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Co-Operator Reporter Says Goodbye

By Ron Friesen July 7, 2011

One of my first assignments after arriving at theCo-operatorin July 1988 was a story about Manitoba joining the national beef tripartite stabilization program. It was the biggest thing to hit the province’s cattle industry in years and we were on deadline. I remember sitting at my desk staring at a blank computer screen with the

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G20 Action Plan Good For Farmers

By Alex Binkley June 30, 2011

International farm ministers rejected tight controls on commodity speculation in favour of more open information on developments in the food chain that could affect both farmers and consumers, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first meeting of G20 farm ministers signed an action plan in Paris that stresses more trade and innovation, including biotechnology, to

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CAPI Report Seeks New Direction For Food Policy

April 28, 2011

Traceability systems could be the catalyst to get Canadian agriculture participants taking a systems approach that could improve quality, efficiency, competitiveness and profits, David McInnes, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute says. McInnes reviewed a report the institute released in February that calls for radical reforms of Canadian agriculture policies

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

A Boost For Wheat Research

By Laura Rance-Unger April 14, 2011

It’s nice to see headlines about the need for more investment into wheat research these days, even if some of the stories swirling around that topic are a mite confused. Last week started with news reports in mainstream dailies across Canada citing a leaked memo from the National Research Council and reporting that genetically modified

Opinion

Let’s Keep Risks In Perspective

By Kevin Hursh April 14, 2011

The nuclear crisis in Japan is likely to have a big impact on the future development of the nuclear industry around the world. In a less direct way, it could also lead to more starving people. The link between the two issues is trust. Nuclear power generation is safe, we’ve been told. Unfortunately, no one

Crops

Organic Farmers Sue, Seek Protection From Monsanto

By Carey Gillam April 7, 2011

A consortium of U.S. organic farmers and seed dealers filed suit against global seed giant Monsanto Co. on Mar. 29, in a move to protect themselves from what they see as a growing threat in the company’s arsenal of genetically modified crops. The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed the suit on behalf of more than

Hogs, Livestock

Tubing Piglets Gives A Quick Energy Boost – for Mar. 31, 2011

March 31, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Wes tern Hog Journal. His columns run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Larger litters have created a new challenge in recent years when it comes to maximizing piglet survival rates. It is not unusual to see barns averaging

Crops

China GMO Corn Hits Policy Deadlock

By Niu Shuping March 24, 2011

China’s first strain of genetically modified corn is facing policy deadlock and may take years before it can be planted, a Chinese researcher said on March 7. China gave the phytase corn safety approval in late 2009, and at the time scientists said they expected large-scale production could happen as early as 2012. The GMO

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Mexico Allows GM Corn Trials To Proceed

By Mica Rosenberg March 17, 2011

Mexico has approved the first pilot program to plant genetically modified corn, a sensitive topic in the country that touts itself as the birthplace of corn and where small farmers worry the high-tech grain may contaminate native varieties. The Agriculture Ministry granted a permit March 8 to global biotech seed maker Monsanto to plant no

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As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

By Carey Gillam March 17, 2011

For decades, U.S. farmers have helped feed the world by sowing some of the most versatile cropland, adjusting each year to grow a bit more of this and less of that, to replenish those crops in greatest shortage. This year, however, even with farmers planting nearly every acre of arable land, it will not be

Daily Network News

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

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

Tag Archives Biotechnology

Co-Operator Reporter Says Goodbye

G20 Action Plan Good For Farmers

CAPI Report Seeks New Direction For Food Policy

A Boost For Wheat Research

Let’s Keep Risks In Perspective

Organic Farmers Sue, Seek Protection From Monsanto

Tubing Piglets Gives A Quick Energy Boost – for Mar. 31, 2011

China GMO Corn Hits Policy Deadlock

Mexico Allows GM Corn Trials To Proceed

As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

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