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Rancher’s Return Software Updated

By Agri-news February 10, 2011

Anew decision support tool to assist cattle producers in calculating their cost of production and break-even prices, has been posted to Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website. The new tool is an updated version of the highly successful Rancher’s Return excel spreadsheet calculator. “The 2011 version extends the initial cow-calf analysis further through the supply

Livestock

Optimism Spurs Shipping Of Older Cows

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 10, 2011

Ca t t l e mo v i n g throug h Manitoba’s auction yards continued to be met with strong demand during the week ended Feb. 4, keeping prices at solid levels. Quality remains a determining factor in price, but all classes were well supported overall. “The market is holding right up there, even

Cereals, Crops

CGC Tracking Shifts In Fusarium Head Blight

By Allan Dawson February 10, 2011

Toxin levels in fusariuminfected Manitoba wheat have been increasing rapidly relative to the number of fusarium-damaged kernels (FDK). But this crop year, the levels of the toxin DON (deoxynivalenol) are closer to the old one-to-one ratio with FDK, says Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) agronomist Mike Grenier. “The DON levels aren’t as high (relative to FDK)

Crops, Forages

USDA Partially Deregulating Biotech Sugar Beets

By Carey Gillam February 10, 2011

U.S. agricultural regulators Feb. 4 said despite a court ban, they would allow commercial planting of genetically modified sugar beets under closely controlled conditions while they complete a full environmental impact statement. The move marks the second-such boost by the United States for contested biotech crops in a week, and underscores U.S. determination to expand

Country Crossroads

Try An Anthurium Instead

By Albert Parsons February 10, 2011

What flowers to get a special someone for Valentine’s Day? Red roses? An orchid? Although I really like fresh cut flowers – during the summer months there are usually cut flowers of some kind from our garden in a vase on the kitchen table – in the off season I don’t buy cut flowers very

Country Crossroads

Don’t Shortchange Yourself On Sleep

By Julie Garden-Robinson February 10, 2011

As I lay wide awake in bed one night, watching my digital clock flip from one number to the next, I recalled the advice of sleep experts: if you do not fall asleep in about 20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing, such as reading. I didn’t feel like reading. I was thinking about

Crops, Oilseeds

Little Gain For Farmers From Off-Patent Soybean

By Alex Binkley February 3, 2011

Monsanto should stop pretending it’s doing farmers any favours in the upcoming expiry of a patent on a genetically engineered soybean, says Bob Friesen, president of Farmers of North America Strategic Agriculture Institute. “Farmers are sick and tired of these empty promises,” Friesen, the former longtime president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, said in

Crops

Agrotain Ultra Now Available In Canada

By Agrotain Release February 3, 2011

Agrotain Ultra, a new higher-concentrated liquid formula of Agrotain, is now available to retailers and producers in Canada. This new, more condensed formula reduces the amount that a grower needs by 25 per cent, making blending faster and easier while reducing the quantity of bulk handled and stored. Agrotain technology helps growers get the most

Crops, Forages

Manitoba Growers Edgy About GM Alfalfa Release In U.S.

By Ron Friesen February 3, 2011

Manitoba forage seed producers are dismayed, but not surprised that American regulators have released Roundup Ready alfalfa in the U.S. without restrictions. “Whoever thought that Roundup Ready wasn’t going to come to the market was living in a dream world,” said Adam Gregory, an alfalfa seed producer from Fisher Branch. The U.S. Department of Agriculture

Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Big White Dogs Keep Elk Away From Hay Bales

By Daniel Winters February 3, 2011

Ranchers stockpile hay to feed their livestock, not roving wild ruminants. Freeloading deer and elk can cart off large amounts of feed in their bellies, and leave behind bovine tuberculosis-infected snot, saliva and feces on the fodder. Tall fences keep them out of bale yards, but are expensive and won’t help with bale-grazing sites –

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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