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Multiple predicaments: One core solution
Ethanol output to drop 10 per cent
UN urges change in U.S. biofuel policy to avoid food crisis
Fossil fuel decline could change the outlook for perennial grains
World powers weigh emergency meeting on food prices
Leaders want to avoid grain export embargoes that factored into global shortages and political instability in 2008.
Leading members of the Group of 20 nations are prepared to trigger an emergency meeting to tackle soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in half a century and poor crops from the Black Sea bread basket. France, the United States and G20 president Mexico will hold a conference call at the endU.S. livestock groups seek drought relief with ethanol waiver
Agriculture Hall of Fame
Five Manitobans were honoured for their contribution to agriculture and their community at an induction ceremony for the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame July 12. The Co-operator is featuring each in consecutive weekly editions.
Herb Lapp was born and raised on a farm at Alameda, Saskatchewan. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot during the Second World War. In 1949, he graduated in agricultural engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1962, he obtained an MS in agricultural engineering from the University of Minnesota. HerbCross-Canada tractor pull
Little house on the trailer: Couple travels across the nation to document farmers’ stories and speak to city dwellers about rural issues
A crowd is forming in the downtown Winnipeg parking lot, but it can’t obscure what has sparked the interest — a small red tractor pulling a tiny farmhouse. For more than a year that tiny farmhouse — veranda included — has been home to John Varty and his fiancée Molly Daley. The couple is drivingKnow your plants: Understanding how grasses grow is key to maximizing pasture production
Grazing expert says producers need to gauge “range readiness” and carefully monitor the amount of defoliation
Good pastures start with a good understanding of how plants grow. Attendees at the recent Original Grazing School for Women were given some key pointers by Edward Bork, who is director of the Rangeland Research Institute at the University of Alberta and also operates a grain and beef operation with his family near Chipman. Grasses