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Hormone-Free Beef Moves Into EU

ACanadian company has shipped 120 tonnes of hormone-free beef to the European Union since the EU granted Canada duty-free access, Canada’s agriculture minister said March 14. Alberta-based Canada Gold Beef made the sales, worth $1.5 million, and shipments look to continue at the same pace, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a press release. Canada
Country Crossroads

Wire Vine Does Well Inside Or Out

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Some plants perform double duty by being adaptable enough to be used in the outdoor garden during the summer but when brought indoors for the winter serve as attractive houseplants in the interior landscape. I bought a plant last spring called big leaf wire vine (Muehlenbeckia complexa). There is a “little leaf” variety as well.
Crops

Researchers Seek Causes Of Honeybee Colony Collapse

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Birds do it, fleas do it but when bees do it, it is worth some $200 billion to the world economy. That’s why scientists are seeking a way to stem mass deaths of the world’s primary pollinator – the honeybee – which affect more than 30 per cent of bee colonies in the United States
Hogs, Livestock

Lactation Management Impacts Future Parity Productivity

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. about two to four and embryo survival by about 10 to 20 per cent, Kemp says. First-litter sows are especially vulnerable, due to their restricted feed
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Mar. 10, 2011

Time to change directions Your recent editorial “A Change In Thinking,” February 17, hits the nail on the head. Past farmer thinking has concentrated too much on income support and not enough on change and innovation. Taxpayer-sourced payments made simply for producing and selling a commodity, interest-free loans and advances, rewards for year-to-year income variability
News

Judge Rejects Rancher’s Claim TB Test Is Unsafe

The cost of not complying with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s bovine TB surveillance program is going up. Last week, Rossburn-area rancher Rodney Checkowski was fined $2,500 in a Brandon court on two counts under the Health of Animals Act, one for failing to comply with notices under the act, and one for refusing to
Crops

New Rice Varieties Can Temper High Prices

Rice prices are likely to remain high as demand rises, but countries can boost supply and temper prices by switching to climate change-ready varieties, the head of a rice research agency said Feb. 28. “We expect global demand in rice to be strong for the foreseeable future as the population grows,” said Robert Zeigler, director
Crops, Oilseeds

Non-GM Glyphosate-Tolerant Flax Being Developed

Glyphosate-tolerant flax that hasn’t been “genetically modified” (GM) could be on the market by 2014, according to James A. Radtke, vice-president of product development for Cibus, an American plant trait development company. If the $6-million project between Cibus, the Flax Council of Canada, and Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada is a success, Canadian flax growers
Crops

CFIA Finds No Trace Of Potato Cyst Nematode

Soil samples from potato fields across the country and testing of Canada’s 2010 seed potato crop have turned up no sign of potato cyst nematode (PCN). The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said last month it had collected and analyzed over 43,200 soil samples during the national 2010 PCN survey. The agency said it “prioritized these
Crops, Oilseeds

GMO Crops Planted In 29 Countries In 2010

Global plantings of biotech crops increased 10 per cent last year, continuing steady growth over the past decade that has been spurred by concerns about feeding a growing world population, according to an industry analysis. While the United States remains the largest user of genetically modified seeds, Brazil posted the biggest growth, with plantings rising

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