Canadian oat growers who use Headline fungicide to treat their crops may ship oats south now that U.S. regulators have also approved the product’s use on oats. BASF Canada, which […] Read more
Fungicide approval opens U.S. to treated oats
Que. to plot farm animal health strategy
Quebec’s provincial government will set up a working group to draft a strategy for animal health and welfare, and will also renew its rural veterinary service program. The province on […] Read more
Sheep farmers launch bluetongue insurance
The Canadian Sheep Federation and federal government have rolled out a new insurance program for sheep farmers to better manage risk in case of an outbreak of bluetongue. The CSF […] Read more
Canada tables European free trade deal
A trade deal that would eventually end or cut tariffs on several Canadian crops and foods in four European countries has been tabled in the House of Commons. Canada and […] Read more
Cross-border seed potato standards reworked
Alberta seed potatoes, possibly including some of the 2007 crop, may be allowed to travel south under new guidelines for seed potato trade between Canada and the U.S. The U.S. […] Read more
Alta. can’t produce lowest-cost pork: report
Alberta can’t, nor should it, try to win a race to the bottom as a low-cost pork supplier, the provincial hog farmers’ board proposes in a new report on the […] Read more
Agrium takes over UAP
Fertilizer firm Agrium’s friendly takeover of U.S. ag retailer UAP is nearly complete, with nearly all UAP shares tendered to the Calgary company’s offer. As of its deadline last Friday, […] Read more
Sask. urges farmers to keep out clubroot
Saskatchewan’s ag ministry is calling on canola growers to take the necessary steps to keep clubroot out of the province. In 2007, the province said in a release, nearly 60 […] Read more
Bevo Agro booking more U.S. business
Working itself out from under a rough 2007, B.C. greenhouse and horticultural plant supply firm Bevo Agro is reporting increased business from U.S. buyers. The Vancouver-area company last fall reported […] Read more
Shippers’ complaint on CN car policy dismissed
Grain shippers won’t get any “emergency relief” against Canadian National Railway’s (CN) car distribution policy, and will have to wait on a broader review of CN’s performance, the Canadian Transportation […] Read more
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