The Rosemary Davis Award recipients receive an all-expense-paid trip to a Boston leadership conference
Winnipeg geneticist and professor, Silvie Cloutier is among five women to receive the 2013 Rosemary Davis award from Farm Credit Canada (FCC). The award recognizes outstanding Canadian women for their leadership and commitment to the Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry. Cloutier’s research has been used in plant-breeding programs to protect crops from disease, improve productionTag Archives agricultural products
FCC honours five women leaders in agriculture
U.S. budget cuts could affect trading contracts
chicago / reuters / Automatic U.S government spending cuts may affect some CME Group livestock and dairy contracts that depend on U.S. Agriculture Department grading and inspections, the exchange operator said Feb. 21. A spokesman for the CME did not say if the exchange would be forced to halt trading in some contracts due to
Glencore director questions corn-based biofuel
dubai / reuters / A director of commodity trading giant Glencore is questioning the conversion of corn into ethanol biofuel, saying it can contribute to higher prices. Critics of using foodstuffs to make fuel say the process can drive up food prices by reducing available supplies, hitting the world’s poorest people hardest. Responding to a
Canada-EU talks hit a stalemate
Canada and the European Union failed to settle their differences on a proposed free trade deal this week at top-level talks to hammer out an agreement that is already well behind schedule. Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht spent Feb. 6 and 7 in Ottawa discussing contentious issues including
Food self-sufficiency no longer option for China, farm official says
Reuters — China’s pursuit of self-sufficiency in food output is no longer possible as soaring demand and rapid urbanization stoke appetites, a top government farm official said, in comments that appear to be the most direct yet to rule out achieving this aim. China’s soaring imports of agricultural products remain a sensitive topic for the
Optimism in agriculture unprecedented, says KAP president
It’s a good time to be a farmer and the future for agriculture looks even brighter, says Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney. “I think the level of optimism in agriculture today is really unprecedented,” he said in his state-of-the-industry address kicking off the general farm organization’s 29th annual meeting in Winnipeg Jan. 23. “I
Fast exit for head of Glencore North America farm unit
The head of Glencore International Plc’s recently acquired North American agriculture business is leaving his post just a month into the job, creating a potential complication in integrating the unit. Fran Malecha was Viterra Inc.’s chief operating officer until Glencore completed its acquisition of the Canadian company on Dec. 17 and appointed him director of agricultural products for
Leaders keen to see farm robotics and “smarter” crops
Participants in a vision session like the idea of robots operating equipment 24/7 but still want people on the scene
Robotics, “smarter” crops, and equipment that’s easier to operate and maintain topped the wish list of 30 Saskatchewan agricultural leaders who recently participated in a “vision session” organized by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute. “Sessions like this are essential to ensure that our research is focused on producing the new technologies farmers want and need,”Ag issues remain unresolved in Europe trade talks
Canada and Europe remain on course to complete a free trade deal before the end of the year, but agriculture issues have yet to be dealt with, says Canada’s chief negotiator. The EU wants greater access to the Canadian cheese market while “we’ve expressed a lot of interest in their beef market and in their pork market in particular, among
Letters, July 5, 2012
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