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On rural romanticism and “natural” foods

By Ronald Doering May 30, 2012

The proliferation on our grocery shelves of foods with “natural” claims shows no sign of abating. With the growing recognition that organic food is not any safer, tastier, more nutritious or more sustainable, in spite of the higher price, consumers now want foods that are produced the old-fashioned way on the small family farm. Not

Country Crossroads, News

Gardening in the shade

By National Garden Bureau May 30, 2012

Many plants will actually thrive in shady areas There are many garden plants that can not only survive, but thrive in the shade, like annuals such as begonia, lobelia and sweet potato and perennials such as astilbe, bleeding heart and hosta. If you have a shady area, here’re some tips:  Shade gardening often means

Cereals, Crops, News

Cigi: A 40-year success story

By Allan Dawson May 30, 2012

The Canadian International Grains Institute is living proof that good things can come from hard times. Back in 1970, Canada’s bins were bursting with a record wheat carry-over of 27.45 million tonnes — more than half of it on farms. The wheat carry-over was three times larger than the 9.79 million tonnes exported that crop

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

It wasn’t what she ate

May 30, 2012

washington / reuters /Investigators are searching for a dozen herdmates of the elderly California dairy cow that had mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said May 17, with all signs indicating it was a rare spontaneous case of the fatal brain-wasting illness. Two laboratories associated with the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed the cow

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U.S. cash market helps firm up Man. cattle prices

By Dwayne Klassen May 30, 2012

Marketings of cattle at Manitoba auction yards during the week ended May 18 were noticeably lighter as producers turned animals onto fields for grazing and as their focus turned to the task of spring planting. “The numbers are coming down. Producers are starting to get out in the fields and are starting to seed,” said

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

New regulations match EU

By Shannon VanRaes May 30, 2012

Canadian dairy farmers will have to meet new standards for somatic cell counts beginning this summer. Effective August 1, regulatory limits for producers will be lowered to 399,000 per millilitre from 499,000 per millilitre. But industry representatives said farmers are ahead of the curve and prepared for the change. “The change is not going to

Livestock, News

Injured meat animals can now be killed on farm

By Alex Binkley May 30, 2012

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association have sided with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in a political dispute over a change to Meat Inspection Regulations. CFA president Ron Bonnett said the change in regulations to cover the rare instances of livestock put down on the farm “will provide a more practical, outcome-based

Hogs, Livestock

Early life influences on breeding performance

By Bernie Peet May 30, 2012

The North American pork industry is increasingly focusing on sow lifetime performance as a key goal for the breeding herd rather than pigs weaned per sow. After all, if high replacement rates and moderate lifetime productivity can be improved, the cost of producing piglets will be reduced. This was the theme of the recent Swine

News, Oilseeds

ADM worried about soybean supplies

By Reuters May 31, 2012

Archer Daniels Midland Co. is “very concerned” about the potential for low U.S. soybean supplies due to a shift toward corn plantings, said Craig Huss, chief risk officer. Farmers are expected to increase corn plantings to a 75-year high this spring to take advantage of high prices, and to plant fewer acres of soybeans than

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

More volatility likely from expanded trading hours

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 30, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola moved higher in most months during the week ended May 18, initially dropping lower with long liquidation before bouncing back up on the back of solid end-user demand. Tight old-crop supplies and continued exporter pricing are expected to keep the front-month July contract supported going forward, but it should eventually drift

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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