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Comment: Ethanol’s tightening tough spot

Ethanol is facing a shrinking gasoline market

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Ethanol is in a tight spot, according to Scott Irwin, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois. On April 12, Irwin published an analysis of today’s ethanol market on the university’s farmdocDAILY website under the workmanlike title of “Implications of Recent Trends in U.S. Gasoline Consumption for Ethanol.” In it Irwin calculated that a
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Keep calm, farm on

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Every year, as seeding begins to ramp up, there’s no shortage of uncertainty. One can hope for the best, plan for the worst, and still find themselves in the weeds as an unexpected event or uncontrollable variable comes home to roost. Yet that never seems to stop the farmers of Manitoba, or even give them
Some feel that the consumer trust built on USDA meat inspections may be in jeopardy if the responsibility is turned over to industry.
Comment, Opinion

Comment: ‘No problem, I’ll just stop eating pork’

Actions that will erode confidence in food safety could prove costly

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One tried-and-true tool politicians use to deflect public criticism directed at them is as old as politics itself: beat up the press. Someone in Secretary Sonny Perdue’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) thought it was time to do just that April 8 as the “FSIS Office of Congressional and Public Affairs” — USDA’s Food Safety
Comment: Can we bring back our soil?
Comment, Opinion

Comment: Can we bring back our soil?

The Soil Conservation Council of Canada is calling for a united effort from the farming community, government and agriculture industry to make soil health a priority

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If soil health isn’t top of mind for you, it should be. Canada has some of the world’s most viable and productive farmland. This farmland is where you make your living. It sustains our rural communities. It grows our food. While Canada is a world leader in improving our soils, further steps are necessary to
Burger King’s “Impossible Whopper” is made from an all-plant-based patty made by California company, Impossible Foods.
Opinion, Other

Opinion: Like it or not, this fake meat is the real deal

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After an extended period writing columns about the coming wave of meat substitutes, I finally got the chance to taste test one of the leading products. Based on what I tasted, these plant-based “burgers” are here to stay. On April 1, fast-food giant Burger King rolled out its new “Impossible Whopper” at 59 stores in
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Back to the future?

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Trying to predict the future with any accuracy is a fool’s errand, but that doesn’t stop plenty from trying. One of the biggest fallacies people fall into is the ‘recency effect,’ when the events of the near past are assumed to be more important than earlier events. Informally, it’s become shorthand for the assumption that
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Human nature

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It’s one of those philosophical questions — can there really be too much of a good thing? In the case of glyphosate it would seem the answer might be yes, especially when it comes to crop residues. There’s little doubt why so much of the product is used here in Western Canada. It’s nothing short
Opinion, Other

Opinion: U.S. farm economy under stress

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An excerpt from testimony by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue before the United States House Committee on Agriculture, Feb. 27, 2019. Ever since the record prices and farm income levels reached in 2013 the U.S. farm sector has faced declines, leaving producers increasingly vulnerable to production disruptions posed by natural disasters and market disruptions. Net
Agriculture is poised for a data revolution, but what good data if you can’t access it or transmit it?
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Testing the limits of rural Internet

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Anyone who’s spent time recently in voice-mail jail can confirm often it’s best to take one’s interaction with large organizations online. True, it’s probably just a cost-cutting measure and they’re pushing that cost onto you, the client. But it’s often also undeniably easier to take the self-serve option, where you do it yourself, at a
More oversight of the grocery industry is needed to prevent practices that unfairly squeeze dairy processors, says the CEO of Parmalat Canada.
Opinion

Opinion: Dairy industry should be compensated

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Excerpts from testimony by Mark Taylor, chief executive officer, Parmalat Canada, to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Feb. 26, 2019. In order to address these challenges, it’s important that the Canadian government uphold the commitment made by Minister Freeland to compensate the dairy sector, including processors for losses resulting from these trade

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