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Fertilizer supply firm Agrico Canada will expand further into Quebec by partnering with a Norwegian company operating there. Oslo-based fertilizer supply company Yara International announced Wednesday that it’s bought a […] Read more

A combination Group 4 and 6 herbicide has picked up registration for broadleaf weed control in Prairie spring wheat and barley. UAP Canada now holds the registration for Thrasher, which […] Read more

California pesticide firm AgraQuest says it’s picked up Canadian approval for use of its “biofungicide” Serenade ASO on pulse crops such as peas, lentils and beans and a “variety” of […] Read more

The House of Commons has passed the government’s bill to legislate the minimum level of farmed fuels coming out at the pump. The bill passed Wednesday will require all gasoline […] Read more

The Ontario community of Stoney Creek, east of Hamilton, has been removed from Canada’s list of areas infected with plum pox virus. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Wednesday announced […] Read more

An interdepartmental committee of the Prince Edward Island government will review proposals to produce farmed fuels in the province. The interdepartmental biofuels committee (IDBC), launched Tuesday, will be led by […] Read more

Prairie grain growers would have to produce more than a permit book before they can vote in director elections for the Canadian Wheat Board, under a new bill announced Tuesday. […] Read more

Fertilizer firm Agrium will supply carbon dioxide from its facilities for another Calgary company’s oil recovery operations. Enhance Energy will use Agrium’s carbon dioxide (CO2) in “several” enhanced oil recovery […] Read more

Assiniboine Community College’s agriculture program co-ordinator will be the new executive director for the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC). Ted Eastley will take the MRAC post starting June 30, the […] Read more