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U. S. Crops, China Becomes Top Soy User

By Charles Abbott March 18, 2010

U. S. farmers will grow the second-largest corn and soybean crops on record this year – 13.134 billion bushels of corn and 3.213 billion bushels of soybeans, just below the records set in 2009, said a University of Missouri think-tank March 9. The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute also said U. S. wheat production

Crops, Dairy cattle

Bringing Work Home Can Be Hazardous For Farmers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 18, 2010

Farmers, especially dairy farmers, could be putting their families at risk if they’re not cautious about cleanliness, according to an Ohio State University study. For the study, researchers made four visits each to 52 rural households. Half were operating a dairy, sheep or beef cattle farm. Researchers collected samples and tested them for Listeria monocytogenes,

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Federal Dollars Go Into Dairy Research

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

Dairy Farmers of Canada plans to spend $11.7 million on research projects across the country that will focus on the health and nutritional benefits of dairy products and ways to improve animal productivity through health and breeding. The research money will be awarded to clusters of scientific and technical expertise at universities and agriculture schools

Dairy cattle, News

Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Ban Dairy Exports

February 11, 2010

The Saudi government will not implement a recommendation by an advisory council to ban dairy exports, the kingdom’s agriculture minister said in an interview Feb. 2. The advisory Shura Council approved a recommendation Feb. 1 to ban exports of dairy products as part of the desert kingdom’s efforts to save water. “The government’s policy is

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

By Alex Binkley February 11, 2010

One surefire way to make dairy farmers squirm is suggest they consider exporting dairy products again. Sure they’re happy to sell breeding and cull cows outside the country but they don’t want to go anywhere near the international market for dairy products. Gilles Gauthier, Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, suggests that even with

Dairy cattle, Livestock

No Change Planned For Dairy Support Prices

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 10, 2009

Slightly lower input prices and “stable” demand for dairy products have led the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) to leave skim milk powder and butter support prices at current levels. As of Feb. 1, 2010 the support price for skim milk powder will still be $6.1783 per kg; the support price for butter will remain $7.1024

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Conference Board Takes Aim At Supply Management

By Alex Binkley December 3, 2009

Supply management blocks dairy farmers from competing in world markets and saddles consumers and processors with high costs, says a report from the Conference Board of Canada. Dairy farmers are engaged in defending their system from cheap imports when they “could otherwise be positioning the sector for future long-term domestic and global success including opportunities

Dairy cattle, News

What’s A Healthy Diet? Many Canadians Don’t Know

By Lorraine Stevenson October 29, 2009

How difficult is it to drink a couple of glasses of milk a day, or pack a nutritious lunch to take to school or work? Insurmountable tasks, according to Canadians who report in a new survey they’re not eating even basic foods key to health – milk and alternatives, vegetables or fruits. A national survey

Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle

Food Bills Limit Decline In Consumer Prices: StatsCan

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 22, 2009

Still-rising food prices all across Canada helped limit a decline in consumer prices last month compared to September 2008, Statistics Canada reports. The federal statistics agency Oct. 16 said that the primary upward pressure on its September 2009 consumer price index (CPI) came from food prices, which rose 2.8 per cent in the previous 12

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Lawmakers Agree Dairy Aid

October 8, 2009

House and Senate negotiators agreed on $350 million in U. S. aid to dairy farmers who face the lowest farm gate milk price in decades, a key senator announced on Sept. 30. Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl said $60 million would be used to purchase dairy products for use in U. S. public nutrition programs and

Daily Network News

Agriculture Minister hosts agriculture leaders, launches policy framework talks

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China hits 12 million ton U.S. soybean target pledged in trade truce

Tag Archives Dairy products

U. S. Crops, China Becomes Top Soy User

Bringing Work Home Can Be Hazardous For Farmers

Federal Dollars Go Into Dairy Research

Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Ban Dairy Exports

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

No Change Planned For Dairy Support Prices

Conference Board Takes Aim At Supply Management

What’s A Healthy Diet? Many Canadians Don’t Know

Food Bills Limit Decline In Consumer Prices: StatsCan

U. S. Lawmakers Agree Dairy Aid

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