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Budget Aid To Be Followed By Livestock Aid Meeting

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“We see (slaughter capacity funding) as filling in holes and gaps in packing facilities across the country.” – Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz The progress reports the Liberals have demanded for their support of the Jan. 27 federal budget should help farm groups keep track of how much of the $550 million allocated for agriculture is
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U. S. ethanol industry wants diversification

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Developing non grain sources of ethanol should be a priority for the administration of President Barrack Obama, the U. S. Renewable Fuels Association says. Chairman Chris Standlee and CEO Bob Dinneen told reporters in a conference call that the Obama administration should provide loan guarantees for next-generation technologies to make the ethanol industry less dependent
Cereals, News

PotashCorp profit jumps:

Saskatoon-based PotashCorp reported a fourth-quarter profit that more than doubled to $788 million last Thursday and its shares surged even though it issued weaker-than-expected forecasts for 2009. The world’s biggest fertilizer company said it sees 2009 potash shipments flat with 2008 or slightly lower even though it expects increased global demand in the second quarter.
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Grain revenue helps CN’s Q4:

A 23 per cent increase in fourth-quarter grain and fertilizer revenue helped Canadian National Railway (CN) offset higher operating and tax expenses.CN’soverall Q4 profit was $573 million on $2.2 billion in revenue, down 31 per cent from the year-earlier period. Full-year 2008 profit was down 12 per cent at $1.9 billion on $8.5 billion in
Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Livestock, Opinion

Farmers and cowmen

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The latest release from the George Morris Centre “Feed grains and livestock in Canada – a reconciliation” brings to mind the lyrics from a certain operetta performed by the Carman Collegiate High School back in the 1970s. “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends… one man likes to push a plow, the other
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Dual-fuel truck on display at Ag Days

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The 2006 Chevrolet Silverado looks like an ordinary pickup truck but appearances can be deceiving. Lorne Grieger lifts the hood to reveal a gizmo which makes a big difference. It’s a special fuel injector which lets the truck run on biodiesel fuel and ethanol at the same time. Biodiesel and hydrated ethanol (95 per cent
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U. S. will fail to meet 2022 biofuels mandate

The United States will fall short of its federal mandate to blend 36 billion gallons per year of biofuels like ethanol into gasoline by 2022, the government’s top energy forecasting agency said Dec. 17. The 36-billion-gallon target of blending motor fuel alternatives, such as traditional ethanol made from corn and next-generation cellulosic ethanol made from
News, Oilseeds, Poultry

U. S. farmers remain hopeful even as profits erode

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“With that kind of volatility you just lose track of fundamentals.” –Illinois farmer Garry Niemeyer Iowa farmer Gordon Wassenaar says he is optimistic about 2009, displaying a sometimes puzzling “glass half full” mentality needed in a profession in which Mother Nature can wipe out months of work overnight. He and other U. S. farmers notched
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Malaysia may scrap palm oil windfall tax

Malaysia may scrap a windfall tax on palm oil if the price rises further, the country’s Commodities Minister Peter Chin was quoted as saying Jan. 19 by state news agency Bernama. The Malaysian government in June imposed a windfall tax on crude palm oil sales of above 2,000 ringgit (US$559.3) per tonne, following a surge
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U. S. farmers get another governor

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If conventional leadership and bureaucratic competency had a face, it would look exactly like Thomas J. Vilsack: round as an apple pie, chin disappearing under sagging cheeks, greying (and amply present) hair. President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Vilsack, the two-term (1998-2006) Iowa governor, to lead the U. S. Department of Agriculture marks the third non-farming

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