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Cargill invests in India’s food-processing boom

By Ratnajyoti Dutta January 4, 2013

Reuters — Cargill, the U.S. agribusiness giant, is investing in India’s burgeoning processed food sector with a $73-million corn-milling unit, the head of its India operation said. India’s 1.2 billion population is eating increasing amounts of packaged and processed foods, using the financial benefits of an economy growing at nearly six per cent to try

Crops, News

A breakdown of record grain deliveries during Q1

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

A record 13.8 million tonnes of grain were delivered into Canada’s grain-handling system between Aug. 1 and Nov. 11, a Cargill Canada official said last week, citing Canadian Grain Commission figures. The previous record of 12 million tonnes was set in 2006. Of that 13.8 million tonnes, 11.5 million was delivered to primary elevators (10.74

Hogs, Livestock, News

U.S. pork stocks rise to a record high

November 30, 2012

reuters / Pork stored in U.S. warehouses in October rose to a record high for that month as hog herds were reduced due to high feed costs. Producers have hurried their animals to market at a record pace and, coupled with the normal seasonal buildup in hog slaughters, that could result in tighter supplies in

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

After beef’s biggest recall: What’s next?

By Fred Hays November 29, 2012

The reopening of the XL beef plant at Brooks is not the end of troubles for the Canadian beef industry

The past two months have seen considerable turmoil in Alberta’s beef sector because of the XL beef recall. Although there has been some relief with the JBS takeover there could still be a long way to go. Canada’s beef sector has been influenced by a number of factors: Grass. Western Canada’s cow-calf sector grew because

Livestock, Opinion

White knight charges in to save XL, but it may be the last one

By Will Verboven November 21, 2012

There seemed to be a collective sigh of relief from the western Canadian cattle and beef industry when it was announced that JBS would be taking over management of the XL Foods Lakeside beef plant in Brooks. The reality is that there was a very good possibility that the plant was not going to reopen

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola variety selection tool now live with 2012 results

By Canola Council Of Canada November 15, 2012

The tool includes an economic calculator, interactive maps, and the ability to refine searches by five traits

The online Canola Variety Selection tool is now live with data from the 2012 Canola Performance Trials (CPT), giving canola growers another tool to compare variety performance. The CPT provides science-based, unbiased performance data that reflects actual production practices. The selection tool provides comparative data on leading varieties and newly introduced varieties. The tool includes

Livestock, News

Monster storm Sandy spares U.S. livestock sector serious damage

November 15, 2012

Reuters / The monster storm that pummelled the eastern U.S. appears to have largely spared American livestock operations. Poultry producer Perdue Farms temporarily shut down four of its processing plants in the northeast and a distribution centre. The company said two of the large producers had extensive flooding while others were relying on generators to

Cereals, Crops, News

Consumers, farmers squeezed as grain giants tighten grip

By Nigel Hunt November 9, 2012

Reuters / A global race for grain trading power is putting more of the world’s vital cereals in the hands of fewer companies, with a string of recent acquisitions raising fears that consumers will pay even more for their food, while farmers are squeezed. Archer Daniels Midland last week bid for Australia’s last independent grain

Beef cattle, News

CFIA officials reviewing XL procedures

October 17, 2012

The number of Canadian confirmed cases of E. coli from the XL beef plant at Brooks, Alta. had reached 11 by press time Monday. Meanwhile, the beef recall had spread from North America to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety had advised local companies to stop selling and to recall “a small

Cereals, International news, News

Collective farm emblematic of Russia’s new farm scene

By Melissa Akin September 17, 2012

This year’s wheat, piled in steel sheds on the Banner of Lenin collective farm, shimmers greyish gold in the dusty air, a vision of plenty worthy of a Soviet propaganda poster. In Soviet times, the 15,000-hectare farm in Russia’s Black Sea breadbasket region of Krasnodar, stuck to growing wheat, but over the past two decades

Daily Network News

U.S., Canada to meet in coming weeks on trade, Greer says

Prairie forecast: All aboard the temperature rollercoaster

Canada’s Loblaw misses fourth-quarter revenue estimates

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