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Food Prices Seen Lower Than In 2007-08 – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Nigel Hunt September 16, 2010

Rising prices for a wide range of agricultural commodities are stirring fears of global food-driven inflation, but there should be no repeat of the crisis seen in 2007-08 unless governments start to panic. Analysts cite much higher global stocks of staples such as wheat and a more challenging economic environment as factors which should temper

Cereals, Opinion

A Graph Would Do Nicely – for Sep. 9, 2010

September 9, 2010

Some of us in business can communicate directly with the final consumer of our product. Farmers usually aren’t so fortunate. For example, wheat goes to a grain company, then to a mill and finally to a bakery. The baker, rather than the farmer, gets to take the credit for that nice tasty loaf of bread.

Crops

Ottawa Finally Makes Ethanol Mandatory – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Alex Binkley September 9, 2010

Long-promised regulations requiring all gasoline sold in Canada to contain at least five per cent ethanol will come into effect Dec. 15, the government announced last week. “Support for renewable fuels is support for farmers, rural communities and our economy,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a statement. “This is a vital step in generating

Cereals, Livestock

EU Feed Makers Call On EU To Release Barley Stocks – for Aug. 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

HAMBURG/REUTERS European animal feed makers called on the European Union Aug. 3 to sell its intervention grain stocks to help cool rising cereals prices. The EU has about five million tonnes of grain, largely barley, in its intervention stocks, which should now be sold following a 40 per cent rise in some grains prices since

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Oil Makes The Biodiesel Grade – for Aug. 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

Biodiesel made from canola oil would emit 50 per cent less greenhouse gas than petroleum diesel fuel, which would make it eligible for the U. S. mandate to increase renewable fuel production, according to the U. S. Envi ronmental Protect ion Agency (EPA). EPA data that compares greenhouse gas emissions between biodiesel and conventional diesel,

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Reuters July 29, 2010

Soybean breeder honoured: Veteran Ontario soybean breeder Norman Bradner was awarded the 2010 Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics award at the recent Canadian Seed Trade Association annual meeting in Kelowna. The award is peer nominated and selected recognition of an outstanding contribution to the advancement of plant agriculture. In addition to being a prolific varietal

Opinion

Will Farmers’ Actions Improve The Ethanol Energy Balance?

By Cole Gustafson July 8, 2010

Several years ago, there was substantial debate on whether corn ethanol produced more net energy relative to the amount of fossil energy required to manufacture it. This ratio, the amount of energy produced divided by fossil energy input needed, often is referred to as ethanol’s energy balance. For years, scientists argued whether the ratio exceeded

Livestock

USDA Jolts Markets With Corn Numbers

July 8, 2010

The U. S. government roiled the grain markets June 30 with a sharp cut in corn acres and much tighter June 1 stockpiles, sending corn prices sharply higher and providing a short-term floor for the beaten-down market. Despite predictions for a modest increase in acres planted to corn this year, the U. S. Agriculture Department’s

Opinion

Feeding Our Habit

By Les Mcewan June 24, 2010

Despite the millions of starving people in the world in the autumn of 2007, a looming expansion in use, and successive low-yielding crops, the market was telling us not to grow food. Longtime readers of my prognostications will note that I predicted the biofuel market would make grain prices more volatile, but not necessarily higher.

News

In Brief… – for Jun. 17, 2010

June 17, 2010

Correction: Several errors regarding the Cover Crop Protection Program (CCPP) appeared in a story about excess rain in the June 3 edition of the Manitoba Co-operator. The CCPP was introduced for 2005 and 2006 to assist farmers with flooded cropland, not 2004 and 2005 as reported. It paid farmers $15 an acre, not $30. And

Daily Network News

General Mills cuts annual outlook as shoppers seek cheaper options

Canadian annual inflation rate edges down in January as gasoline costs drop

Canadian agriculture must be seen as growth sector: Blois

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