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Ugly Perennials Getting Admiring Looks

By Laura Rance-Unger July 28, 2011

In a back corner of the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm is a nursery of what most farmers would consider butt-ugly plants with spindly stems, tiny seeds, and weedy characteristics. But they might just be the salvation of grain farming if the impact of climate change falls hard on the Canadian Prairies. The plots contain

News

Flood Waters Take Toll On Trees

By Lorraine Stevenson July 28, 2011

Add one more category of victims from this year’s flood – trees and shrubs lining Manitoba’s riverbanks and shorelines. Trees drown if they stand in water too long and certain species are past that point already, says a forester with the Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives’ Manitoba Agro Woodlot Program. “It’s almost a form

Opinion

Taking A Position On Agriculture And Climate Change

July 28, 2011

At its 66th annual international conference in July, the Soil and Water Conservation Society released this position statement on climate change and soil and water conservation. SWCS is a scientific organization with chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada, and which has over 5,000 members around the world. The Soil and Water Conservation Society finds that

Livestock

Food-Versus-Fuel Debate Rages Anew

By Charles Abbott July 21, 2011

Ethanol appears almost certain to win the food-versus- fuel contest in the United States. But not just yet. The Agriculture Department forecast that a tad more corn will be used to make ethanol than to feed livestock this year may be a false milestone: ethanol makers say they won’t use that much corn while producing

News

Biodiesel’s “Green” Attributes Trashed By Four EU Studies

By Charlie Dunmore July 21, 2011

Europe’s biodiesel industry could be wiped out by EU plans to tackle the unwanted side-effects of biofuel production, after studies showed few climate benefits, four papers obtained by Reuters show. Europe’s world-leading $13-billion biodiesel industry, which has boomed in the wake of a decision by Brussels policy-makers in 2003 to promote it, is now on

Weather

Anatomy Of A Heat Wave

By Daniel Bezte July 21, 2011

It’s been a while since we’ve seen temperatures like we have over the last week or so. Going back through some of the weather records, the last time we saw temperatures this warm was back in July of 2007. With the forecast showing warm to hot conditions lasting all the way through to the end

Grain Markets

Alberta Fund Leery Of Agricultural Bubble

July 14, 2011

The global commodity boom is driving prices for agricultural assets to near bubble levels and the best opportunities may be found in related investments, the head of one of Canada’s biggest pension funds warned. “I must get an agricultural play in my inbox once a day or once every couple of days and that’s usually

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Grass-Fed Beef Gaining A Foothold In Cattle Sector

By Ron Friesen July 14, 2011

If you suggest to Jim Lintott that grass-fed beef is tough, he’ll tell you in an second it simply isn’t true. Lintott says tests conducted over two years at the University of Manitoba gave a high tenderness rating to the beef produced by Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association members. But you don’t need research to convince

Weather

Arctic Sea Ice At Record Low

By Daniel Bezte July 14, 2011

I’ll have to admit the biggest request for weather articles lately has been related to all of the rain that some regions have seen over the last few months. If you are one of those people waiting to see just how much rain fell and how it compares to past years, I’m afraid you will

Crops

PAMI Puts Biodiesel To Work On Farms

July 14, 2011

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Inst i tute (PAMI) has released a compilation of several studies that showed biofuels perform well in Prairie farm equipment. Western Canadian farmers are major consumers of diesel fuel which is used in most types of farm equipment. “For both environmental and cost reasons, some producers have been looking for alternatives

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures hit June 2024 high as China ramps up buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound after tariff reduction news

Canadian food, agriculture coalition to underscore CUSMA importance in Washington

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