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The province’s ministry of agriculture will soon be asking farm groups and young farmers for their recommendations on a program designed to help new farmers get into agriculture.
Washington State’s Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division has entered into an agreement with Pigeon King International that will prevent the company from doing business within the state’s borders.
Updated May 9, 2008
Live market hogs netting payments of $140 is a goal within the grasp of Canada’s troubled pork industry. But at least two of those who keep track of market trends caution that amount isn’t enough to buy the industry a ticket out of the woods.
The elimination of bluetongue testing and monitoring is the motivation behind a new insurance program, says a sheep industry spokesperson.
International dairy exporter Fonterra expects to start online trading in milk commodities in July but those plans won’t affect Canada or Canadian dairy farmers because the industry here isn’t involved in world trade, say spokesmen.
Ontario’s alpaca farmers hope a national fibre strategy being developed by Alpaca Canada will lead to large-scale mills and factories to process fleece into yarn and yarn into consumer goods.
The unprecedented global rise in fertilizer costs is forcing Canada’s agricultural and agribusiness sectors to re-examine its practices.
Since the federal government imposed an enhanced feed ban last year, processors and abattoirs have struggled with costs associated with offal. A group of Perth and Huron County farmers and businesses have come up with an answer: why not use what can’t be put into the food chain to make biofuel?
