BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY DEAD STOCK COLLECTO . . . TACKLING A SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY FOR ATLANTIC SALMON FARMING . . . HARPER GOVERNMENT IMPROVES CASH ADVANCE PROGRAM FOR 2015 . . . CATTLE PRODUCERS HOLD MEETING . . . OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY DEAD STOCK COLLECTOR
Source: NSFA The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture currently administers a Dead Stock Collection Service for the Valley and Colchester County, East Hants and Cumberland County areas of Nova Scotia. The Federation’s Dead Stock Committee is currently looking for any individuals/businesses interested in providing a dead stock collection service to farmers in the central area of the province. (read more)

TACKLING A SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY FOR ATLANTIC SALMON FARMING
Source: Globe and Mail
In a clearing near Port McNeill, B.C., an experiment is under way. Inside an unassuming steel-clad building, thousands of Atlantic salmon swim in circular tanks. When those fish are big enough – in about 12 months, when they have grown from 100-gram smolts to between three to five kilograms in weight – they will be harvested, having never touched the ocean. Their waste will be processed into garden soil. Water, almost all of which is recirculated, comes from nearby wells and the plant is highly automated. (read more)

HARPER GOVERNMENT IMPROVES CASH ADVANCE PROGRAM FOR 2015
Source: FCC
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz highlighted major enhancements to the Advance Payments Program (APP) designed to improve and streamline administration, provide greater flexibility and more repayment options, and ease access to the program for producers. On February 27, 2015, the Government announced the coming into force of the Agricultural Growth Act, which makes improvements to the Advance Payments Program (APP). The Act modernizes and strengthens federal agriculture legislation, supports innovation in the Canadian agriculture industry, and enhances global market opportunities. (read more)

CATTLE PRODUCERS HOLD MEETING
Source: Island Farmer
PEI Cattle Producers will be holding its annual meeting April 7 at the Farm Centre starting at 7 pm. Guest speakers for the event will be Greg Hardy of Atlantic Beef Products and producer Vernon Campbell, who will talk about the pilot program on lean beef production. (read more)

NOVA SCOTIA: 393,000 GREEN TONNES OF BIOMASS FOR ELECTRICITY
Source: Pulp & Paper Canada
N.S.Power recently reported that the biomass boiler used to generate electricity for the province consumed 393,423 green tonnes of biomass in 2014, its first full year of operation.. N.S.Power spokesperson David Rodenhiser told CBC News the company went outside the province to buy 23 percent of its total biomass when it was cheap. “We've imported some secondary biomass, largely sawmill bark, from Quebec,” he said. “And there’s also been some primary biomass that we’ve purchased from lands that were being cleared for agricultural purposes in New Brunswick.” (read more)