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New ways to stem the loss of Alberta’s farmland against “fragmentation” by other uses are among goals of a draft land-use framework the province unveiled Wednesday. The framework is meant to give the province “a strategic blueprint for all levels of government and Albertans as we make decisions today about the province we want in […] Read more

The federal government has drafted a discussion paper on its proposed new rules for the labeling of food as “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada.” The new rules, released on Wednesday for public comment, “are designed to redefine Canadian food content labels to better reflect the true origins of products in today’s global marketplace,” […] Read more

Canada’s supply-managed commodity groups say a new draft modalities text aimed at a global trade deal on agriculture is worse for their sectors than earlier versions. A group representing Canadian ag exporters, however, has praised the text as closing several gaps and building on consensus reached in world trade talks in recent months. Crawford Falconer, […] Read more

The former Winnipeg Commodity Exchange will remove its December 2008 and later feed wheat contracts from trading, starting Wednesday evening. ICE Futures Canada, as the WCE has been known since January , announced its decision Tuesday in a notice to exchange participants. The removal of December 2008 and subsequent contracts will take effect on ICE’s […] Read more

While a new draft modalities text for agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization has much for Canadian crop and livestock exporters to like, Canada has “serious concerns” over what’s not there. Specifically, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a release Tuesday that he’s “particularly disappointed that there has been so little progress in […] Read more

Former Farm Credit Canada CEO John Ryan has been named CEO of Rabobank International’s U.S. ag lending arm. Ryan will assume the post of president and CEO of Rabo AgriFinance on Oct. 1, replacing Rick Henderson, who announced his plans to retire earlier this year. Ryan was CEO of FCC from 1997 until his term […] Read more

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