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We Can Do This

By Laura Rance-Unger September 22, 2011

It would be easy to spin a doomsday scenario from the conclusions of a recently released report on the world s ability to feed its growing population with diminishing resources. The Global Food and Farming Futures project, undertaken by the U.K. government under its Foresight program, consulted with 400 leading experts and stakeholders from 35

Livestock

Monsanto Awards University Scholarships To Farm Kids

September 22, 2011

Nine Manitoba high school students are among 51 from farm families across Canada who have secured $1,500 entrance scholarships to pursue studies in agriculture thanks to the Monsanto Opportunity Scholarship program. The program received almost 200 applications this year. The winners were selected by a panel of judges based on their academic performance, leadership capabilities

Cereals, News

Co-Operator Editor Receives International Writing Award

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 22, 2011

Co-operatoreditor Laura Rance has placed third in an internat ional writing competition focused on sustainable agriculture, contest organizers announced Sept. 17. The newly launched IFAJYara Award for Reporting on Sustainable Agriculture honoured the top three entries at the recent International Federation of Agr icultural Journalists (IFAJ) congress held here last week. The competition, which drew

Livestock

Using Anti-Inlammatory Drugs To Reduce Pain In Cattle

By Roy Lewis September 22, 2011

With the advent of the increasing consciousness in animal welfare, any products which can relieve pain, decrease inflammation and reduce fever are a welcome addition to the repertoire of veterinarians. They also may have a place in controlling post-surgical pain or inflammation such as with castration or dehorning. With pain/inflammation/fever controlled, there is less stress,

Cereals, Crops

France Kicks Off Wheat Research Group

September 22, 2011

Wheat researchers gathered in Paris Sept. 15 to launch a global research program in what G20 president France says will support efforts to feed a growing world population. France hopes the initiative will select priority research areas by next year, but support for the initiative is uncertain, with only 10 countries signed up so far

Country Crossroads, Hogs

Discovery Centre Opens Window Into Food And Farming

By Shannon VanRaes September 22, 2011

It was a long way from a one-room schoolhouse to the University of Manitoba for Bruce Campbell, but the journey left him with the knowledge that agriculture is key, despite a growing disconnect between producers and consumers. So I put my money where my mouth is, said Campbell, who took part in the opening of

Cereals, Crops, News

EU Wheat Can Hold Its Own Against Russian Export Flood

By Sybille De La Hamaide September 22, 2011

European farmers will not have to struggle to sell their wheat this season, despite a flood of cheap Russian exports onto world markets as the EU benefits from ample internal demand and from its established African buyers. Although it is very unlikely to repeat the hefty sales numbers from last season when it benefited from

Country Crossroads

Think Red In The Spring

By Albert Parsons September 22, 2011

Most gardeners grow a few onions, whether they are multipliers to use in summer salads, sweet Spanish onions, the huge round slices of which grace many a burger in the summertime, or cooking onions grown from sets and stored for winter use. Fewer gardeners, however, seem to grow red onions, which I think is a

Cereals, Crops, News

Ukraine AgMin Sees Bumper Wheat, Maize Exports

By Pavel Polityuk September 22, 2011

Ukraine plans to boost its grain harvest to 51 million tonnes in 2011 from 39.2 million a year ago and hopes to double exports to 24 million tonnes in the 2011-12 season, Ukraine s Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said on Sept. 7. Prysyazhnyuk told Reuters the former Soviet republic had harvested 22.2 million tonnes of

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

There Are Other Issues Than The CWB

By John Morriss September 15, 2011

Though you d hardly know it, the Canadian grain industry is facing issues other than the Canadian Wheat Board. For example, just what are the long-term prospects for Prairie wheat and barley exports, wheat board or not? That came to mind last week while reading Reuters reports on production and export activity out of the

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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