Cattle producers in feeder associations in Saskatchewan can now apply for rebates of interest paid through the Advance Payments Program (APP). Saskatchewan Agriculture announced this week it had signed an agreement with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to allow the provincial Livestock Loan Guarantee (LLG) program to administer the interest-only portion of the federal APP in […] Read more
Sask. feeder associations can claim APP interest rebate
Tories’ CWB appeal goes to court Feb. 26
Prairie barley growers and end users should soon get the market certainty they need to make decisions in time for the next crop year starting Aug. 1, 2008, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. The Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed it will hear on Feb. 26, 2008 the government’s appeal of a July […] Read more
Hog farmers call for emergency loans before Christmas
Canada’s governments must offer their hog producers some assurance that emergency loans will be available to them before Christmas, the Canadian Pork Council said Wednesday. The council, at a press conference Wednesday morning in Ottawa, said hog producers are requesting loans, repayable with interest, as opposed to grants or any kind of handout. “We are […] Read more
Ontario RMP payments in mail: Agricorp
Pre-harvest payments to grain and oilseed farmers under Ontario’s risk management program (RMP) are being printed and mailed this week, Agricorp announced Wednesday. The provincial farm program delivery agency said in a release that it expects over 10,000 farmers who submitted complete applications to get their payments by Christmas. The balance would go out in […] Read more
Nova Scotia to shed NSAC governance
Nova Scotia’s provincial government will cut its governing ties to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), granting it the level of academic freedom and “insitutional autonomy” seen at other ag schools. Under a bill introduced Wednesday, the Truro-area college would no longer be a branch of the provincial department of agriculture, although its mandate, programming, […] Read more
Compensation raised for destroyed deer
The limit has been raised for compensation to owners of female white-tailed deer and males under 12 months old ordered destroyed for disease control, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday. The maximum compensation available for those animals under the federal Health of Animals Act has been raised from $2,500 to $4,000. CFIA said in […] Read more
CPR warns on earnings due to weather, fuel costs
Severe weather patterns in British Columbia early this month are expected to bite into Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CPR) 2007 earnings per share, the company warned Wednesday. The railway earlier this year announced an expected range of $4.30 to $4.45 for adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS), noting it had delivered “solid growth” of 12 per […] Read more
Livestock producers need financing: Senate report
Ottawa must move immediately with measures including interest-free loans to shore up livestock producers hit by losses due to higher feed and operating costs and the rising Canadian dollar, according to an interim report tabled Tuesday by the Senate standing committee on agriculture. The loans would help producers cover their living and operating costs until […] Read more
Farmers await Liberal ag task force’s ideas: CFA
A new task force on agriculture launched last week by the federal Liberal party is expected to come up with good ideas for the sector, but those ideas will need to be useful in the drafting of a new Canadian ag policy framework, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. The CFA reacted in a […] Read more
Quebec pledges $14M for Quebec-food strategy
Quebec’s provincial government will spend $14 million over the next three years on a marketing strategy to boost purchases of Quebec food products. The strategy, branded “Le Québec dans votre assiette!” (loosely, “Quebec on your plate”) is based on three points: encouraging Quebec consumers to consider buying Quebec products in general when buying groceries, supporting […] Read more
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