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Texas drought losses pegged at $7.6 billion

By Reuters April 7, 2012

college station, texas / Last year’s drought in Texas cost farmers and ranchers a record $7.62 billion, a newly released study says. “The $7.62-billion mark for 2011 is more than $3.5 billion higher than the 2006 drought loss estimates, which previously was the costliest drought on record,” said David Anderson, a livestock economist with Texas

News, Oilseeds

Farm leaders waiting to see how budget cuts play out

By Alex Binkley April 7, 2012

Agriculture Canada will have its $3-billion-a-year budget chopped by 10 per cent during the next few years — but details are scarce. Both the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and Grain Growers of Canada said they wouldn’t judge the budget until they learned more about how the reductions will be implemented. “Although on the surface the

Hogs, Livestock

Understanding the options for group sow housing

By Bernie Peet April 7, 2012

Second of two articles on group sow housing There are a number of group sow-housing systems that can be used in converted buildings or new barns. Each of them has particular features and limitations that need to be understood in order to make an informed decision about which system to choose. While there are certainly

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

IGC sees record maize crop in 2012-13

By Nigel Hunt April 7, 2012

Global maize production is projected to rise to a record 900 million tonnes in 2012-13, outstripping demand for the first time since the 2008-09 season, the International Grains Council said April 2. The IGC, in a monthly report, also cut its forecast for the global maize stocks at the end of the 2011-12 season following

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Fewer U.S. soybean acres bode well for canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 7, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed sharply higher during the week ended March 30, hitting their strongest levels in over six months and settling just below contract highs on Friday. Canola first rose on the back of the tightening supply situation in Western Canada and solid export demand, but saw another leg up when a

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

It’s early, but a good time to fertilize

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

Field work was underway in some parts of Manitoba late last week as farmers began applying fertilizer applications during one of the earliest springs people can remember. But while extension officials urged farmers to take full advantage of the province’s exemption to rules limiting fertilizer applications until after April 10, they cautioned against putting seed

Crops, News, Oilseeds

New technology focuses on native gene manipulation

By Shannon VanRaes March 29, 2012

The pace of canola seed innovation has increased dramatically over the last 10 years, but that doesn’t mean the industry can take a break or rest on its laurels. As canola production and consumption has increased over the last four or five years, the amount of soybean oil used worldwide has dropped by four billion

Country Crossroads, News

Rossburn Elementary receives WRAPP grant

By Darrell Nesbitt March 29, 2012

An ongoing project at the Rossburn Elementary School is definitely not for the squeamish, but it plays a very important role in waste reduction. Overseen by resource teacher Iris Furman, students in each classroom take turns doing worm chores. “Composting has been an initiative of ours in the past, but thanks to a $4,293 grant

Country Crossroads, News

Plenty on the plate for food security groups

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Residents of Winnipeg’s St. Vital neighbourhood are digesting the results of a newly released study that reflects what matters to them about food. The Winnipeg suburb is one of several sites in Manitoba to undergo community food assessments in recent months, an initiative to better understand where residents buy or access food, if they grow

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

U.S. feedlot cattle supply at a four-year high

By Theopolis Waters March 29, 2012

Placements rose three per cent in February Cattle supplies in U.S. feedlots rose to their highest in four years last month, a U.S. government report showed March 23, as surging prices in the cash market and improved wheat pastures in the drought-stricken southern Plains lifted placements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed report showed that

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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