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Vilsack Says USDA Climate Report Outdated

By Charles Abbott January 7, 2010

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack down-played his own department’s analysis of U. S. climate legislation Dec. 15, saying “more current” studies do not foresee carbon-capturing trees taking over millions of acres of farmland. Up to 59 million acres of pasture and cropland could be converted to woodland by 2050 under a cap-and-trade system, according to the

Opinion

Defining The “Actual” Farmer

November 26, 2009

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Private member’s bills are mostly an excuse for MPs, especially in opposition, to issue a press release and get their name associated with some popular cause. The odds of a private member’s bill being passed in Parliament may be somewhat better than winning the 6-49, but not much. There’s a lottery

Beef cattle, News

Struthers Becomes New Agriculture Minister

By Ron Friesen November 12, 2009

“I’m very much acquainted with the needs of farmers through representing producers.” – STAN STRUTHERS By his own admission, Stan Struthers’ farming experience consists of picking up the odd stone by hand and once wrapping a harrow around a tractor. Struthers grew up in town and didn’t live on the half section grain farm west

Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 12, 2009

November 12, 2009

Tainted hamburger: An outbreak of foodborne illness, linked to 157:H7 E. coli bacteria in ground beef in the U. S. has sickened 28 people and caused at least one death, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Nov. 2. Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York, recalled 545,699 lbs. of ground beef products

Cereals, News

Briefs Continued – for Oct. 29, 2009

October 29, 2009

Drive away hunger: Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Drive Away Hunger program finished the last leg of its annual five-week journey on Oct. 16, with 1,627,617 pounds of food raised for food banks nationwide. Six tractor tours took place in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Regina (where FCC’s corporate office is located) from October

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Uptake Low For New U. S. Support Plan

By Charles Abbott October 29, 2009

Just eight per cent of farmers signing up for U. S. crop subsidies opted for a new federal program designed to protect grower revenue, the Agriculture Department said Oct. 20. Some 128,620 farms enrolled in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program for their 2009 crops while 1.54 million choose to receive traditional supports, which

Country Crossroads

More Fruit, Fewer Calories Urged For U. S. School Lunch

By Christopher Doering October 29, 2009

“This will be a very wise investment in children’s health.” – VIRGINIA STALLINGS U. S. children should get more fruits, vegetables and whole grains in their school meals even though this will push up costs, and calories should be limited, a panel recommended to the federal government Oct. 20. As obesity among adolescents continues to

News

KAP Delegates Critical Of Province

By Allan Dawson October 22, 2009

“Some people are having some challenges and they want to blame me and I can live with that.” – ROSANN WOWCHUK Rank and file delegates verbally pummelled the Manitoba government at the Oct. 15 Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting, accusing it of being indifferent to outright hostile towards agriculture. “I can’t understand what the government is

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

Cereals, Crops

Oat Crop Late But Catching Up

By Rod Nickel October 1, 2009

The oat harvest in Canada’s top-producing region of central Saskatchewan is far behind normal progress but farmers are catching up fast with nearly ideal early-autumn weather. Crop development and harvest are two to three weeks late in the area, said Grant McLean, the cropping management specialist for the government of the western province. Hot weather

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

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