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Resort taps into “cow power” to get skiers to the summit

October 26, 2012

Reuters / Cow manure will be used to power skiers to the top of a Vermont resort this winter as part of a growing effort to generate electricity from a byproduct of the state’s iconic dairy farms. Killington, one of the largest ski resorts in New England, will use 300,000 kilowatt hours of electricity made

Crops, News

Group eyes technology to turn garbage and straw into oil

By Allan Dawson October 17, 2012

It looks good on paper but it sounds too good to be true. A Manitoba group is keen to find out if a Swiss machine can actually make synthetic crude oil out of garbage, straw and manure. “This does work on paper and is working in other places (including Germany),” consultant Normand Mabon said at

Cereals, International news, News

U.S. Senate overhauls Farm Bill, but time running out

June 30, 2012

washington / reuters / The U.S. Senate has approved sweeping new farm legislation that would cut almost all traditional farm subsidies while expanding a costly crop insurance program. But chances are slim the bill will pass this year. The $498-billion, five-year Farm Bill, passed by a 2-to-1 margin, would compensate growers when revenue from a

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Common pitfalls of semen evaluation

By Roy Lewis March 14, 2012

In the past 31 years of semen evaluating bulls, I have come across many tricks of the trade to make this procedure run very smoothly. Every situation is different and every set of bulls somewhat unique so most of these points involve common-sense and casual observations I have made over the years. A common dilemma

News, Weather

KAP backs community power projects

By Lorraine Stevenson February 15, 2012

A proposed business model that would allow Manitobans to invest and direwctly profit from wind energy development has the backing of Manitoba’s provincial farm organization. Keystone Agricultural Producers wants to see Manitoba enact legislation that creates a program enabling all communities to develop and invest in wind power projects. The farm lobby group passed a

International news, News

India farmers refuse to sell in a bid to push up prices

By Rajendra Jadhav January 27, 2012

Usually around this time of the year, Jalgaon city in western India is abuzz with trucks ferrying mountains of fluffy white cotton to its markets. But this year, farmers have been blocking roads with burning tires and refusing to sell their produce in a bid to force the government to prop up crop prices which

Hogs, Livestock

Functioning teats needed for successful piglet fostering

By Anna Yukhananov January 24, 2012

Cross-fostering is a common way of maximizing the number of piglets weaned in a sow farrowing operation. But like all livestock management techniques, there are no hard and fast rules, only guidelines that are based on the resources available to the barn manager, said Dennis Robles, a hog production expert with Swine Health Professionals. The

News, Opinion

Giving clean energy an affordable makeover

By John Kemp January 24, 2012

Political will to tackle climate change by curbing greenhouse gas emissions, never very strong, has all but disappeared across much of North America and Western Europe in the last 12 months. Climate concerns have fallen victim to the recession, with fears about jobs, growth and the cost of switching to clean energy undermining support for

News

Cold-weather-proof biogas project to demonstrate renewable energy viability

By Daniel Winters January 24, 2012

Capturing methane gas from manure is taking the world by storm — in warm countries. In energy-poor countries of Southeast Asia, for example, biodigester facilities are popping up like mushrooms, including on large-scale livestock operations seeking less expensive and more reliable power, as well as ways to reduce odour and create a new revenue stream

News

Australia’s Landmark Carbon Price Laws To Take Effect In 2012

By James Grubel November 17, 2011

Australia passed landmark laws Nov. 8 to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade. The vote in the upper house Senate made Australia the second major economy behind the European Union to pass carbon-limiting legislation. Tiny New Zealand has a similar scheme. Its impact will be

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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