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Triticale Best Choice For Bioeconomy

By Sarah Sutton April 2, 2009

“Triticale is the best choice for carbohydrate production. It yields 20 per cent more than other cereals.” Triticale has a bright future due to $15.5 million in new funding from the federal government, says one of two science directors in the new Canadian Triticale Biorefinery Initiative. “Triticale is a high-yielding crop that produces a large

Crops, Oilseeds

Feds Fund Flax Fibre Fact Finding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

Abrain trust focused on development of value-added markets for flax and hemp fibre will get a federal investment of $9.6 million. The Natural Fibres for the Green Economy Network (NAFGEN), led by Flax Canada 2015, is meant to connect “top researchers, industry and producers” to help create more industrial value chains by improving fibre crop

Livestock, News

Electrical Process Produces Barn-Cleaning Product

By Andrew Allentuck April 2, 2009

– FRED VOS “The system got my counts down from over one million on some test plates to 6,000. A few weeks after that success, I was exempted from further tests. We even got our coliform counts down to zero.” Some Canadian livestock producers are reporting success with an on-farm unit which produces a disinfectant

News

Ethanol Seen Taking Third Of U. S. Gasoline Market

February 19, 2009

The United States could replace nearly a third of gasoline consumption with ethanol mainly made from plant waste and special energy crops in about 20 years, according to a study released Feb. 10. Some 75 billion gallons of ethanol per year could be made from non-food cellulosic feedstocks, like wood waste and fast-growing grasses, and

News

Farmers fear no stimulus cash for Mississippi River

By Roberta Rampton February 5, 2009

The creaky system of locks and dams on the Mississippi River that moves US$300 billion of goods through the inland U. S. each year may not be eligible for much funding from the U. S. stimulus plan, the head of the National Corn Growers Association said Jan. 27. Corn growers and other farm groups had

Country Crossroads

Be prepared when travelling in cold weather

By Julie Garden-Robinson January 29, 2009

From a safety and health perspective, extreme cold can be deadly if you were to become stranded after a vehicle stalls. The best thing we can do is be prepared with water, food and other supplies in the event of vehicle problems. Nutritionally, we can survive without food for days, but staying hydrated is a

News

Lamy only candidate for next head of WTO

January 15, 2009

The current head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, is the only candidate to be the next director general, since no one has emerged to challenge him for the job, a WTO spokesman said Jan. 5. Lamy was the only candidate to have come forward when nominations closed on Dec. 31, spokesman Keith

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Are grain prices recession-proof?

January 8, 2009

DON BOUSQUET It’s Your Business For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at ww.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 2 higher with a firm tone in the U. S. markets contributing to the gains. Canola rose back over

News

Instability feared without world trade deal

By Jonathan Lynn December 18, 2008

“If we don’t buy all that stuff from China, they’re not going to buy it themselves, no matter how much the government spends.” – Economist Richard Baldwin World Trade Organization (WTO) members need to lock in existing levels of liberalization rather than pushing for further gains, or they jeopardize a Doha trade agreement and risk

Country Crossroads

AMM launches With One Voice: A History of Municipal Governance in Manitoba at 2008 convention New book commemorates 100 years of municipal leadership

By Lorraine Stevenson December 11, 2008

To save gas during WWII, farm trucks weren’t permitted to operate further than 35 miles from the farm and farmers had to paint the address on the sides of their trucks as proof. The town of Neepawa was the first municipality in North America to own its own telephone system. An early Municipal Act stipulated

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Tag Archives chemicals

Triticale Best Choice For Bioeconomy

Feds Fund Flax Fibre Fact Finding

Electrical Process Produces Barn-Cleaning Product

Ethanol Seen Taking Third Of U. S. Gasoline Market

Farmers fear no stimulus cash for Mississippi River

Be prepared when travelling in cold weather

Lamy only candidate for next head of WTO

Are grain prices recession-proof?

Instability feared without world trade deal

AMM launches With One Voice: A History of Municipal Governance in Manitoba at 2008 convention New book commemorates 100 years of municipal leadership

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