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Following the funding, March 1-15

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Reading Time: 4 minutes AGCanada.com here delivers a quick wrapup of a dozen federal and federal/provincial ag-related funding announcements across Canada during the first half of March. March 15 Functional foods, Manitoba: The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network, a brain trust made up of several research centres meant to “link the health benefits of Prairie-grown and -made foods to diets […] Read more
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Former federal ag minister Strahl won’t run again

Reading Time: 3 minutes Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first agriculture minister has announced he won’t seek re-election. Chuck Strahl, the MP for the Chilliwack area in B.C. since 1993 and Harper’s agriculture minister from February 2006 to August 2007, is one of three B.C. Conservative MPs who announced Saturday they won’t run in the next federal election. Strahl, in […] Read more
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UPA, WRAP chiefs named CFA vice-presidents

Reading Time: < 1 minute The presidents of the general farm organizations in Quebec and Alberta are now the first and second vice-presidents of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Christian Lacasse, a dairyman from St-Vallier, Que. and president of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), was elected last week in Ottawa as the CFA’s first vice-president, replacing Garnet Etsell. Humphrey […] Read more
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Meat, grain sectors hail trade proposal with Japan

Reading Time: 3 minutes Plans for a joint study of the potential for a “economic partnership” deal between Canada and Japan find Canadian meat and grain producer groups already well aware of the potential of the Japanese market. International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan on Wednesday announced the launch of the study to “examine the economic impact of an […] Read more
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EU experts approve trace GM in feed imports

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A European Union committee voted Tuesday to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in animal feed imports, the European Commission said, in a bid to secure grain supplies to the import-dependent bloc.  EU governments and lawmakers now have three months to either approve or reject the committee’s decision, before the rules can be […] Read more
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Farm cash receipts above curve in 2010: StatsCan

Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm cash receipts received by Canadian farmers totalled $43.8 billion in 2010, down 1.7 per cent from a year earlier, but 6.7 per cent above the previous five-year average, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. Farm cash receipts, which include crop and livestock revenues plus program payments, fell in all provinces except Ontario (up 3.5 per cent), Newfoundland […] Read more
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Greenbelt Fund projects promote Ontario food

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ontario government’s Greenbelt Fund has announced funding for two projects to encourage more use of Ontario food. 100 Mile Market, a group of 160 farmers, will receive funding to provide more Ontario food to daycares, schools, universities and colleges, and hospital and long-term care facilities.  “Getting local food from the field to students and […] Read more
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Global warming not so bad – for weeds, that is

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  With global warming comes increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which benefits at least one species—weeds. Carbon dioxide acts as a fertilizer to invasive exotic grasses, resulting in higher growth rates and larger leaves. These stronger plants are also proving more resistant to the world’s most important herbicide, glyphosate, commercially known as Roundup.  […] Read more
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Federal food labelling rules to call out allergens, gluten

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s food manufacturers have until August next year to rework their product labels to clearly declare “hidden” allergens, gluten and sulphites. Ingredient displays on food labels will then be required to separately list any such items in plain terms at the end of the usual list of ingredients and separately prefaced by the word “Contains,” […] Read more
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Bank of Canada wary of commodity market reform

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Bank of Canada warned Thursday against hasty reform of commodity markets, carving out its position for a G20 meeting in France where officials will discuss curbs on commodity speculators. John Murray, a deputy governor at the central bank, said before tightening regulations world leaders should first determine how much of commodity price moves are […] Read more

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