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Italian Farmers Set Up Holding Company For Trading

By Svetlana Kovalyova October 22, 2009

Italian farmers have joined forces to set up a national holding company for trading in cereals and other agricultural business to overcome economic crisis together, executives of the new company said Oct. 16. The holding company, Consorzi Agrari d’Italia, unites 23 agricultural consortia representing nearly one-third of Italian farms. It accounts for 20 per cent

News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Sep. 3, 2009

September 3, 2009

White mould spotted in soybeans: White mould (sclerotinia) is showing up in some Manitoba soybean fields. There are no registered fungicides for control. The disease doesn’t usually reduce soybean yields by that much, according to John McGregor, a farm production adviser with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. However, he adds, fields with a severe

Beef cattle, Livestock

Market Access Secretariat Ready

By Ron Friesen August 27, 2009

“There haven’t been the resources available to go and attack the world.” – TED HANEY, CBEF Anewly created federal agency to develop new foreign markets for Canadian agricultural products should be fully operational by September 30. The Agricultural Market Access Secretariat (AMAS) expects to have staff hired by September 15 amid high expectations for new

Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 25, 2009

June 25, 2009

Proof is in the canola meal The proof is in the pudding. So goes an old expression and sometimes old expressions prove to be so true. Earlier this spring, there was an interesting discussion on the Comment page wherein a learned professor intimated that the problem of salmonella in the Canadian food chain had its

Cereals, News

Railway Service Under MP’s Scrutiny

By Alex Binkley June 25, 2009

Put a railway representative in front of the Commons agriculture committee and complaints about service and cost aren’t long in coming. Cliff Mackay, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, wanted to explain the need for replacing the aging fleet of government grain hopper cars and the importance of letting market requirements shape

News, Oilseeds

Salmonella Found In Canola Meal

By Rod Nickel June 18, 2009

Two rail car shipments of canola meal from Bunge’s Canadian crushing plants tested positive for salmonella after inspection by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration at the border in May, Bunge Ltd. said on June 12. One shipment that tested positive in early May traces back to the Bunge plant in Hamilton, Ontario, said

Crops, Oilseeds

New Investment In Development

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 4, 2009

The federal Growing Canadian Agri-Innovations Program will invest $158 million to support industry-led innovation initiatives that help get new agricultural products into the marketplace and improve agricultural processes, federal officials announced last week. “We are always listening to farmers and we’re helping farmers put more black ink on the bottom line by bringing new products

Hogs, Livestock

Getting Value From Quality Assurance

By Bernie Peet April 23, 2009

Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Quality assurance programs for agricultural products are rapidly becoming a fact of life for farmers, yet many view the cost of such schemes

Livestock

Horticulture Implements Food Safety Measures

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

Fruit and vegetable growers have a new certified food safety program that the Canadian Horticultural Council hopes will lead to an increase in exports. CHC has offered an on-farm food safety program for several years and has decided to rename it CanadaGAP to highlight the certified feature for the production, storage and packing of fresh

News

China Adds $10 Bln To Commodity Stockpiling Budget

By Alfred Cang March 12, 2009

“The impact of the global financial crisis and many outstanding problems at home have suddenly made it more difficult to keep our economy going strong.” China will spend an extra $10 billion to bulk up its commodity reserves and lift farm support spending by 20 per cent this year, measures that should aid local grain

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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