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Farmers’ role in offset trading seen hindered

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Reading Time: 2 minutes While the success of a domestic emissions market in Canada may depend on farmer involvement, “unresolved issues” in the development of such a market may keep farmers from getting involved. That’s the observation in a new George Morris Centre report on emissions trading in Canadian agriculture, released Tuesday by the Guelph ag think tank. Cher […] Read more
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Ag ad agency to boost online presence

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Calgary marketing and PR agency AdFarm plans to cast a wider marketing net online to reach North American farmers where they surf. The company, which focuses strictly on clients in North America’s ag, food and rural development sectors, announced Thursday that it’s formed an “exclusive alliance” with Rare Method Interactive Corp., another Calgary agency focused […] Read more
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Untying food aid may short farmers: NFU

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s decision to completely decouple its food aid from requirements to source that aid domestically could short farmers both in developing countries and here at home, the National Farmers Union warns. The federal government on Wednesday opened up its food aid procurement policy to allow up to 100 per cent of its food aid to […] Read more
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Canada boosts food aid, lifts limit on sourcing

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada has untied its remaining limits on where federally-funded food aid can be sourced, and has pledged to spend 28 per cent more on such aid this year. Food aid programming will get $230 million this fiscal year, up $50 million, International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda said in a release Wednesday. Canada will also open […] Read more
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Food prices to bite Canada’s grocers: report

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Faced with the “Wal-Mart effect,” Canada’s grocery retailers can’t depend on price hikes to cope with rising food prices, according to a new report from the George Morris Centre. The Guelph-based ag think tank on Tuesday released a new report on sales and pricing challenges in the Canadian food and beverage sector. It noted that […] Read more
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New markets beckon to Canadian food firms: report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes While rising costs, the rising dollar and slowing economies such as the U.S. put pressure on Canadian food processors, they should look to other export markets as well as their own “underserved” ethnic populations, according to a new report from Rabobank. The Dutch firm, which bills itself as the “premier” bank to the global food […] Read more
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N.S., Nunavut approve APF extensions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Nova Scotia and Nunavut governments have officially agreed to extend funding for some federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) programming. Each will extend its share of funding up until April 1, 2009 at the latest. The extension applies to four out of five ag programming pillars of the five-year APF: renewal, innovation, environment and food […] Read more
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Report calls for radical food policy reforms

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Reading Time: < 1 minute An organization supported by the United Nations and the World Bank has called for a radical change in food policy to better serve the poor and hungry if the world is to cope with a growing population and climate change while avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse. The report by more than 400 scientists was […] Read more
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New fire safety program for rural Alberta

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Reading Time: 1 minute  The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan Company and the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association have launched a new safety program aimed at protecting rural landowners, their families and emergency personnel in the event of a fire or other emergency. The Rural Emergency Plan (REP) is a personalized, easy-to-use tool that helps rural landowners prepare for personal and […] Read more
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Pasture available for drought-stricken cattle producers

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ministry of Agriculture has announced some assistance for cattle producers in southwest Saskatchewan. Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said there are a number of grazing opportunities available in northeast Saskatchewan through the Saskatchewan Pastures Program (SPP). “We recognized that with current drought conditions in the southwest, cattle producers are short of pasture,” Bjornerud said. “We […] Read more

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