AG SAFETY WEEK: Safety plan campaign enters home stretch

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week this year kicks off the final year of a three-year effort to encourage development of on-farm safety plans. "I encourage farm operations to assess, improve and if necessary further develop safe farming practices," Prince Edward Island’s Agriculture Minister George Webster said in one of many public-sector releases this week promoting the […] Read more

Ontario to boost fees for farm plates

Putting plates on farm vehicles in Ontario is going to get a bit more expensive each year starting in 2013. The province on Tuesday announced it will begin to boost the annual fees for vehicle licence validations across various categories, as well as driver’s license renewal fees and driver exam fees. Included among those, as […] Read more


Nearly-ended program backs Sask. biodiesel maker

A biodiesel processor in eastern Saskatchewan will get up to $1.7 million in loans from a provincial biofuel support program in its final days. Milligan Bio-Tech, based at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton, will get a "repayable contribution" from the province’s four-year, $80 million SaskBIO program, which ends March 31. The program, […] Read more



BIXS funds to help ‘complete circle’ of cattle data flow

Additional funding for the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) is expected to help cattle producers and beef packers "complete the circle" of animal and carcass data. The federal government on Thursday announced a further $3 million for BIXS during the annual meeting in Ottawa of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, which operates the system. "This additional funding […] Read more

Sask. launches AgriStability intake system online

The agency running the federal/provincial AgriStability income stabilization program for farmers in Saskatchewan has put the intake process online. Melville-based Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. (SCIC) on Tuesday launched AgConnect, a web-based system through which eligible farmers can both submit and manage their AgriStability information. AgConnect "will make the entire AgriStability application process easier and more […] Read more



FNA joins OFA’s member benefits program

Saskatoon-based ag input buying group Farmers of North America has become a partner in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture’s member benefits program. Effective immediately, OFA members will receive a "significant discount" on the price of a membership in FNA, which would allow them to access FNA programs and services such as lower-cost inputs. "At FNA, […] Read more


AgReader Mobile now available for Android phones

AgReader Mobile now available for Android phones

Our free mobile app, allowing you to keep track of Canadian farm news, weather and commodities on your smartphone, is now available for the Android platform. AgReader Mobile, developed for the Farm Business Communications family of publications, became available Thursday through the Android Market (search for “agricultural news”) and is also available by using an […] Read more