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(Resource News International) -- Not all distillers' grains are created equally -- and the buyers who use the co-product of ethanol in animal feed are willing to price accordingly. Because ethanol production is not an exact science and ethanol plants are not uniformly constructed, nutrient and quality variation in distillers' grains is always a concern[...]

(Resource News International) -- Declining U.S. hay acreage will provide greater export opportunities for Canadian producers in the upcoming 2008-09 crop year, with prices expected to firm, according to industry sources. Hay acreage in the U.S. for 2008-09 was pegged in the March 31 U.S. Department of Agriculture prospective plantings report at 60.6 million acres,[...]

(Resource News International) -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2009 federal budget, announced in the House of Commons Tuesday, confirmed $550 million in agriculture funding as had been announced Friday by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. That amount is split between a $500 million agricultural flexibility plan and $50 million to improve Canada's livestock slaughter capacity. The[...]

(Resource News International) -- Left for dead back in the summer, the World Trade Organization’s struggling Doha round is slowly being prodded back to life through a series of informal consultations in Geneva -- and Canadian agriculture groups welcome the news. Since the beginning of October, Ambassador Crawford Falconer, chair of the WTO’s agricultural committee,[...]

(Resource News International) -- After drawing heavy criticism from a variety of Canadian industries, Liberal leader Stephane Dion revised his party's controversial environmental plan. However, sources within the Canadian agriculture and trucking industries say the revisions still do not address their concerns about the plan. The cornerstone of Dion's environmental proposal, dubbed the "Green Shift,"[...]

(Resource News International) -- Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz defended the use and production of biofuels in Canada at a May 30 meeting between federal, provincial, and territorial ministers of agriculture, saying Canada's biofuel initiative strikes a good balance between food and fuel. Following the meeting, Ritz was asked to comment on the recent release[...]

(Resource News International) -- Farm equipment dealers in Canada are selling out for 2008-09 as producer demand for farm equipment rises to the highest levels seen in years, according to industry officials. "It's so busy that manufacturers are out of equipment," said Alex Loewen, general sales manager for Deere Country Equipment in Steinbach, Man. "We[...]

(Resource News International) -- The latest U.S. Farm Bill could be vetoed by President George W. Bush in coming weeks unless significant changes are made to the controversial legislation, according to Stephen Lavergne, director of U.S. trade advocacy for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. U.S. Farm Bills, re-drafted every five years, play a significant role in[...]

(Resource News International) -- Canadian negotiators remain optimistic regarding progress made at the World Trade Organization's latest session of the Doha round, even as they continue to defend supply management boards and the Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) marketing monopoly, according to Canada's chief agricultural negotiator at the WTO talks. Steve Verheul, director of the trade[...]