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Getting Agriculture Some Recognition In The Federal Election

By Alex Binkley April 7, 2011

Grain Growers of Canada was the first farm group to pitch farm policies to the parties competing in the May 2 election. President Stephen Vandervalk asked the party leaders “to make agriculture a key part of your election platform. Recent issues like food prices, food safety, biofuels and sustainability have created public interest in agriculture.”

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Two Growers Needed To Try Something New

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

Ever wonder what would happen if you just dumped a shotgun blast of legume, cereal and brassica seeds into the seeder and drilled it in? Two or more growers in the southwest and southeast corners of the province are needed to do just that, as MAFRI’s polycrop trial enters its second year. “The multicropping thing,

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

By Reuters March 31, 2011

Data collection:Rural community foundations will benefit from federal funds helping them collect annual data on how their communities are surviving. Vital Signs portraits measure the vitality of local communities using selected social and economic trends and evaluating areas having a significant impact on the quality of life, such as health, environment and education. A $200,000

Cereals, Opinion

Remember When?

March 31, 2011

Reporters are notorious information pack rats and the Manitoba Co-operator’sAllan Dawson is no exception. Rumour has it his house is slowly settling into the Pembina escarpment due to the piles of paper, assorted reports and tape recordings stored in his office. But give Dawson a bit of time and he can pull together a pretty

Cereals, Opinion, Poultry

Letters – for Mar. 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

I would like to address our federal agriculture minister’s continued use of the statement of “putting farmers first.” First, as a beginning farmer a short while ago, I fell through some cracks in our agriculture programs. I had appealed every decision, right up to your office, with the same outcome each time, and at each

Cereals, News

Court Of Appeal Upholds Ritz’s Rules

March 31, 2011

The Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed legality of federal government changes to the voters’ list in the 2008 Canadian Wheat Board director elections. But the same court also ruled that the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) – had a legal right to challenge the ruling. In January 2010 Federal Court Judge James

Cereals, News

Flood Fears Prompt Grain Movement

March 31, 2011

Farmers are taking advantage of a Canadian Wheat Board program to move stored grain out of areas at risk of flooding this spring. As of March 18, 100 Manitoba producers had signed up to move 24,000 tonnes of grain, mostly wheat, off flood-prone farms and into elevators, the CWB said. Most of the signup is

Cereals, Crops

Nufarm To Provide Valtera

March 31, 2011

Valent Canada Inc. has named Nufarm Agriculture Inc. its sales agent for Valtera herbicide. Effective immediately, Nufarm will be responsible for all sales, shipping and billing of Valtera in Canada. Pricing and programming for Valtera are already launched for the 2011 season and will not change as a result of this agreement. Valtera is a

Cereals, Crops, Poultry

U.S. Makes Biggest Canada Feed Wheat Buy In Decade

By Rod Nickel March 24, 2011

Canadian feed wheat is flowing into the southeastern United States in the largest quantities for more than a decade, highlighting tight U.S. corn supplies and a surplus of feed wheat in Canada, several trade sources said March 10. Wilmington Bulk LLC, a consortium of North Carolina poultry and swine producers including Smithfield Foods, has bought

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Hogs, Oilseeds

Japan Disaster Unlikely To Limit Food Imports

By Ron Friesen March 24, 2011

The disaster in Japan may not curtail its imports of agricultural commodities and could even increase them over time, a Canadian Wheat Board official said. Once Japan begins to recover from the effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Japanese consumers may become more accepting of food imports, said Neil Townsend, a CWB market

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

Tag Archives Barley

Getting Agriculture Some Recognition In The Federal Election

Two Growers Needed To Try Something New

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

Remember When?

Letters – for Mar. 31, 2011

Court Of Appeal Upholds Ritz’s Rules

Flood Fears Prompt Grain Movement

Nufarm To Provide Valtera

U.S. Makes Biggest Canada Feed Wheat Buy In Decade

Japan Disaster Unlikely To Limit Food Imports

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