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More states join call for end to U.S. ethanol rule

By Patrick Rucker September 17, 2012

Two U.S. states that depend on the livestock industry are adding their voices to a string of states asking Washington to ease pressure on corn prices by suspending rules that send a large share of the crop to produce ethanol. Georgia, the centre of U.S. poultry production, and New Mexico, with its large cattle industry,

Opinion

Multiple predicaments: One core solution

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer September 18, 2012

The livestock industry and others that use corn as key input are calling on Congress and the administration to modify or suspend the ethanol mandate for the 2012 corn crop. Pressure for modifying the mandate is also coming from a hunger community that is fearful that a further rise in corn prices will trigger an

News

Ethanol output to drop 10 per cent

By Charles Abbott September 17, 2012

U.S. ethanol production will fall by 10 per cent in the coming year as rising prices from the drought cut exports in half, a University of Missouri think-tank forecast on Aug. 28. The Obama administration is weighing whether to relax a requirement to use corn-based ethanol in gasoline as meat and dairy farmers complain that

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Swath canola when 60 per cent of main stem seeds turn colour

By Allan Dawson August 21, 2012

Canola should be swathed when 60 per cent of the seeds on the main stems have changed colour and that means taking a close look at your fields. “You really just can’t make an accurate assessment of seed colour change from your pickup truck,” the Canola Council of Canada’s Manitoba agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed said

Crops, News, Weather

Souris River silt serves up free fertility

By Daniel Winters August 10, 2012

Farmers soil testing in the wake of floods have found the silt left behind contained  surprisingly high levels of nutrients, including phosphorus and potassium

It appears there’s one upside from flooding — silt. After the deluge from the Souris River dried up, staff at the Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) wanted to know what effect the flood had on research plots that were completely under water last summer. Soil tests of what appeared to be dark-coloured sand near the

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

U.S. livestock groups seek drought relief with ethanol waiver

By Michael Hirtzer August 10, 2012

Hard-hit U.S. livestock and poultry producers petitioned the government on Monday to reduce or cancel the required use of ethanol in gasoline for a year, asking for “a little help” to ride out the worst drought in 56 years. The request for a first-ever waiver from the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s mandate, which in essence

Country Crossroads, News

Stay hydrated, avoid overheating

By Julie Garden-Robinson July 30, 2012

You’d better come inside. You look sunburned,” my husband said earlier this season. “I’m just going to finish planting a couple of things, and then I’ll be done,” I replied. I was wearing sunscreen, and I wasn’t feeling really warm, either. In fact, I almost felt a little chilled. The day was very hot and

Crops, News

Spray operators: It’s OK to hit the snooze button on your alarm

By Helen Mcmenamin July 20, 2012

The early bird gets the worm, and the best weed control, at least based on conventional wisdom that the best time to spray is when wind in lightest in the morning. But the results of trials by Farming Smarter, southern Alberta’s farm research group, indicate that spray operators don’t have to set their alarms quite

Crops, News

China to end anti-dumping probe on U.S. distillers grains

July 12, 2012

beijing / reuters / China is ending an anti-dumping probe on imports of U.S. distillers dried grains, opening the gates for more purchases of the feed ingredient. China’s Commerce ministry launched the probe 1-1/2 years ago at the request of four Chinese ethanol makers. The companies withdrew the request recently, the government said. China’s imports

News

Who needs water to take a bath?

By Enos Phosa June 30, 2012

Reuters — With inspiration from a friend too lazy to take a shower and a few months of research on the Internet, South African university student Ludwick Marishane has won global recognition for an invention that takes the water out of bathing. Marishane, a 22-year-old student at the University of Cape Town invented a product

Daily Network News

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Get farmers in on federal water security strategy planning, CFA says

U.S. finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27, cuts RINS for foreign feedstocks

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