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Lighting can add drama to plants Have you ever been sitting in an office or a restaurant and been looking a plant sitting in the corner? We have all seen this plant. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Gardening Date: 2012-02-04 08:34:44

ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged WINNIPEG - Closing prices: Canola: March '12 $3.90 higher $523.80; May '12 $3.60 higher $529.40; July '12 $4.50 higher $531.50; Nov.'12 $5.90 higher $510.00; Jan '13 $4.00 higher $514.50; March '13 $2.40 higher $516.60; May '13 $2.70 higher $517.10; July '13 $2.70 higher $517.10; Nov. '13 $2.70... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-02-01 14:36:34

Verde says its planned potash mine in Brazil will cost about US$654 million TORONTO - Junior miner Verde Potash Plc (TSXV:NPK) says a preliminary economic assessment report concludes its planned potash project in Brazil will cost US$654 million to build. The company, which trades on the TSX Venture Exchange, said Tuesday the project is estimated to initially produce up... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-31 13:20:50

ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices lower, barley unchanged WINNIPEG - Closing prices: Canola: March '12 $7.20 lower $517.20; May '12 $7.20 lower $524.10; July '12 $6.60 lower $524.90; Nov.'12 $7.10 lower $502.30; Jan '13 $7.10 lower $508.70; March '13 $7.10 lower $512.40; May '13 $7.10 lower $512.50; July '13 $7.10 lower $512.50; Nov. '13 $7.10 lower... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-30 17:39:04

Cool trick keeps holiday plants beautiful The holidays are over and the decorations have been packed away for another year. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Gardening Date: 2012-01-28 09:47:35

Gnats drawn to wet compost Don’t let mulch touch tree bark Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Gardening Date: 2012-01-28 09:47:34

PotashCorp to double its quarterly dividend to 14 cents US per share SASKATOON - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (TSX:POT) is doubling its quarterly dividend for the second time in a year, announcing Wednesday that its next payout will be 14 cents US per share. "In addition to using our strong cash flow to grow our world-class fertilizer business, we have... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-25 20:33:01

Canada seeks to carve out agriculture, telecom in EU trade talks: documents OTTAWA - Leaked documents from the Canada-European Union free trade talks suggest Ottawa is seeking to carve out telecommunications and agriculture from any agreement. But there is no exemption for water services, a sore point with critics of the negotiations which many expect will result in a Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-25 14:12:48

ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices lower, barley unchanged WINNIPEG - Closing prices: Canola: March '12 $1.60 lower $524.40; May '12 $1.70 lower $530.10; July '12 $1.90 lower $529.20; Nov.'12 $0.80 lower $507.00; Jan '13 $0.80 lower $512.40; March '13 $0.80 lower $515.60; May '13 $0.80 lower $515.60; July '13 $0.80 lower $515.60; Nov. '13 $0.80 lower... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-25 14:12:47

Richardson buys grain handling, crop input retail facility in Nampa, Alta. WINNIPEG - Privately held Richardson International Ltd. announced Wednesday that it is buying a grain handling and crop input retail facility in Nampa, Alta., from the Great Northern Grain. Terms of the deal, expected to close by Feb. 9, were not disclosed. Current employees at Great Northern's Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-25 14:12:47

Toronto committee to vote on whether to ask for report on allowing backyard hens TORONTO - Toronto could move a step closer today to allowing residents to keep a limited number of hens in their backyards. Toronto's licensing and standards committee votes on whether to ask for a strategy proposal on allowing backyard chickens. Coun. Joe Mihevc says there are a number of... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-25 06:35:12

ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices mostly stable, barley unchanged WINNIPEG - Closing prices: Canola: March '12 $0.90 lower $526.00; May '12 $0.20 higher $531.80; July '12 unchanged $531.10; Nov.'12 unchanged $507.80; Jan '13 unchanged $513.20; March '13 unchanged $516.40; May '13 unchanged $516.40; July '13 unchanged $516.40; Nov. '13 unchanged $512.80; Jan.... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-24 19:00:18

Manitoba provides $2.5M to communities hurt by flooding WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is providing nearly $2.5 million to rural communities affected by record flooding last year. Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn (koh-STIH'-shen) says the money is meant to help communities get back on their feet. The goal is to restore economic activity to... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-23 22:31:41

Canadian Pacific signs 10-year deal to carry potash for Canpotex CALGARY - Canada's two largest railways on Monday both announced the signing of long-term deals with Canpotex Ltd., a company set up to export Canadian potash. Calgary-based Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP) was first off the mark, announcing it had signed a 10-year agreement with Canpotex... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-23 14:30:46

Calendar of events Horticultural meetings and outdoor walks Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Gardening Date: 2012-01-20 22:30:11

Tips to fight indoor plant insects Even with the best of care, the indoor gardener may encounter an insect problem in their plants. Province: Ontario Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Gardening Date: 2012-01-20 22:30:10

Creditors vote in favour of plan for assets of N.B. farmer jailed in Lebanon FREDERICTON - Creditors who are owed more than $11 million from companies owned by a New Brunswick farmer jailed in Lebanon have voted in favour of a plan to reorganize the companies. Henk Tepper's lawyer says the plan would consolidate most of his client's assets into one company and sell about... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-20 19:08:22

South Korea resuming imports of Canadian beef means $30M by 2015: Ritz SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says South Korea lifting its ban on Canadian beef imports is a great new year's gift to the cattle industry and to Canada's economy overall. He says the renewed trade will add $30 million annually to the cattle industry within three Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-20 12:02:43

Farmers want wind farm development suspended; say issue is dividing communities GUELPH, Ont. - The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is calling on the province to suspend further development of wind farms. President Mark Wales says escalating concerns about industrial wind turbines have prompted the OFA to make the recommendation. Wales says farm families and rural Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-20 12:02:41

Manitoba, Alberta welcome end of South Korea beef ban Now that South Korea has lifted its ban on Canadian beef, the Manitoba government is hoping the province's cattle industry will grow. Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn (koh-STIH'-shen) says the mad cow scare in 2003 resulted in reduced numbers of cattle, and regaining South Korea as a market... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-20 12:02:40

New Brunswick to shut down deer farms after man's death last October FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is shutting down illegal deer farms in the province. Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup says the issue came to light last October, when a Saint-Leonard man was killed by a white-tailed deer in captivity. At the time, police said the dominant... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-19 09:09:13

Viterra fourth-quarter profit plunges but company to raise dividend CALGARY - Viterra Inc.'s profit plunged in the fourth quarter due to a number of factors, but the Canadian grain handler and agribusiness says it will increase its dividends to shareholders to reflect a bright outlook. "To signal our confidence in our future earnings and demonstrate our... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-18 20:57:13

ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices mostly lower, barley unchanged WINNIPEG - Closing prices: Canola: March '12 $0.40 higher $521.50; May '12 $0.10 higher $524.20; July '12 $1.20 lower $523.50; Nov.'12 $2.00 lower $500.00; Jan '13 $1.70 lower $505.40; March '13 $1.50 lower $506.40; May '13 $1.50 lower $506.90; July '13 $1.50 lower $507.30; Nov. '13 $2.00 lower... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-18 14:09:36

Aid agencies: Donors' slow response to East African hunger crisis 'cost thousands of lives' NAIROBI, Kenya - Thousands of people, more than half of them children, died needlessly and millions of dollars were wasted because the international community did not respond to early warnings of an impending food crisis in East Africa, aid agencies said in a report released Wednesday. Most rich... Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-18 07:20:26

Canada should crack aid whip on Ethiopian abuse, says human rights report OTTAWA - Canada's aid agency says it will look into how Ethiopia spends the assistance after publication of a report that accuses the African country of an abusive and systematic practice of forcing rural villagers off their land. The response came after a report released Tuesday by New Province: Manitoba Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Agriculture Date: 2012-01-17 20:03:36

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