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South Africa African swine fever outbreak expands

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South Africa’s Western Cape region has reported its first cases of African swine fever at two small farms, after outbreaks in other parts of the country, the provincial head of agriculture said. Recent outbreaks have also been reported in the Free State, Eastern Cape and Gauteng provinces, agricultural authorities said. “A survey to determine the

Carbon tax relief for grain dryer fuels is slowly inching its way through Ottawa.
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Carbon tax rebate on grain-drying fuels coming

MP Jim Carr, special representative for the Prairies, reiterated Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s pledge

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Farmers can expect a rebate on carbon taxes paid on fuels used to dry grain, Jim Carr, the federal government’s special representative for the Prairies, told the Canadian Crops (Virtual) Convention March 2. However, he didn’t provide any details. “There is promising news on this front,” Carr told the meeting hosted by the Canola Council
Roquette was forced to deal with a quickly evolving situation while also managing its construction process at Portage la Prairie.
News, Pulses

Protein companies ponder COVID-19 echoes

How many of the COVID-19 adjustments are likely to stick as the ‘old normal’ slowly reasserts itself?

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Flip the calendar back to this time last year. It’s the first months of 2020. COVID-19 is just starting to worm its way into the North American consciousness. Most of us have just heard the phrase “social distancing” for the first time. The first COVID-19-related public health orders are being released. Inside food-processing plants and
“We are seeing a continued growth trend for soy products... “ – Warren Feather, Cargill
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Cargill to boost U.S. soy crush capacity, plant efficiency

Infrastructure investments come as food and biofuel demand rises

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Reuters – U.S. agricultural commodities trader Cargill is expanding soybean-processing capacity at two large Midwest crush plants and increasing efficiency at five other U.S. facilities to meet growing demand for food and fuel, the company said March 4. Cargill’s US$475-million investment in seven states comes as U.S. processors are already crushing soybeans at a record
Hogs, News

China’s first hog-breeding ETF listing capitalizes on pork industry boom

As the sector scales up and industrializes there are opportunities — and risks

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Reuters – China’s first hog-breeding exchange traded fund (ETF) made its debut on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on March 5, the first of three tied to the country’s booming pork sector that is rebuilding after African swine fever decimated herds in 2018. Penghua Fund Management Co.’s CSI Livestock Breeding ETF, as well as similar funds to be
The changing numbers on production costs
Crops, News

The changing numbers on production costs

Higher prices, higher cost inputs all mean the stakes have grown this season

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Though high crop prices may cast a rosy glow over spring seeding plans, they may also make farmers nervous — and for good reason, say two experts. That’s why having a good handle on costs of production is more important than ever. “High prices at the start of a season could mean two things: nearly
Manitoba has no room to ride the ‘yellow wave’ as canola prices have spiked.
Crops, News

‘Yellow wave’ unlikely despite high canola prices

Favourable crop prices across the board, high fertilizer costs and dry conditions may keep producers from changing things up

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Despite record canola prices, Manitoba is unlikely to see much of a yellow wave this summer, say some farmers and analysts. “There isn’t a whole lot of room to increase acreage without deviating from best practices,” said Bill Nicholson. Nicholson, who farms near Shoal Lake in western Manitoba, figured if farmers had flex in their
The first crop of AppHarvest’s beefsteak tomatoes grows at its flagship farm in Morehead, Kentucky in an undated photograph.
Crops, News

Investors seed indoor farms as pandemic disrupts food supplies

Some see it as an environmental panacea, others as a disaster in the making

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Reuters – Investors used to brush off Amin Jadavji’s pitch to buy Elevate Farms’ vertical growing technology and produce stacks of leafy greens indoors with artificial light. “They would say, ‘This is great, but it sounds like a science experiment,’” said Jadavji, CEO of Toronto-based Elevate. Now, indoor farms are positioning themselves as one of
Livestock, News

Brazil rancher groups oppose importing live cattle from Paraguay

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Reuters – A trade group representing Brazilian meat packers has asked the Agriculture Ministry for authorization to import live cattle from Paraguay, drawing criticism from ranchers, two farming associations said. The request to import live cattle from Paraguay, made by a trade group based in Mato Grosso do Sul, which borders Paraguay to the east,

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