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Argentina Farmers Eye End To Unpopular Quota System

By Maximiliano Rizzi September 29, 2011

Argentina s grains industry is debating a proposal to overhaul local corn and wheat markets so exporters pay farmers higher prices a reform the government could very well adopt. The state intervenes in corn and wheat trade now with incremental export quotas and subsidies to local millers, which are aimed at guaranteeing affordable food supplies

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Sep. 22, 2011

By Reuters September 22, 2011

Sask. harvest ahead of normal:Saskatchewan farmers had harvested 60 per cent of the overall 2011 crop as of Sept. 12, moving ahead of the five-year average of 47 per cent after a week of favourable weather, the provincial government said last Thursday in a weekly report. Harvest progress was the most advanced for this time

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

MCEC Moving Ahead Following Funding Loss

By Shannon VanRaes September 1, 2011

Anew beef slaughter facility is still on track to open in Winnipeg in 2012, despite losing $10 million in funding from the federal government. “We’re as anxious to get out there and make an announcement as anyone else, and we hope to soon. Everyone is kinda anxious,” said David Wiens, a director with the Manitoba

News

Turkey Recall Raises U.S. Food Safety Questions

By Lisa Baertlein August 11, 2011

U.S. food safety advocates are calling for changes to meat recall rules after regulators took months to warn the public about a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 80 people and caused one death. Cargill Inc., one of the largest U.S. meat producers, on Aug. 3 recalled roughly 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen

Cereals, News

Bunge Eyes Canada After Wheat Monopoly

July 28, 2011

U.S. grain-trading giant Bunge Ltd. plans to expand its presence in Western Canada once the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly is ended. “The most efficient system is a free market, a complete free market,” Bunge chief executive Alberto Weisser told theGlobe and Mail newspaper. The Conservative government says it will pass legislation this autumn to

Cereals, Crops

Black Soil Field’s Yield Returns To Average After Drought

By Melissa Akin July 28, 2011

After enduring a season as hard as any in living memory, the farmers who cultivate these Black Soils wheat fields say their yields should recover to normal after massive drought losses last year. The winter wheat, to be harvested in July, was planted in nearly dry soil but the rains came just in time, said

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 23, 2011

By Reuters June 23, 2011

Ethanol vote fails:A proposal to end subsidies for the U.S. ethanol industry failed a key vote in the Senate June 14. The Senate voted 59 to 40 against limiting debate on the measure from Republican Tom Coburn that would have ended the federal ethanol tax credit and the tariff on ethanol imports before they were

Cereals, News

Will Producers Still Be Viable In An Open Market?

By Allan Dawson June 23, 2011

Short-line railway companies are asking the federal government what impact the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single desk will have on the viability of producer cars, producer car-loading facilities and ultimately short-line railways. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says farmers will still have access to producer cars, but CWB chair Allen Oberg predicts it

Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 9, 2011

June 9, 2011

Cargill’s stance hardly a surprise The Page 9 headline in the May 19 issue of theManitoba Co-operatorreads: “Cargill calls for orderly end to orderly marketing.” Cargill’s stance should hardly come as a surprise to farmers. After all, what wolf wouldn’t welcome easier access to the sheep. So farmers, let us beware of the big bad

Cereals, News

Who’s Responsible For A Viable Open-Market CWB?

By Allan Dawson June 9, 2011

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says the Canadian Wheat Board can survive in an open market, but it’s up to the board and the industry to figure out how. Ritz arrived for a half-hour visit at the board May 30 – his first-ever foray into its downtown offices – to inform officials there what he had

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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Argentina Farmers Eye End To Unpopular Quota System

In Brief… – for Sep. 22, 2011

MCEC Moving Ahead Following Funding Loss

Turkey Recall Raises U.S. Food Safety Questions

Bunge Eyes Canada After Wheat Monopoly

Black Soil Field’s Yield Returns To Average After Drought

In Brief… – for Jun. 23, 2011

Will Producers Still Be Viable In An Open Market?

Letters – for Jun. 9, 2011

Who’s Responsible For A Viable Open-Market CWB?

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