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Feds’ food campaign to focus on “percent daily value”

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Health Canada and Canada’s biggest food industry association will spearhead a new campaign to educate consumers on the use of prepared foods’ “Nutrition Facts” tables. The federal health department and Toronto-based Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) said Friday they will roll out a multi-media Nutrition Facts Education Campaign to focus on “increasing Canadians’ […] Read more
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Farmland values rise everywhere but B.C.: FCC

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“Highly productive” farmland continued to be a hot commodity in most parts of Canada during the first half of this year, according to Farm Credit Canada’s twice-yearly farmland values report. Overall, the Crown ag finance firm said in its report Monday, the average value of farmland in Canada rose three per cent during the first […] Read more
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FREE: Canada’s first fully-featured app for ag news

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Canadian farmers can now track weather, futures markets and agriculture news on their smartphones using a free mobile application from Farm Business Communications. AgReader Mobile is Canada’s first fully-featured app for following agricultural news and markets, with information instantly available on a smartphone rather than through a web browser. Available free at Agreader.ca, the app […] Read more
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Potash Corp. sues to thwart takeover bid

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Potash Corp. has filed a lawsuit in a bid to block BHP Billiton’s $39 billion hostile takeover in the ongoing battle over control of the Canadian fertilizer company.  The suit alleges that BHP misrepresented and failed to inform investors about material facts. It also accuses BHP of engaging in fraudulent, deceptive and manipulative behaviour related […] Read more
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CropLife Canada report spells out case for innovation

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CropLife Canada has published its case for the continued use of pesticides and the pursuit of biotechnology to sustainably feed the world. The document We Stand for Sustainability outlines the three P’s behind its position — people, planet and prosperity — and spells out how crop protection products and biotechnology can help feed the world’s […] Read more
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CFA calls on politicians for leadership on farm issues

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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture wants politicians to take the lead on several policy issues that could improve profitability of farmers and better position the sector for the future as the fall session of Parliament began this week.  A vital part of Canada’s economic engine, the farm sector generates approximately eight per cent of GDP […] Read more
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Ag Canada scientist wins writing award

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  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research scientist Ernest Small has been named winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Canadian Science Writing in the adult category for his book Top 100 Food Plants:  the World’s Most Important Culinary Crops. The $10,000 award was given out at a ceremony in Toronto on September 21st. Top […] Read more
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Youth injured in potato conveyor

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Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health officials are investigating after a 14-year-old farm worker became trapped in potato conveyor machinery on a Carberry-area farm in western Manitoba Sept. 18. RCMP say the girl apparently attempted to cross over the conveyor while it was in motion and slipped, which caused her to become entangled and trapped between […] Read more
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Farm share of rising food bills up slightly in study

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A now-annual study by the Prairie provinces’ general farm groups finds farmers getting a slightly larger share of a larger grocery bill. In the 2010 “Farmer’s Share” research project, commissioned by the Keystone Agricultural Producers, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and Wild Rose Agricultural Producers, shopping trips for the same basket of foods on May […] Read more
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Feed barley boosted in mid-month PRO

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“Continued strength” in the offshore barley market has led to a $15 per tonne bump in the Canadian Wheat Board’s pool return outlook (PRO) for new-crop feed barley. The CWB on Friday posted a mid-month PRO for 2010-11 feed barley (Pool A), raising its outlook to $224 per tonne ($4.88 per bushel), up from $209 […] Read more

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