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St. John's-area MHA Kathy Dunderdale was re-appointed Tuesday as Newfoundland and Labrador's minister responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency and natural resources after the Oct. 9 provincial election. Premier Danny Williams on Tuesday also appointed a new parliamentary secretary to Dunderdale for the forestry and agrifoods file. Harry Harding, the member of the House[...]

(Resource News International) -- The return of drier weather, along with warmer temperatures, has allowed producers in Alberta to virtually wrap up their 2007 harvest operations, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. "Producers finally got some drier weather to work with and there are only now pockets of crops left to[...]

(Resource News International) -- There will be a small percentage of crops that will go unharvested in the Peace River region of northern Alberta, according to a provincial crop specialist. "Right now only 50 per cent of the various crops in the Peace district have been harvested," said Harry Brook of Alberta Agriculture and Food's[...]

(Resource News International) Harvest operations in Alberta continue to be slowed by scattered shower activity and the absence of warm temperatures, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. "The harvest is stuttering in a number of regions with precipitation just enough to only allow for a couple of hours a day of[...]

(Resource News International) -- A potentially devastating disease, clubroot, is causing concern for Alberta canola growers, according to a crop specialist with the province's Ag-Info Centre. Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers were also keeping a close eye on the development of the disease. Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious disease of canola, mustard and[...]