The federal government has pledged over $200,000 for efforts to boost the public profile of farmers’ markets in British Columbia. Speaking Saturday in Burnaby, B.C. MP James Moore announced $219,000 […] Read more
Feds back B.C. farmers’ markets
Drenched Man. farmers to get forage aid program
Manitoba’s provincial government has pledged to set up a forage assistance program (MFAP) to help livestock producers in parts of the province hit by recent overland flooding. Agriculture Minister Rosann […] Read more
Mexico bans Alberta breeding cattle
Mexico has banned imports of breeding cattle from Alberta in the wake of the latest case of BSE discovered in the province last week. The ban does not affect imports […] Read more
Healthy food communication ideas sought in Ontario
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 […] Read more
Monsanto unloads bovine hormone business
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, […] Read more
StatsCan hog report shows rapid restructuring
Canada’s hog industry is continuing its record of rapid consolidation according to a report by Statistics Canada that shows one in five hog producers has left the industry since the […] Read more
Grain Services Union head calls foul over Viterra replacement workers
The head of the union representing grain handler Viterra’s striking office workers says he’s unhappy with some of the company’s tactics. The company has confirmed it is trying to recruit […] Read more
Canada’s 14th mad cow found in Alta.
A six-year-old beef cow from an Alberta farm is Canada’s 14th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Friday. CFIA said in a release that […] Read more
Amendments end KVD on wheat imports
The federal government has changed its Seeds Regulations to take the kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) requirements off imports of wheat seed into Western Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) […] Read more
N.S., P.E.I. ag income at “rock bottom”: report
A new study on farm economic viability in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island finds the two provinces’ farmers “now earning less than at any time in the last four […] Read more
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