Any more delay on Ottawa’s bill to set up minimum biofuel content for Canadian fuels could cost some development in Canada’s biofuel production sector, the Grain Growers of Canada warned […] Read more
Don’t delay biofuel bill, GGC warns
Performance Plants takes biofuel work to U.S.
Ontario biotech firm Performance Plants plans to develop feedstock crops for cellulose ethanol at a new research centre in New York state. The Kingston, Ont. company said Wednesday it has […] Read more
Former N.S. ag minister Ed Lorraine, 80
Ed Lorraine, a Colchester County cattle producer who was Nova Scotia’s agriculture minister from 1997 to 1999, died early Wednesday morning at age 80, the provincial government reported. “Mr. Lorraine […] Read more
Senate urges action on ag inputs, rural affairs
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. […] Read more
Suncor to boost Ont. ethanol plant capacity
Suncor Energy has announced it will spend $120 million to double the capacity of its St. Clair corn ethanol plant near Sarnia, Ont. The facility has been operating since July […] Read more
Atlantic ag ministers eye development plan
Atlantic Canada’s agriculture ministers say they’ve agreed to work toward a “more co-operative” approach on issues of shared interest and plan to talk more about formalizing that approach. Meeting Monday […] Read more
Alta. program seen limiting CWD spread
Alberta’s control program for chronic wasting disease (CWD) seems to be having an effect in limiting its further spread, the province said Tuesday. The provincial sustainable resource development department reported […] Read more
Meat eater study extends up value chain
A study of Canadian consumers’ meat buying habits and preferences will now extend further up the meat value chain, the George Morris Centre announced Monday. The Guelph-based ag think tank’s […] Read more
B.C. farms keep “farm” tax status for 2009
Any major moves to reclassify what constitutes a “farm” in British Columbia for municipal tax purposes will now wait until the 2010 tax year. The provincial government will accept that […] Read more
Sask., Man. crops need warmer weather
While fields in central and southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba got some timely rain last week, farmers across both provinces are generally waiting for warmer temperatures to improve crop development. […] Read more