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Feds hope for Growing Forward deal this month

By Alex Binkley September 17, 2012

After two years of largely behind-the-scenes discussion, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz hopes to strike this month for a framework agreement with the provinces on the next version of Growing Forward. In a news release, Ritz said a wide variety of views has been heard. “Canadians have spoken on the future direction of agriculture and governments

Cereals, News

Change in command at Ag Canada

By Alex Binkley August 10, 2012

Agriculture Canada will be getting a new deputy minister in September when 28-year veteran Suzanne Vinet takes over from John Knubley. Vinet, currently president of the Economic Development Agency of Canada, started at Ag Canada in 1984 and worked her way up to assistant deputy minister for trade policy before leaving in 2007 for senior

Cereals, Crops, News

Cigi appoints three farmers to its board

By Allan Dawson June 30, 2012

With farmers paying for part of its funding directly, Cigi says it’s important to get them more involved in governance

Three Prairie farmers have been appointed to the Canadian International Grains Institute’s six-member board, just one of many changes to the institute in the wake of the Canadian Wheat Board end of its sales monopoly Aug. 1. Cigi, which teaches customers how to use Canadian crops, was founded in 1972 by the wheat board and

Cereals, News

AAFC clarifies checkoff administrator’s authority

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2012

The federal government plans to sign an agreement with the Alberta Barley Commission to dictate how farmers’ money collected from the proposed new interim wheat and barley checkoff for research and market development is spent. “ABC and AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) intend to enter into an agreement that will specify what dollars-per-tonne amounts that

News

FDC now has 18,000 more feet to offer specialized services for food product development

By Lorraine Stevenson June 5, 2012

When Alphonsus Utioh decided to come to Manitoba and work at the Food Development Centre 20 years ago, the young chemical engineer was attracted by a chance to do research that would result in more than published papers. “I saw this as more practical. You could actually see what you do and work with people,

News

Half-step for Product of Canada labels

By Alex Binkley June 5, 2012

Agriculture Canada is stepping up its promotion of a Canada Brand program to help identify Canadian food products for consumers at home and abroad. The government is supporting pilot projects in a select group of stores across the country with Canadian products marked with a special red maple leaf label. But the program only works

News

Adaptation councils lose budget

By Lorraine Stevenson April 30, 2012

Regional agriculture adaptation councils across Canada are losing their role as administrators of the federal Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) after March 2014, in a move by the federal government to centralize the program out of Ottawa. The moved was flagged in federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 2012 budget last month, which announced Agriculture and

News

Some federal budget cuts don’t add up for farmers: CFA

By Alex Binkley April 30, 2012

Some program cuts at Agriculture Canada resulting from the 2012 budget aren’t in the best interest of farmers and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is going to press for changes. “Some of the cuts do make sense because they get rid of duplication,” president Ron Bonnett said in an interview. But terminating regional adaptation councils

Cereals, Crops, News

Cereal Research Centre axed

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Cereal Research Centre will be shuttered within two years, but a senior department official says much of its work will continue. Industry leaders are less confident in the wake of last week’s announcement to close the facility that earned Western Canada its breadbasket reputation as part of a five to 10

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Community pasture program to wind down

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Ottawa is getting out of the community pasture business and streamlining Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada by rolling the Agri-Environment Services Branch, formerly known as PFRA, into the new Science and Technology Branch. Details were still trickling out last week, but according to Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, cattle farmers will still

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

Tag Archives Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Feds hope for Growing Forward deal this month

Change in command at Ag Canada

Cigi appoints three farmers to its board

AAFC clarifies checkoff administrator’s authority

FDC now has 18,000 more feet to offer specialized services for food product development

Half-step for Product of Canada labels

Adaptation councils lose budget

Some federal budget cuts don’t add up for farmers: CFA

Cereal Research Centre axed

Community pasture program to wind down

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