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China still an important factor

Exports remain key to Canada’s commodity sector as prices fall back to earth

By Shannon VanRaes December 3, 2014

Profits on grains and oilseeds might be down, but it’s no reason to panic. Speaking at Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence conference in Winnipeg, Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist said the high prices of recent years were never destined to become the new normal. “The sky is not falling, it’s not falling at all,” J.P.

Opinion

Editorial: The ‘Bonanza’ farm

Serious thought needed about who will do the work, how will they be paid, and where the investment capital will come from

By Laura Rance-Unger December 1, 2014

I’ve seen a man on one of our big farms start out in the spring and plow a straight furrow until fall. Then he turned around and harvested back.” This anecdote dating back to the late 1800s was shared by Sam Moore in the 2010 article “Bonanza Farms of the Red River Valley,” found on

Crops, Forages

CFGA makes the case for more publicly funded forage research

The association also has a plan for performance testing new varieties and restoring lost inoculants

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2014

Cuts in federal government-funded forage research came easier than others because they generated fewer complaints, Ron Pidskalny told the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association’s (CFGA) annual meeting Nov 16. Pidskalny, who was the CFGA’s executive director until resigning Nov. 19, said that’s what a former high-level Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada official told him. Cutting a

Crops, National news

AAFC proposing two-tier crop variety registration system

One category would require merit testing and the other would only require the registrant to demonstrate a variety was new, distinguishable, uniform and stable

By Allan Dawson November 24, 2014

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is proposing to reduce Canada’s crop variety registration system from three tiers to two by 2016. One of the tiers would still include merit testing as part of the process for registering new wheats for western Canadian farmers, which is seen by many as an important tool in assuring wheat

people on a beach protesting climate change

International news

Study finds farmers and scientists divided over climate change

Focusing on the cause tends to polarize and politicize the discussion, which delays adaptation

By Purdue University Release November 24, 2014

Crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes, a study by Purdue and Iowa State universities shows. Associate professor of natural resource social science, Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in the agricultural sector in 2011-12 to determine their beliefs about climate change and whether variation

Opinion

Editorial: The information age and agriculture’s footprint

University agronomist says estimates of how much food needed to feed world's population by 2050 are too low

By Laura Rance-Unger November 24, 2014

The latest global supply-and-demand outlooks make it a little difficult to get too excited over worries the world will run out of food any time soon. World grain prices are weakening under what are characterized as burdensome supplies of staple commodity crops. Most of the pundits are now predicting we’re in for a prolonged period

Minogue: Silicon Valley, Saskatchewan style

By GFM Network News, Leeann Minogue November 21, 2014

Jordan Dutchak is bringing Silicon Valley’s working style to Saskatchewan agriculture. This weekend software developers, engineers, students and entrepreneurs will team up with farmers and ag professionals in Saskatoon at Emerging Agriculture, the first Canadian agricultural hackathon, where they hope to develop cutting-edge solutions to agricultural problems. The idea of a “hackathon” originated in the

man holding crank-powered radio in Africa

Crops, Local news

Radio programs help improve crops in Africa

Farm Radio International broadcasts information relevant to farmers throughout Africa

By Meghan Mast November 19, 2014

Japhet Emmanuel was 10 years old when his father introduced him to radio. This was the best way to learn English, assured his father. So every evening the young Tanzanian man would sit next to the small black radio listening to the one English program. “BBC World Service,” he deepened his voice to sound like

Local news, Opinion

Youth engaged in world food security issues

A Manitoba high school student outlines what he learned from attending the recent World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Conference in Des Moines

By Carson Rodgers November 19, 2014

Attending the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, October 15-18, 2014 was an amazing opportunity. Through loads of very informative and thought-provoking information, the intense three days were an eye-opener to me about the world food production situation. This was the first time Canadian youth had participated in the event.

Crops, Local news

Poor weather leads to poor quality crops

Soybean and lentil yields are up this year, but don’t expect that prices will follow suit

By Shannon VanRaes November 14, 2014

The quality of Canadian wheat may be down this year, but that doesn’t mean demand will drop. Speaking at a recent Cereals North America conference in Winnipeg, CWB crop and weather specialist Bruce Burnett said this season’s crop got off on the wrong foot from day one, following a late thaw. “The roots of our

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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