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Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds

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Reuters / The consequences of climate change are now hitting the United States on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially more frequent severe weather, a congressionally mandated study has concluded. A draft of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released Jan. 11, said observable change to the climate in the past half-century
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Let the Ag Year begin

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Manitoba Ag Days 2013 is literally where the “Ag Year begins” for many of the 12,000-plus visitors a day who come to check out the latest equipment and products, learn something new and meet with friends and acquaintances they may not have seen for a while. “One of the really great things about Ag Days
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New top Republican on ag committee

washington / reuters Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran has claimed the role of Republican leader on the Senate Agriculture Committee, giving the U.S. cotton and rice growing region a more powerful voice in the debate over how to reform farm subsidies. Cochran displaced Pat Roberts from Kansas, one of the largest wheat-growing states. Roberts was an
Livestock, News

U.S. fiscal plan averts steep rise in milk prices

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Adeal approved by the U.S. Congress late New Year’s Day to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff” also includes measures to avert the “dairy cliff” — a steep increase in milk prices. The tax agreement contains a nine-month fix for expiring farm subsidy programs by extending a 2008
Livestock, News

St. Claude student receives livestock travel fellowship

Michel Rey of St. Claude, a master’s student in animal science at the University of Manitoba, is one of 12 students from six countries awarded the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation travel fellowship to the International Livestock Congress in Denver, Colorado. A multinational selection committee chose the students from Canada, Australia, Brazil, Uruguay, Nepal and the
Dairy cattle, Opinion

Talking turkey over energy

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
Crops, News

U.S. crop insurance a post-election target

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The federal government will likely shell out $15 billion or more for its share of crop losses caused by drought

Reuters – Federally subsidized crop insurance will be a big target for U.S. lawmakers looking to cut the budget deficit in the lame-duck session of Congress that opened recently after a status quo general election. But lawmakers aren’t expected to break their deadlock over enacting a five-year, $500-billion Farm Bill covering a wide range of
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Analyst says loonie to stay below par in short term

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Recent softness in the Canadian dollar is expected to remain until the new year, according to a currency analyst with RBC Capital Markets. The loonie has slipped since the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 6, largely because fears Washington will go over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” said analyst George Davis. The fiscal cliff refers to
Livestock, News

U.S. Farm Bill could be delayed until April 2013

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Reuters / The U.S. Congress could delay passage of a new five-year Farm Bill until spring planting given the full plate of legislation needed after the election to avoid a fiscal cliff with its mandatory U.S. budget cuts, a top farm policy expert said Nov. 5. “My prediction is that we will get a Farm
Crops, News, Weather

Crop-insurance tab for U.S. drought could top $15 billion

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Reuters / U.S. taxpayers could pay a record $15 billion to subsidize the privately run crop insurance program in the wake of this year’s devastating drought. The program’s runaway costs are in focus as Congress looks for ways to cut government spending, making crop insurance a bigger target for reforms. Precise estimates won’t be available

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