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China Banks On Massive Pork Farms

July 28, 2011

BEIJING/SHANGHAI/REUTERS A growing number of firms have laid out plans to build massive industrial-scale pig farms in China, the world’s largest pork consumer, as Beijing resumed a $2.5-billion-yuan subsidy to spur pig breeding and prevent future supply shocks. China, the pork powerhouse of the world, produces some 50 million tonnes of pork each year and

Cereals, News

Bunge Eyes Canada After Wheat Monopoly

July 28, 2011

U.S. grain-trading giant Bunge Ltd. plans to expand its presence in Western Canada once the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly is ended. “The most efficient system is a free market, a complete free market,” Bunge chief executive Alberto Weisser told theGlobe and Mail newspaper. The Conservative government says it will pass legislation this autumn to

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Federal Funds Diverted From Beef To Hogs

By Laura Rance-Unger July 21, 2011

While Manitoba’s hog industry celebrated some rare good news last week, the beef sector was reeling from yet another setback in the bid to re-establish federally inspected beef slaughter capacity here. Citing unspecified problems with the Keystone Processors Ltd. business plan, the federal government has withdrawn $10 million in financing it promised the beef-processing company

Country Crossroads

Niverville Sets A New Standard For Caring For Seniors

By Lorraine Stevenson July 21, 2011

Thanks to some creative ingenuity, Niverville will open the doors on the largest personal care home in southeastern Manitoba in 2013. The 80-bed $11.3-million facility will be built next to the Niverville Heritage Centre, an 80,000-square-foot complex now home to a primary health-care centre and medical, physiotherapy and dental clinics, plus a day care and

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for May. 12, 2011

By Reuters May 12, 2011

Viterra opens Montreal office:Canada’s biggest grain handler, Viterra Inc. has opened a marketing office in Montreal following a deal last month to run the grain terminal owned by Montreal Port Authority. The marketing office will increase Viterra’s ability to buy crops and sell them to buyers in Canada, the United States and Europe, the company

Crops

Bankers Say Spinoff Could Put Mosaic In Play

By Michael Erman January 27, 2011

Agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. plans to spin off its $24-billion majority stake in Mosaic Co., a move that could eventually lead to a takeover of Mosaic, the world’s second-largest fertilizer producer. The distribution of the 64 per cent stake in Mosaic will allow Cargill to maintain its private company status while enabling Cargill family trusts

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 21, 2010

By Reuters October 21, 2010

Baltic stake:Viterra Inc. is opening a new marketing office in Kiev, Ukraine. “By establishing our company in key geographic areas such as Ukraine, we extend our ability to manage trade flows of food ingredients, freight activities and arbitrage opportunities, while managing price risk,” said Christian Joerg, vice-president and managing director, Europe.Net trade exports of wheat,

News

Farmers Open Their Gates Sunday – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Lorraine Stevenson September 16, 2010

Farmers who’ve agreed to participate in Manitoba’s first Open Farm Day will be watching their driveways for arriving visitors this Sunday. Last week Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) extended an invitation to all Manitobans to spend Sept. 19 dropping in to see some 35 farms whose owners agreed to open their gates to

Livestock

H@ms Names New Marketing Chief

July 15, 2010

H@ms Market ing Services, the joint h o g -ma r k e t i n g agency for Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op and Saskatchewan’s SPI Marketing Group, has hired from within for a new marketing director. Bill Alford, most recently the sales manager for MPMC, has been appointed as h@ms’ new director of marketing

Country Crossroads

Bit Of History Becomes Tea House

By Joan Airey July 15, 2010

Mill Pond Tea House’s name is derived from the pond on the Little Saskatchewan River which runs through Rapid City, Manitoba. In 1878 the residents decided they needed a grist mill and a sawmill so they built a dam to form a pond to have the river water run the water wheels required for the

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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