The University of Prince Edward Island has named Donald Reynolds, a U.S. professor and veterinarian, as dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College. Reynolds, whose appointment was announced Thursday, will officially take the job for a six-year term starting in August. He replaces Timothy Ogilvie, who steps down from the role after two terms. Reynolds is […] Read more
Atlantic Vet College names new dean
Ont. biofuel projects get BOPI cash
A farmer-backed feasibility study on sorghum-based biofuel is among four projects in Ontario to share over $600,000 in federal biofuels funding. Sweet Sorghum Initiative for Biofuels in Port Lambton, about 50 km east of Detroit, will get $222,975 from the Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative (BOPI) to study the feasibility of sweet sorghum as an […] Read more
B.C. tops up fund for small slaughterhouses
Small-scale meat producers in British Columbia will get another $3.8 million in available funding to help with upgrades that comply with the province’s new meat inspection regulations and build the province’s slaughter capacity. The new money is “over and above” $5 million put up in April 2006 through the province’s meat transition assistance program, Health […] Read more
BSE-infected feed likely in Case 11: CFIA
The Alberta cow found to be Canada’s 11th case of BSE probably caught its “atypical” version of the disease through an infectious feed supplement, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The agency on Wednesday released its report on its investigation of Case 11, a 13-year-old unregistered Hereford cow on a cow/calf operation in east-central […] Read more
N.S., Nunavut approve APF extensions
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
N.B. veg growers get new insurance plan
The New Brunswick Crop Insurance Commission has launched a new insurance plan offering coverage to commercial vegetable growers. The commission’s fresh market vegetable acreage loss insurance plan will provide coverage for total losses of acreage of eligible fresh-market vegetable crops due to insured perils, the province said in a release Thursday. The plan, which will […] Read more
Cover crop program deadline moved to June 30
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has extended the application deadline for its 2007 cover crop protection program to June 30, 2008. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, whose department operates the CCPP in all provinces through its Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), said the government “wants to ensure that all eligible farmers have access to the financial assistance […] Read more
China paying $576/T for Sask. potash
Saskatchewan’s major potash firms will sell into China this year at a 227 per cent markup over their 2007 pricing. Canpotex Ltd., the overseas marketing arm of PotashCorp, Mosaic and Agrium, on Wednesday announced a deal with Chinese fertilizer concern Sinofert Holdings, worth US$576 per tonne, up $400 over its 2007 price. Canpotex has, however, […] Read more
Muster OK in mustard crops
DuPont Canada’s Group 2 herbicide Muster has picked up federal regulatory approval for use in oriental mustard crops as well as a wider window of application in sunflower crops. Muster (ethametsulfuron-methyl) can now be used to control wild mustard, flixweed, hemp-nettle and smartweed in oriental and brown mustard, and for suppression of stinkweed in mustard […] Read more
Report calls for radical food policy reforms
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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