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Senate urges action on ag inputs, rural affairs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Senate’s standing committee on agriculture recommends the federal government step in to address the rising costs of farm inputs, and to raise rural affairs’ profile in national policy. In separate reports released Tuesday — one on rural poverty, the other on the cost of farm inputs — the committee respectively called for the […] Read more
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Farmers’ cash income, equity up: StatsCan

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Rising grain prices boosted cash income for Canadian farms in 2007, while rising farm real estate values improved the farm sector’s equity, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Cash income for Canadian farm businesses increased 14.5 per cent in 2007, the federal agency reported. The impact of rising grain and oilseed prices more than offset large increases […] Read more
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Canadian Ag Hall of Famers named

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Reading Time: 2 minutes An international spokesman for farmers, a dairy cattle breeder, a cattle marketer and an ag economist, all from Ontario, are the newest inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recently announced its four newest members, to be formally inducted Nov. 9 at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. They […] Read more
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Job site to focus on entry-level ag work

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Calgary project management and recruitment firm AgCall has launched a new web site aimed at attracting new talent into the agriculture-related labour force. The goal of the new site, called IgniteAg, will initially be to “expand the pool of candidates with an initial focus on entry level positions” — a pool that’s now too small […] Read more
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Canada, Colombia conclude FTA talks

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada has wrapped up talks with Colombia on the way to a free trade agreement (FTA) that’s expected to end the South American republic’s tariffs on some Canadian crops and ag goods. The FTA is expected to make sure Canadian exporters aren’t put at a disadvantage vis-à-vis trading partners that have or are seeking preferential […] Read more
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U of S names next ag dean

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The interim dean of the Ontario Agriculture College at Guelph will become the University of Saskatchewan’s new dean for its college of agriculture and bioresources starting July 1, 2009. Dr. Mary Buhr will take over the position for a five-year term, replacing Dr. Graham Scoles, who will continue as interim dean for the U of […] Read more
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Planet Organic balks at U.S. acquisition

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Faced with a “very weak” market for a share offering, Edmonton-based retailer Planet Organic has dropped its plan to buy its way into California’s lucrative organic food market. The company, which already runs 20 natural food supermarkets in Canada and the eastern U.S., said in a release Wednesday that its board has voted to focus […] Read more
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March crop prices up 35 per cent: StatsCan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Prices farmers received for their commodities rose 9.8 per cent in March 2008 from the same month a year earlier, as significant gains in crop prices offset declines in livestock prices, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Prices that producers received for crops continued their double-digit increases, up 35.4 per cent in March 2008 compared with March […] Read more
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Ritz defends Canada’s biofuel programs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz defended the use and production of biofuels in Canada at a May 30 meeting between federal, provincial, and territorial ministers of agriculture, saying Canada’s biofuel initiative strikes a good balance between food and fuel. Following the meeting, Ritz was asked to comment on the recent release […] Read more
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Alta., Sask. urge export focus at WTO

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Saskatchewan and Alberta governments are asking Ottawa to take a “more progressive stance” on opening up market access for Canadian farmers at global trade talks. Bob Bjornerud and George Groeneveld, the two provinces’ respective ag ministers, on Wednesday jointly urged the federal government and the other provinces to support a World Trade Organization position […] Read more

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