Canola continues to be the darling of cash crops grossing Canadian farmers $5.6 billion in 2010 – more than any other crop, according to Statistics Canada. “Canola has become the most profitable crop for Prairie growers,” Canola Council of Canada president JoAnne Buth told the council’s 44th annual meeting here July 28. “That’s why they
Canola Tops For Farm Cash Receipts In 2010
Manitoba Pork Says Hog Deaths Were An Anomaly
A highly publicized judge’s rebuke of hog industry transportation practices after an isolated incident in 2008 had pork industry officials on the defensive last week. The death of 22 pigs from heat stroke on the way to slaughter in 2008 was an anomaly, says Manitoba Pork’s general manager Andrew Dickson. Dickson said that while he
Ritz’s Efforts Praised By Fellow MP
Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback praised fellow Saskatchewan MP and Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz for his hard work promoting markets for Canadian farmers, while speaking at the Canola Council of Canada’s annual meeting here July 27. “I think if you look at beef markets in particular and the price of cattle where they were
Search For New Herbicides Continues
For Len Juras, hunting for new herbicides is a bit like living in one of those country-western “hurtin” songs – minus the twang of course. “The biggest lesson I’ve had to learn is letting go,” the senior research scientist for Dow AgroSciences said here last week. “Over the years I’ve had my heart broken many
Canola Council’s Promotion Funds Doubled
The Canola Council of Canada will have twice as much money to promote Canadian canola oil and meal exports this year thanks to $1.16 million from the federal government’s AgriMarketing program. “It enhances our ability to work in our existing markets, but it also frees up dollars to allow us to investigate and look at
Canada Looking Good To American Farm Expert
A leading American scholar came north bearing good news for Canadian farmers – expect a levelling of the farm-subsidy playing field and new opportunities to profitably feed a hungry planet. The Canola Council of Canada brought Robert L. Thompson to its annual meeting here and the scholar from Johns Hopkins University delivered a hopeful message
CWB working on open-market model: MCO
The Canadian Wheat Board is already working on a model for converting the single-desk seller of western barley and wheat into an open-market grain company, the Manitoba Co-operator reports. But for this “new entity” to survive the federal government must make major concessions, including assuming CWB employees’ pension liability, CWB chair Allen Oberg said in
CWB Working On Open-Market Model
The Canadian Wheat Board is working on a model for converting the single-desk seller of western barley and wheat into an open-market grain company. But for this “new entity” to survive the federal government must make major concessions, including assuming CWB employees’ pension liability, says chair Allen Oberg. “It’s our view that it’s the government’s
CWB, Crow Fights Have Something In Common: Alberta
Efforts to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single desk are reminiscent of the battle to kill the Crow Rate, says pollster David Herle. Both went on for years, eventually wearing down farmer resistance and “these are both Alberta agendas,” said Herle, principal partner in the Gandalf Group, which surveys farmers for the CWB. “The
Most Manitobans Support Keeping CWB Single Desk: Struthers
After connecting with Manitobans through a “virtual” meeting on the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) June 29, there’s no question most Manitobans support the board’s statutory single desk, Stan Struthers says. More than 70 per cent of respondents who voted over the phone favour that, Manitoba’s minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives said in an