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Editorial: Foraging for a national voice

By Laura Rance-Unger December 8, 2014

Just four years since its inception, the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association is struggling after losing the support of the sector that arguably benefits the most from its activities. Eighty per cent of Canada’s beef production depends on forages as the main feed source. Of the $5.1 billion of economic activity forages contribute to the[...]

Opinion

Editorial: Who is confused? How consumers view agriculture

By Laura Rance-Unger August 4, 2014

The final report to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada from a series of consumer focus groups it commissioned last year is enlightening, but not because of what it tells us about how domestic customers view this country’s agriculture sector. Rather it speaks volumes about the people asking the questions. The final report “Modern agriculture and agricultural[...]

Opinion

Editorial: Paperwork versus field work

By Laura Rance-Unger January 26, 2015

Many readers may find themselves shouting out a hearty “heck, yeah” to this week’s release of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business annual survey of what farmers think of paperwork. In a nutshell, not much, which isn’t surprising. After all, who among us does the happy dance at tax time or when Statistics Canada calls[...]

Beef cattle, Opinion

Editorial: On the right track

By Laura Rance-Unger January 19, 2015

Beef industry leaders have outlined some gutsy goals for their sector to meet with their recently released National Beef Strategy. Boosting production efficiency by 15 per cent, increasing carcass cut-out value by 15 per cent and reducing cost disadvantage relative to global competitors by seven per cent by 2020 won’t be easy. But much of[...]

International news, News

Ebola has become famine’s new friend

By Laura Rance-Unger October 23, 2014

The global campaign to end world hunger came face to face last week with famine’s powerful new ally: the Ebola virus. “It could lead to a hunger crisis of epic proportions,” Kanayo Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) told delegates attending the Borlaug Dialogue, an annual event held in honour of[...]

Opinion

Editorial: the 'wicked problem' of herbicide-resistant weeds

By Laura Rance-Unger October 6, 2014

When I first tuned into a recent summit on herbicide resistance being broadcast live by webinar from Washington, D.C., my first thought was that I had virtually stumbled into the wrong conference. The keynote speaker wasn’t a weed scientist. He is a sociologist. But as I listened, it became clear this speaker, and the ones[...]

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Editorial: Trends and anomalies

By Laura Rance-Unger September 1, 2014

It’s easy to get a little giddy when things go much better than expected. For example, take last year’s bin buster of a crop. By any measure, it was an astounding production feat. Western Canadian farmers shattered all previous records on most major crops, growing a whopping 76 million tonnes, 50 per cent higher than[...]

Opinion

Editorial: The ‘Bonanza’ farm

By Laura Rance-Unger December 1, 2014

I’ve seen a man on one of our big farms start out in the spring and plow a straight furrow until fall. Then he turned around and harvested back.” This anecdote dating back to the late 1800s was shared by Sam Moore in the 2010 article “Bonanza Farms of the Red River Valley,” found on[...]

Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock

Ergot becomes invisible in manufactured feed

By Laura Rance-Unger July 9, 2014

The two pictures of pelleted feed veterinary toxicologist Dr. Barry Blakley put up on the screen at a recent ergot symposium here looked identical. But one had enough toxins in it to kill livestock. The rising levels of ergot in western Canadian cereal grains and forages has turned into a nightmare for the manufactured feed[...]

Opinion

Editorial: A growth strategy

By Laura Rance-Unger September 8, 2014

Researchers with the Rural Development Institute, which is affiliated with Brandon University, recently set out to answer a seemingly simple question: how big might the Manitoba food processing and beverage industry be in 2020? The answer they came up with suggests a better question might have been — how small? After crunching the numbers and[...]

Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Editorial: Foraging for a national voice

Editorial: Who is confused? How consumers view agriculture

Editorial: Paperwork versus field work

Editorial: On the right track

Ebola has become famine’s new friend

Editorial: the 'wicked problem' of herbicide-resistant weeds

Editorial: Trends and anomalies

Editorial: The ‘Bonanza’ farm

Ergot becomes invisible in manufactured feed

Editorial: A growth strategy

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