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Forages, Opinion

Trees are just too boring

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It was 12 years ago now, back when civil servants could still express an opinion without having their comments vetted through the prime minister’s office. The government of the time, through some now-forgotten body called the Canadian Agri-Food Marketing Council, had for some reason decided that Canada needed to set a goal of increasing Canada’s
Livestock, News

Calves died from disease, owner told

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Turns out it wasn’t aliens, cultists, or a drive-by shooter. The killer of three calves north of Treherne has been determined to have been blackleg. Owners Chelsea and Gene Hacault reported the sudden and suspicious deaths of the two red Simmental steers and one heifer last week. “It turned out to be blackleg,” she said
Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Bad news for XL Foods is good news for organic beef

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Smaller, independently operated production, slaughter and marketing channels 
paying off in higher prices and increased consumer confidence

Some Manitoba ranchers aren’t losing any sleep over the problems faced by the XL Foods beef recall. That’s because their beef is certified organic, and marketed through channels that operate totally independent of the big players. “I think we are definitely starting to see demand perk up, not that it wasn’t hot already,” said Allan
Crops, Grain Markets, News

U.S. opposes strategic grain stocks

The United States does not support the idea of creating strategic grains stocks to tame volatile food prices, a U.S. representative told a ministerial meeting on the food market situation at the United Nations’ food agency Oct. 16. “The United States generally opposes the creation of regional or global food reserve systems to manage price
Cereals, News, Opinion

One per cent checkoff recommended for developing new varieties

The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry is currently holding hearings on agricultural research. These are excerpts from a presentation Oct. 18 by Richard S. Gray, professor, Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics at the University of Saskatchewan. He has visited Australia, France and the U.K. to study their system for funding research My first
Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. corn harvest on record pace, soy lagging

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Reuters / U.S. corn harvest was a record 87 per cent complete and farmers had finished 80 per cent of soybean harvest as of Sunday, Oct. 21 according to a U.S. Agriculture Department report issued on Monday, but the tail end of their combining efforts was expected to be slow due to rain. Analysts had
Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Low cattle placements buoy cattle futures early this week

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Low cattle placements buoy cattle futures early this week U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Monday following Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) cattle-on-feed report that showed cattle placed in feedlots in September at a 16-year low, analysts and traders said. Feeder cattle futures were lower on waning demand for young cattle due to

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