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Bunge Exits Brazil Fertilizers

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The advance of mining companies BHP Billiton and Brazil’s Vale in the fertilizer sector in the past few years kept U. S. agribusiness group Bunge on tenterhooks. The world’s largest oilseed processor realized it was time for change in its operations. The result was the recent announcement that the firm would sell its upstream fertilizer
Crops

FCC Honours Farm Women

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Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is seeking nominations for the 2010 FCC Rosemary Davis Award, which honours Canadian women for their leadership and commitment to agriculture. FCC is looking for five women who deserve recognition for their achievements in the agriculture industry. They can be agriculture producers, agribusiness operators, agrologists, teachers, veterinarians, researchers, community builders, journalists,
Livestock

Agribusiness Challenged To Solve World Problems

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“We cannot go on the way we’re going and we need the food industry to say it first, when an industry doesn’t take these problems face on, it leads to disaster.” – JEFFREY SACHS Private agribusiness companies must lead the drive to sustainable agriculture if the world is going to succeed in winning the fight
News, Pulses

Health And Agriculture Need Joint Strategy: Capi

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Linking agriculture and health policy could improve Canadians’ health and, at the same time, revive this country’s agricultural sector, says a new report released by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Canada’s health crisis, a result of rising rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases and the farm income crisis could be tackled by what
Oilseeds, Opinion

Farmers As… Health-Care Professionals?

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It’s become common for farmers to refer to themselves as food producers, environmental managers or businesspeople. Now a discussion paper recently commissioned by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) aims to radically expand their job description. How about adding “health-care professional” to your resumé? Concluding that farmers’ fortunes and public health are intrinsically linked, the
Crops

Cargill CFO Sees Signs Of Economic Recovery

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The chief financial officer of U. S. agribusiness giant and trading firm Cargill Inc. said Aug. 18 he sees signs that emerging economies were recovering and was cautiously optimistic about growth in the months ahead. “I think emerging markets continue to offer the best opportunities. That is where the economic activity is best right now,”
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In Brief… – for Jul. 9, 2009

Low on the radar: Shifting consumer demand is shaping a new reality for Canadian agriculture, but it doesn’t rate high on the radar screen for many producers and agribusiness operators. In a recent survey of FCC’s 9,000-member Vision panel, consumer demand ranked last when producers and agribusiness owners were asked what factors were driving any
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FCC Has Unfair Advantage, Credit Unions Charge

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“Our strategy is not to undercut competitors to win business, but it is to be competitive.” – GREG STEWART, FCC PRESIDENT AND CEO Farm Credit Canada is using its governmentsupplied funds to expand its role in agriculture lending to the point that the survival of some community credit unions is in jeopardy, says Pam Skotnitsky,
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World Bank Lending Arm Extends Into Africa

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The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector lending arm, will nearly double its investment in agribusiness in Africa to $200 million during the 2009 fiscal year, a senior official said. IFC director for global agribusiness, Oscar Chemerinsky, said the lender would continue to ramp up its agribusiness investments as part of efforts to
Opinion

Government’s Role In Fixing The Mess

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You don’t need to be really sophisticated to see that we’ve messed up bad as a species. 2008 provided the ultimate proof, if it was needed. The financial crisis engulfing the world didn’t happen by accident. It was caused by human stupidity, primarily the stupidity of elected officials who fell for the line that the

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