Reading Time: < 1 minute Farm Credit Canada’s mid-year review shows cultivated farmland values rose an average of 5.5 per cent in the first half of this year.
Land values continue to rise: FCC
Senators told biosecurity bill C-275 is really about trespassing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Witnesses at last week's Senate agriculture committee meetings said a bill purporting to be about biosecurity is not about biosecurity at all.
Saskatchewan pilot hunting program to help with wildlife damage
Landowners in five rural Sask. areas will have access to more licences
Reading Time: 1 minute A new pilot program in five Saskatchewan rural municipalities is launching to help landowners deal with excessive wildlife damage. The Big Game Management Extended Hunt will occur Nov. 1-10 in the RMs of Livingstone, Hazel Dell, Kelvington, Bjorkdale and Leask.
NWT closes Unity elevator for foreseeable future
Reading Time: < 1 minute North West Terminal Ltd. in Unity, Saskatchewan, has idled its grain elevator after several years of losses.
Provincial associations commit funds to new facility
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four organizations announced funding for the planned Global Agriculture Technology Exchange in Winnipeg Sept. 17.
Researchers call for rapid adaptation to global trade environment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada must prepare for a future featuring a less friendly trade environment, says a new policy note authored by two leading policy analysts. Al Mussell and Ted Bilyea, researchers at Agri-Food Economic Systems Research, said the recent action by China on Canadian canola illustrates their point.
Grain commission revokes Purely Canada licence
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked the licences of Purely Canada Foods.
Jasper fires force trains to go slow
CN has resumed service but at a reduced speed through the area
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian National Railway line through Jasper, Alta,. is open, but trains are moving slowly due to the wildfire that destroyed a significant part of the community this week. The implications for grain movement are unknown, but unloads are already down at the port of Vancouver.
Ag ministers discuss BRM changes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s agriculture ministers wrapped up their annual meeting in Whitehorse Friday saying they continue to look at changes to business risk management programs to make them more responsive.
Carbon tax rebate available to farms with employees
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses was announced in this year’s federal budget, and while details are still scant, it will return a portion of the price on pollution through a refundable tax credit.