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Federal investments to help dairy farmers boost exports

 The federal government has invested nearly $1.3 million in projects to assist the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) to increase market opportunities.

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  • Breeding winter-hardy rose varieties

    January 12, 2012 - 12 h 32

    The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) has received $400,000 from the federal government to breed a new series of Canadian winter-hardy roses.

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  • Maple Lodge faces criminal charges

    January 12, 2012 - 12 h 30

    Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. of Norval, Ontario is facing 60 criminal charges for trucking chickens in freezing weather during the winters of 2008-09 and 2009-2010.

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  • US proposes restrictions on cephalosporin antibiotics

    January 12, 2012 - 12 h 28

    The Food and Drug Administration in the United States has issued an order to restrict the use of cephalosporin antibiotics, which are given to some cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys before slaughter.

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  • New Canadian safety standard on agricultural augers

    January 12, 2012 - 12 h 26

    There’s a new Canadian safety standard for portable augers used on farms. It could take a couple of years before producers see the results on the market but auger manufacturers are getting set now to work the new standard into their equipment...

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  • Bankruptcy protection

    January 12, 2012 - 12 h 24

     A number of media outlets reported Jan. 11 that Hostess had filed for bankruptcy protection.

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  • Comments open on Pacific trade negotiations

    January 5, 2012 - 11 h 07

    The federal government has quietly opened a public-comment period on its proposal to join the Trans-Pacific trade negotiations.

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  • Canadian farmers "over capitalized" and "very vulnerable"—Brinkman

    January 5, 2012 - 11 h 03

    Dr. George Brinkman brought a very sobering warning to the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture’s annual general meeting about the ‘Viability of Canadian Agriculture’.

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  • New market access to the UAE

    January 5, 2012 - 11 h 00

    A new agreement on an export certificate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was announced Dec. 20. For the first time since BSE was discovered in 2003, Canadian exporters of live cattle will have access to the UAE market.

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  • Pork industry helps fight crime

    January 5, 2012 - 10 h 58

    The British pork industry is helping to combat crime.

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  • Seal oil research languishing?

    December 15, 2011 - 12 h 12

    A retired Memorial University scientist figures a stigma attached to the seal hunt is the reason the animal's oil is not being used to boost levels of Omega-3 in eggs.

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