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Hogs, Opinion

Hog Sector Needs Support

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The onslaught of negative consumer perceptions around H1N1 Influenza A has added to the Canadian pork industry’s situation. High feed costs, a strong Canadian dollar, low hog prices, the economic crisis reducing access to credit, and Country of Origin Labelling have, over the years, undermined Canadian pork producers. The onslaught of negative consumer perceptions around
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CFA Balks At Cairns Statement

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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture refused to fully endorse the communiqué coming from the Cairns Group Farm Leaders (CGFL) meeting, held in Bali, Indonesia June 9 on how to move the Doha Development Round forward. The final communiqué, presented to the Cairns Group Ministers, expressed the Farm Leaders’ continued support to reignite the WTO Doha
Cereals, News

Viterra, ABB Grain Come To Terms

“If (Viterra) did something else big after this, before this got some traction, then we think they might… bite off more than they can chew.” – ANIL PASSI OF CREDIT RATI NG AGENCY DBRS Canada’s top grain handler has agreed to buy Australia’s ABB Grain in a US$1.2 billion share-and-cash deal, giving Viterra better access
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CFA Wants Labelling Changes

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The federal government must lower the threshold in its Product of Canada food-labelling policy or it won’t do consumers or farmers any good, says Garnet Etsell, second vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. After years of lobbying by farm groups, the federal government decided last year to amend the Product of Canada regulations but
Livestock

Own-Use Task Force Accused Of Foot-Dragging

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“I don’t think there’s any way around this one.” – DR. CATHERINE DEWEY, ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE A federal task force has been criticized for not asking Ottawa to close a legal loophole allowing livestock producers to import unapproved veterinary drugs virtually unrestricted. Instead, the task force calls for a three-year pilot project into the feasibility
Dairy cattle, News

Chief Trade Negotiator Moves To New Portfolio

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After years as Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, Steve Verheul has joined the team of Canadian officials working out a free trade deal with the European Union. Verheul, who was raised on a Southern Ontario dairy farm, has spoken to countless farm meetings since he took on the chief negotiator’s job in the
Crops

CGC Security Remains Until There Are Replacements: Ritz

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“We’re not removing (CGC security) holusbolus. We’ll only do it in light of something better being offered for producers.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Farmers nervous about losing the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) security program that protects against payment defaults on delivered grain can rest easier knowing it will remain until there are replacements. That’s
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Finding The Right Crop For Cellulosic Ethanol

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“We need to create a plantation crop to meet our needs.” -MAURICE HLADIK The eventual raw material requirements of cellulosic ethanol production could exceed the available supplies of straw and stover, an industry expert told the Canadian Federation of Agriculture recently. “Straw and stover can’t do it all,” Maurice Hladik, former director of marketing for
Forages, News

“Holy Smokes! Maybe I’m Dying Here!”

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“ I remember like it was yesterday. The freezing rain was stinging my face and I was lying there in the mud – so cold – with the horses sniffing and milling around above me. I could feel a painful heat and numbness rising up my body from my legs – like boiling water. All

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