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Letters – for Jul. 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

The July 14 article, “Subsidies, new methods lift Zambian farm yields,” clearly positions accessing subsidies as being more important than applying the principles of conservation farming as key to increasing smallholder food production in Zambia. The experience of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank is quite different. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank supports numerous conservation farming projects where

Grain Markets

Storms Knock Down Wide Swath Of U.S. Corn Acres

July 21, 2011

CHICAGO/REUTERS Severe thunderstorms that ripped across the U.S. Midwest July 11 may have destroyed up to 550,000 acres of corn, although 100,000 to 275,000 acres was more likely, an agricultural meteorologist said. The U.S. National Weather Service said the storms produced straight-line winds in excess of 70 miles per hour (113 km per hour), with

Crops, Oilseeds

Brazil Brings Farming Muscle To Corn And Cotton

By Reese Ewing July 21, 2011

After transforming global agriculture by quintupling their soybean production since 1980, Brazilian farmers are now on the brink of crop breakthroughs in cotton and corn, long dominated by growers in America. Helped by high futures prices and a sustained local agricultural boom, cotton and corn acreage is spreading fast, despite being twice as capital intensive

Crops

Brazil: The World’s 21st Century Breadbasket

July 21, 2011

Brazil has for centuries been known as a leading producer and exporter of the world’s breakfast foods – orange juice, coffee, sugar and cocoa. But over the past 2-1/2 decades since the opening of the economy to foreign investment, Latin America’s largest economy has also become a leading producer of important grains and meats, through

Crops

U.S. Must Lead Fight Against Hunger — Bill Gates

By Charles Abbott July 21, 2011

Billionaire Bill Gates knows how to end the poverty and hunger that afflicts nearly one billion people worldwide – help them grow more food. At a food security conference May 24, Gates called for U.S. leadership in a global campaign to expand food production. Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 major developing and emerging

Cereals, Crops, News

Emerging Fast-Food Nation Indonesia Props Up Wheat Market

By Michael Taylor July 21, 2011

Indonesia will be crowned top Asian wheat importer this year, as higher incomes turn Southeast Asia’s largest economy into a fast-food nation and help to keep global prices on the boil. As affluent Indonesians turn away from rice, their country is vying with Japan to be Asia’s leading wheat buyer, while the latter battles economic

Forages, Livestock

Carrying Capacity Is Not Just About Numbers

By Angela Lovell July 21, 2011

Assessing the carrying capacity of your pasture is about more than just stocking rate. Calculating the carrying capacity of the land will help you stock to a level that maintains the health and productivity of both the land and the animals that feed on it. But how do you make that calculation? The 13 participants

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Hog Farms Drive Growth With Genetics, Husbandry

By Bob Burgdorfer July 21, 2011

U.S. hog producers are using genetics, modern farm housing, and animal husbandry to maximize pork production without greatly expanding costs for feed and barn construction, industry sources said. With global demand for food growing quickly and production land limited or even shrinking, pressures are mounting to produce more with the same or less throughout agriculture.

Dairy cattle, Livestock

The Business Of Sustainability In Dairy

By Anne Coté July 21, 2011

Sustainability may be the new buzzword in agribusiness, but it’s not a simple subject. Dairy Farmers of Canada guest panellists provided delegates to the annual conference held in Winnipeg July 12 and 13 with three perspectives on sustainability. According to Petra Kassun- Mutch, founder of Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company in Ontario, sustainability isn’t just

Crops, Pulses

Special Crops Get Marketing Boost

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 21, 2011

The Canadian Special Crops Association has received $196,000 from the federal government to help promote Canadian pulses and special crops on trade missions and at international trade shows. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made the announcement while attending the CSCA’s annual meeting in Vancouver July 13. “The funding is instrumental in our efforts to expand and

Daily Network News

JBS reaches deal with U.S. meatpacking workers who went on strike

Public consultation open on national beef code of practice

Pulse weekly: Indian forecasters predict below-normal monsoon

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