Farm Business Communications (FBC).

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Farm Business Communications (FBC), announces formerly monthly Alberta Express is renamed Alberta Farmer Express and will be sent biweekly.

Will Verboven joins FBC and will have an emphasis on beef coverage. He had been Editor of Alberta Beef magazine.

Sarah Seinen joins the company and will cover the South. She was Editor of The Edge Forest Business and Western Farm and Forest magazines.

Tom Button joins FBC as Editor of Country Guide which is being given a new look and a sharper focus on the business side of Canadian agriculture.

FBC's Canola Guide is being expanded to other crops, with a new name--Canola, Pulse and Special Crops Guide.

Former Guide Editor Jay Whetter is moved to Grainews.

FBC also launches new Web sites for its publications and a daily "E-newsletter."