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Boiling Water — But Not For Tea

By Alan Guebert November 18, 2010

If ascendant Republicans act on what they say was the clear message sent by voters Nov. 2, the 112th Congress ain’t gonna be a tea party. Oh, something will boil, all right. It may be the fat most politicians claim is stored in all those pork barrels on Capitol Hill. After that, maybe some of

News

Bankers, Funds Try To Cope With Demand For Farms

By Laura Macinnis November 18, 2010

Bankers and fund managers are scrambling to build up rural expertise in response to rocketing investor demand to buy entire farms as an inflation hedge. Investment funds worldwide have put an estimated $15 billion to $20 billion in agriculture globally, and interest is also growing from ultra-rich investors and pension funds, which see farmland as

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Mentorship Goes Nationwide

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 11, 2010

Following up on its pilot program this year in Alberta, the Cattlemen’s Young Leaders program will now accept applications for mentorship spots available nationwide in 2011. Beef enthusiasts between ages 18 and 35 may apply online to seek one of 16 eight-month CYL mentorships available beginning in April 2011. Applications close Jan. 25, 2011. The

News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Oct. 28, 2010

October 28, 2010

Honoured:Solanyl Biopolymers Inc. of Carberry was awarded Emerging Life Science Company of the Year Agribusiness by the Life Science Association of Manitoba (LSAM) at its annual dinner on Oct. 4. Solanyl manufactures starch-based biodegradable plastic resin. Founders Derek and Earl McLaren formed the company in 2005 to further process the byproduct streams of local Manitoba

Cereals, Opinion

High Fertilizer Prices — Good. High Grain Prices — Bad

By Laura Rance-Unger October 21, 2010

Farmers could be forgiven for tuning out the twists and turns in the ongoing battle over the future of Canada’s PotashCorp to focus on more top-of-mind issues such as finishing off this year’s field work. But whether you’re tuned in or not, how this deal shakes down could have an impact on your bottom line.

Hogs, Livestock

Another Pork Importer Considers COOL

October 7, 2010

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. In 2017 Australian producers are due to phase out sow stalls for all but a maximum of six weeks of gestation. This change has been accepted

Opinion

The $40-Billion Potash Pie – for Sep. 2, 2010

By Alan Guebert September 2, 2010

American farmers hardly noticed when, in mid- August, news broke that Australian-based BHP Billiton was willing to pay nearly $40 billion for the world’s largest fertilizer producer, Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp. The disinterest was honest; after all, who was BHP Billiton and what did it want with a Canadian fertilizer firm in the steady, if not dull,

Livestock

Squashing The E. Coli Bug – for Sep. 2, 2010

By Daniel Winters September 2, 2010

Ranchers worry about their cattle getting sick. For packers, the risk of making their customers ill is a major concern. “Nothing weighs on my mind more than the battle with E. coli,” said Entz, vice-president/general manager of Cargill’s beef business unit in High River, Alberta. An agriculture engineer by training, he has worked for Cargill

Grain Markets

Cargill Still Keen On Russia – for Aug. 26, 2010

August 26, 2010

CHICAGO/REUTERS U. S. agribusiness trading giant and exporter Cargill Inc. is not changing its long-term investment strategy for Russia and the Black Sea region despite the area’s devastating drought that slashed grain output, Cargill’s CFO said Aug. 17. “It does not impact our enthusiasm or our investment strategy for that region,” Cargill chief financial officer

Beef cattle, Livestock

BIXS System Ready For Prime Time – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Daniel Winters August 26, 2010

CALGARY Ranchers who wondered why they bothered to put RFID tags in their calves’ ears every spring will soon find out the reason. After extensive beta-testing by computer-savvy ranchers this summer, the online record-keeping system called the BIXS, or Beef InfoXchange System, will be ready for launch for the cow-calf sector by September of this

Daily Network News

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

Growth capital hard to find for Canadian agri-food

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