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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Britain Turns To Imports As Dairy Farmers Quit

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British dairy farmers have continued an exodus this year which has seen their numbers halved in the last decade and turned the country into a liquid milk importer, an industry leader says. Lyndon Edwards, chairman of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF), said 14 farmers a week were still leaving the industry due
Hogs, Livestock, News

Probiotics Useful But No Substitute For Antibiotics

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“We need to use antibiotics effectively.” – JAMES PETTIGREW The TV ad showing a person’s tummy doing a belly dance after eating yogurt may be coming to a hog barn near you. That particular yogurt contains probiotics – beneficial bacteria aimed at improving digestion and general wellbeing. Probiotics are big these days as North Americans
News, Oilseeds

EU Rejects More U. S. Soy With GM Corn Traces

Spanish authorities detected traces of unauthorized forms of genetically modified (GM) corn in U. S. soy shipments on August 25 and blocked the imports, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Sept. 19. Traces of corn variety MON88017, which is yet to be approved in the EU, was found in different shiploads of soy from the
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Big Oats, Flax Supply Pressure Markets

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 18 mixed, with canola lower. Canola was pressured down by the advancing harvest, the firm Canadian dollar, bearish technical signals and ideas the canola
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Farmers Burn Hay, Dump Milk In Price Protest

European dairy farmers set hay on fire and spilled milk in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels Sept. 21 and warned their protest over low milk prices would intensify. About 80,000 dairy farmers across Europe have joined a milk supply boycott which is now in its 10th day. They are demanding the EU
News, Oilseeds

Changes Likely For Flax Industry

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“It’s going to be a wake-up call for somebody.” – DALE ADOLPHE Canada’s flax industry will have to change how it does business to restore European Union (EU) confidence if genetically modified (GM) flax is verified in Canadian exports. Farmers might have to declare the variety of flax they deliver, or grow only certified seed,
News, Oilseeds

CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

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Like a movie monster that refuses to die, CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) Canadian flax deregistered in 2001, has surfaced in Germany, European Union (EU) officials believe. And flax prices have plummeted just as farmers feared they might when they lobbied to have the variety voluntarily pulled from the market. Although the Canadian Food
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Reports Suggest Poorer 2009-10 Price Outlook

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 11 lower. Canola was undermined by the weak tone in the Chicago soy complex, the advancing harvest, favourable weather and no significant frost threat.
Crops

Radar’s Potential Studied For Gathering Crop Data

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Anew eye in the sky is being prepared for launch, and Canadian researchers will be among the first to figure out how to make it work for farmers. Ahead of the launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-1 satellite in 2011, an international team of researchers will collect space-borne radar images throughout the 2009
Beef cattle, News

New Beef Company Tries Online Marketing

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Keystone Processors Ltd. has opened an online store to sell Manitoba-raised hormone-free beef direct to consumers. The beef-processing plant, which opened earlier this year on Marion Street in St. Boniface, is working with Natural Prairie Beef to bring NPB’s brand of premium, locally raised, hormone-free beef to the Winnipeg market. Consumers can now purchase steaks,

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