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Reading Time: < 1 minute Potato growers on Prince Edward Island affected by “extreme wet weather” can now share up to $12.4 million in federal/provincial aid through the AgriRecovery program. AgriRecovery, one of the programs under the federal government’s Growing Forward ag policy framework, is meant to help governments address gaps not covered by existing programs and respond quickly to […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Saskatchewan government and the Mosaic Company have sealed their $1.6 billion deal to sell Regina-based nitrogen maker Saskferco to a major chemical firm from Norway. Yara International on Wednesday officially assumed control of Saskferco, whose holdings include a fertilizer plant at Belle Plaine, about 30 km east of Moose Jaw, and a warehouse at […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes A New Jersey firm says it’s discovered a mix that makes it “extremely difficult” to weaponize ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Honeywell Resins and Chemicals, which bills itself as one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of ammonium sulfate fertilizer, said Sept. 23 it’s picked up what’s called “SAFETY Act” designation for its new, patented product from the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in drier areas of the Prairies “not typically suited to canola production” can expect to benefit from a new juncea canola available through grain company Viterra. Available in “limited quantities” for the 2009 season, Xceed juncea canola was bred by Viterra to meet the need for growers to diversify their rotation and still produce […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Quebec government plans to put up $600,000 over three years to fund improvements on farms in the Lake Temiscouata watershed, in hopes of helping to clear the lake’s blue-green algae problem. The lake, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region near the province’s borders with Maine and New Brunswick, has about 100 farms on its watershed that […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes British Columbia’s panel to review what constitutes a “farm” for municipal tax purposes must again replace its co-chair at about a third of the way through its assignment. Okanagan-Westside MLA Rick Thorpe, who was named co-chair in July, has stepped down from the provincial Farm Assessment Review Panel due to personal health reasons, the province […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has granted Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) regulatory approval to buy control of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp. Calgary-based CPR, which announced the ruling in a release Tuesday, noted that the board “denied all requests for conditions other than those agreed to voluntarily by (CPR)” and that the board’s […] Read more