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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

Cereals, News

Agrium Wants To Buy Former Australian Wheat Board – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 19, 2010

Canadian fertilizer giant Agrium Ltd. has started a bidding war for AWB Ltd., formerly the Australian Wheat Board. The company was put into play July 30 when AWB directors recommended to shareholders that they agree to an offer by larger Australian rival GrainCorp. Based on last year’s handlings, the new company would handle 14.6 million

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

New Game, New Rules

By Alan Guebert July 22, 2010

Watching Big Pork and Big Beef respond to proposed USDA rules to “clarify conduct that violates the P&S (Packers and Stockyards) Act” is like watching Wall Street bankers: they find it impossible to pull their hands out of your pockets long enough to pull themselves out of the mess they’ve made. That’s a good explanation

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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