant changes are made to the controversial legislation, according to Stephen Lavergne, director of U.S. trade advocacy for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. U.S. Farm Bills, re-drafted every five years, […]

By Alana Vannahme

Crops boost farm product price index

Jan. 23, 2008 at 3:24 pm CST

Statistics Canada’s farm product price index (FPPI) for November 2007 rose from the same month in 2006 on the back of escalating crop prices, the agency reported Wednesday. The statistician’s preliminary numbers for November 2007 point to a 3.7 per cent rise in the overall FPPI compared to November 2006, […]

By FBC staff

Prairies’ purple gas banned in Montana

Jan. 17, 2008 at 11:33 pm CST

The tax-exempt fuel used in farm vehicles across Western Canada isn’t welcome in Montana — and possibly other jurisdictions as well. Montana state officials recently contacted Alberta Agriculture and Food’s program policy division, in charge of the Alberta Farm Fuel Benefit, asking it to advise farmers only to use clear, […]

By FBC staff

Comment sought on federal food safety plan

Jan. 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm CST

The federal health and agriculture departments want feedback from Canadians on how the government should carry out its proposed food and consumer safety action plan. The plan, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Dec. 17, has been laid out in a new overview booklet and discussion document. The two departments […]

By FBC staff