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New study says Brazil beats Iowa in protecting waterways from eutrophication

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 30, 2013

Brown University study finds deficient Brazilian soils hold  on to phosphorus while rich Iowan farmland is spoiling  waterways even though much less of the fertilizer is being applied

A new American study has turned a long-held belief on its head by discovering that — in one respect, anyways — growing soybeans in Iowa is environmentally worse than growing them in the former Amazon rainforest. Researchers from Brown University found Iowa farmers are doing more harm to waterways than their counterparts in Matto Grosso,

Crops, News

Practise zero tolerance to avoid resistant weeds

By Angela Lovell January 17, 2013

If Canadian farmers want to avoid the fate of their U.S. counterparts struggling with glyphosate-resistant weeds such as kochia, waterhemp, and common and giant ragweed, then they’d better practise zero tolerance, says an American weed scientist. “That means no survival rate and no weed seed production,” researcher Jeff Stachler told attendees at the Manitoba Agronomists

Cereals, News

DDGS on sale, but buyers wary

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 17, 2013

Prices for DDGS — dried distillers grains (with solubles) — have come down significantly over the past few weeks, but are still too high when compared to other feed options. “Prices are dropping, but they haven’t dropped significantly enough to attract Canadian buyers,” said Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading, a major importer

News, Poultry

Eating the whole egg better for heart health

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 17, 2013

The American Egg Board is promoting new research that suggests eating the whole egg is better for heart health than only egg whites. While consumers concerned about their cholesterol have been advised to limit their consumption of eggs to just the whites, a study involving middle-aged men and women with metabolic syndrome (a combination of

News

Maybe it wasn’t all those butter tarts

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 17, 2013

Feeling like you’ve packed on a few micrograms over the holidays? Perhaps the kilogram is to blame. Researchers from Newcastle University in Britain have shown the kilogram itself has put on weight. The original kilogram — known as the International Prototype Kilogram or the IPK — is the standard against which all other measurements of

Crops, Oilseeds

Nutraceutical firm seeks borage growers

By Daniel Winters December 6, 2012

Borage has been prized for its curative powers since ancient times. In Roman times, the naturalist Pliny regarded it as an antidepressant, and a famous herbalist from the 16th century wrote that a syrup made from borage “comforteth the heart, purgeth melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or lunaticke person.” For Prairie farmers who may fit

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Talking turkey over energy

December 6, 2012

The pre-American Thanksgiving decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny the meat industry requests for a waiver on that country’s renewable fuel standard did little to calm the rhetoric between the livestock and ethanol sectors over who should have access to limited corn supplies this year. Shortly after the announcement, the National Turkey

News

Fungus boosts ethanol extraction from cornstalks

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 30, 2012

Scientists looking for a way to extract the sugars from cornstalks for ethanol production have found an ally in white rot fungus, the American Chemical Society reports in a podcast. Based on a report by Yebo Li, PhD, in ACS’s journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, researchers found that by treating stover with the white

Crops, News

U.S. upholds ethanol mandate

By Patrick Rucker, Timothy Gardner December 1, 2012

Reuters – The United States upheld its program to turn a large share of the corn crop into ethanol for motor fuel Nov. 16, saying it did not cause undue economic harm despite steep competition for depleted U.S. grain supplies after the worst drought in 50 years. In August, as the drought seared the Midwest,

Opinion

Letters — for 2012-11-22 00:00:00

November 29, 2012

CGC legislation debated many times I would like to correct the many inaccuracies contained in a recent Manitoba Co-operator article about our government’s Safe Food for Canadian Act (S-11) and changes to the Canadian Grain Act (CGA). Let me start by first assuring readers that when it comes to food safety, the health of Canadians

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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