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Source: Unifor the union
As the largest forestry union in Atlantic Canada, Unifor says that the soon to be announced forestry plan for the province of New Brunswick could mean a boost to the local economy, forestry sector and decent jobs for New Brunswickers... (read more)
Source: P.E.I. ADAPT Council
Damage to agricultural crops by wireworms has become a hot button issue in Prince Edward Island in the last few years. Farmers across a variety of crops are experiencing a range of damage, ranging from poor crop establishment in cereal and oilseed crops to significant damage to potatoes, carrots and other horticultural crops... (read more)
Source: Farm Focus
Syngenta Canada Inc. and Dalhousie University, together with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, are partnering on an innovative research project to increase bee populations and blueberry yields in the Maritime Provinces... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Nova Scotians who criticize efforts to develop the province’s forestry sector may be too hasty in their assessment. Businesses involved in forestry do not employ the same number of people as they once did, but a study by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council think-tank in Halifax seems to indicate forest-related industries still play... (read more)
Source: ACORN
The University of Vermont extension specialist will be touring the Maritimes during the week of Feb. 24-28, giving a day-long workshop in Fredericton (24), Dieppe (25), Charlottetown (26), Truro (27) and Wolfville (28)... (read more)
Source: AtlanticFarmer.com
Nova Scotia’s government has declined a Northern Pulp request to harvest an additional 500,000 green metric tonnes of fiber from Crown land. However, it will honor the previous NDP government’s commitment of 125,000 green tonnes per year to Northern Pulp for harvest on the former Bowater lands. There is no written commitment that the 125,000 green tonnes must come from the former Bowater land, but the expectation is that it will. The deal between the NDP government and Northern Pulp was made just after the province obtained the land as part of the $150 million buyout, and shortly before the much-touted public consultations on how the land should be used.
Source: NSWOOA
Reforestation and succession have offset the negative impacts of the hemlock woolly adelgid at the regional scale... (read more)
Source: rabble.ca
Governments and farm organizations tell us over and over again that decisions made on our farms and by government regulatory agencies must be “science-based.” Entwined with this adherence to “science-based” decision making is a demand that we accept that science is absolute and unbiased… (read more)
Source: P.E.I. ADAPT Council
Damage to agricultural crops by wireworms has become a hot button issue in Prince Edward Island in the last few years. Farmers across a variety of crops are experiencing a range of damage, ranging from poor crop establishment in cereal and oilseed crops to significant damage to potatoes, carrots, and other horticultural crops... (read more)
Test results from treated fracking waste water in Debert and plans to clean up two Kennetcook waste-water holding ponds will be discussed at public meetings this week. Environment Minister Randy Delorey will host the meetings Wednesday at the Noel legion hall and Thursday at the Best Western Plus Glengarry in Truro... (read more)
Source: ThinkFarm
Programs and Business Risk Management is pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposals with applications for the following Innovation programs for the 2014-15 program year: Research Acceleration, Farm Innovation, Agri-Products Innovation and Commercialization... (read more)
Source: BBC
A study, published in JAMA Neurology, showed patients with Alzheimer’s had four times the levels of DDT lingering in the body than healthy people. Some countries still use the pesticide to control malaria. Alzheimer’s Research UK said more evidence was needed to prove DDT had a role in dementia... (read more)
Source: Western Farm Press
There’s a trillion dollars riding on the global produce market and Big Ag is moving toward a much larger share, going new school with old school breeding techniques... (read more)
Source: New York Times
You don’t have to look far to see the woolly influence of sheep on our cultural lives. They turn up as symbols of peace and a vaguely remembered pastoral way of life in our poetry, our art and our Christmas pageants... (read more)
Source: FSC
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is pleased to announce a landmark new initiative to help strengthen Aboriginal Peoples’ rights in Canada by rigorously applying free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) to FSC’s Forest Management Standards... (read more)
Source: FCC
Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz met last week in Berlin, Germany with key trading partners while attending the 6th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture during International Green Week... (read more)
Source: Canadian National Goat Federation
On December 19, 2013, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed to the Canadian National Goat Federation (CNGF) that a goat from an Ontario goat herd had tested positive for scrapie. Scrapie is a reportable disease in Canada as well as many other countries... (read more)
Source: NSFA
A recent stat says Canadians spend about 45 hours a month online – almost double the global average. That's a lot of time – but not surprising when you think about it... (read more)
Source: CFA
On Tuesday, January 7 CFA staff took part in a preliminary consultation on the amendments made to the Advance Payments Program in the recently tabled Agricultural Growth Act. As identified in the earlier analysis of these amendments, the changes include a number of administrative adjustments that should create better program access and minimize administrative burden for producers and program administrators... (read more)
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