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Guebert: The simple answer to the simple question

Nobody’s worried about corn stocks, while wheat woes are piling up

By Alan Guebert July 6, 2022

Oftentimes the simple answer to a simple question is the simple truth. Some people, however, don’t want the simple truth, so they bend facts or shave figures so their square pegs replace roundly accepted reality. It’s commonplace in ag. For example, on April 12, President Joe Biden travelled to Iowa to announce an expansion of

File photo of a cornfield in the northern region of Luzon in the Philippines. (Nate Hovee/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Marcos vows to boost Philippines’ grains output

New president/ag min aims to avert food crisis

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 5, 2022

Manila | Reuters — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed Monday to do what it takes to boost his country’s rice and corn production, seeking to reduce reliance on imports and avoid being hit hard by a food crisis now looming across the world. Marcos, who was sworn in as president last week and has

Farmit Manitoba

OCN’s Smart Farm is a source of physical and mental health

By Geralyn Wichers July 5, 2022

A computer-controlled farm, on-site research and fresh produce are providing ways to combat diabetes in this northern community

It sits behind the wall that holds the community centre’s bingo board — and its name is Bertha. This ‘Smart Farm’ is Stephanie Cook’s domain on Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), more than 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. After more than six years of farming, Cook can walk into the room and smell if something is

A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

CUSMA leaders to discuss agreement during Mexico visit

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 5, 2022

Mexico City | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss terms of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) agreement, which was ratified in 2018, during a visit to Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. “We’ll have a summit to discuss terms of the trade agreement treaty… in Mexico,”

The king of all commodities, crude oil, has a natural connection with oilseed crops...

Markets, News

No market is an island

‘Interconnected dominoes’ mean factors react with and off each other

By David Derwin July 4, 2022

Nothing operates on its own — especially when it comes to the markets. Markets are just a series of interconnected economic, political and social dominoes that act and react with one another as they drift through time and space together. What happens in one area can have a large or small effect on another area

As Peak of the Market reinvents itself as a private company, the Co-operator takes a look at the colourful history of the sector.

News

From Peak to obsolete

Peak of the Market’s monopoly began with protests, newspaper wars and threats of violence. It ended with near silence

By Geralyn Wichers July 4, 2022

In the embryonic days of Peak of the Market, Wally Kroeker recalls a farmer threatening to thrash his dad. His father, Walter, was a staunch proponent of orderly marketing for his potatoes and vegetables. The other farmer was not. “My dad was a pretty conservative guy,” Kroeker said. “Some people could never understand why a

Granaries in the Odesa region of Southern Ukraine, June 22, 2022. With ports remaining closed despite international efforts to reach a deal, harvests are getting underway with storages still loaded with last year’s crops.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Dead end for Ukraine grain

Ukrainian farmers may soon be forced to make hard decisions about next season

By Ihor Pavliuk June 30, 2022

Two years ago, when the coronavirus pandemic swept over the world, I didn’t worry about Ukrainian farmers at all. They calmly did their work, plowed the land, sowed and harvested. If in Ukrainian cities then there was a difficult situation with COVID-19, then the farmers almost did not notice it. A year earlier, Ukraine’s fields

An original proposal by Health Canada to label ground beef as high in saturated fat has been shelved. Photo: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs

Health Canada to slap warning labels on sugary, salty and fatty foods

By GFM Network News June 30, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters – Foods high in sugars, sodium and saturated fat will come with clear warning labels in Canada starting in 2026, the federal government said on Thursday, in an effort to promote healthier eating choices and reduce chronic health risks. “We know that it’s not always easy to make healthy choices,” Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told

McCain acquires predictive crop technology

By GFM Network News June 29, 2022

McCain Foods Ltd. has purchased predictive crop intelligence technology from Resson, a ‘vision intelligence technology’ firm headquartered in Fredericton, N.B. McCain has been a long-time partner with Resson, working together for nine years to develop algorithms that forecast farm yields using remote sensing technology. The technology will enable producers to make more appropriate decisions through

News

Ukraine poultry giant MHP warns on export challenges

By Reuters June 28, 2022

Ukrainian chicken and grains processor MHP, the country’s top food producer, warned on June 17 that it could not give an outlook for the year due to the war with Russia and challenges exporting goods. The company, which usually produces tens of thousands of tonnes of meat, wheat and vegetable oil every month, said poultry

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Food