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Don’t Risk Export Access With Deregistered Varieties

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Growers must keep deregistered canola varieties out of fields this spring, says Arvel Lawson, program manager for crop production with the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). “Canada’s bulk-handl ing system for canola means that all growers play a role in keeping canola export ready,” says Lawson. “Each and every load of canola delivered to the
Cereals, News, Pulses

Ritz Excludes CWB From Moroccan Trade Mission

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“I’m not sure why they would wait for me to lead a trade mission. I think they should be here on a month-by-month basis. This is an important market.” – gerry ritz When Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz went to Morocco to promote more trade, he failed to take along the agency responsible for most of
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Letters – for Apr. 23, 2009

Confinement systems fail “freedoms” test In mid-March a group of animal welfare organizations met here in Winnipeg to discuss agricultural confinement systems. The organizations that gathered included the Humane Society of the United States, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, the British Columbia SPCA, and the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals, Humane Society International, and
Dairy cattle, News

EU Cracks Italian Milk Scam

Italian authorities have seized assets worth 21 million euros ($27.73 million) from companies evading European Union fines for exceeding annual milk production quotas, EU antifraud investigators said April 15. Citing a final ruling issued by Italy’s Supreme Court , which may not be appealed, the EU’s anti-fraud unit OLAF said an important precedent had now
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Birds Face Longer Migrations Due To Climate Change

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Some European birds will have to fly further as global warming shifts their breeding grounds northwards in the biggest challenge to the tiny migrants since the Ice Age, scientists said April 15. Some types of warbler would have to add 400 kilo-metres (km) to twice-yearly trips up to 6,000 kms to and from Africa, according
Dairy cattle, News

Chief Trade Negotiator Moves To New Portfolio

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After years as Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, Steve Verheul has joined the team of Canadian officials working out a free trade deal with the European Union. Verheul, who was raised on a Southern Ontario dairy farm, has spoken to countless farm meetings since he took on the chief negotiator’s job in the
News, Oilseeds

Canola Staking New Ground As Food Additive

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“Globally, there’s a deficiency of proteins, particularly high-quality proteins.” It dresses salads, fuels cars and fries foods, and now the canola plant is muscling in on soy with plans for the first commercial production of its protein as a food additive. Two Canadian companies, Bio Extraction Inc. and Burcon Nutrascience Corp., are aiming to become
News, Oilseeds

Global Soymeal Use To Fall Sharply

World soymeal consumption is set to fall sharply this season as the global economic crisis cuts meat demand and reduces animal feed sales, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World forecast March 31. Global 2008-09 soymeal consumption is forecast to fall to 154.50 million tonnes from 160.28 million tonnes in 2007-08, it said. World 2008-09 soymeal production
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EU Calls On Farmers To Start Adapting To Climate

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Europe’s farmers must think how to adapt to climate change in coming decades, altering their practices to cut greenhouse gas emissions, make agriculture more resilient and keep land in use, a European Commission paper said. The uneven effects of climatic change were likely to widen regional differences across the European Union’s farmland and increase economic
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Thousands Of French Farmers Stage EU Aid Protest

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Thousands of farmers from France’s largest grain-growing regions took to the streets of Paris March 25 to protest against government plans to change the way EU farm aid is allocated. The police said 4,000 people were taking part in the protest while organizers put the number at between 5,000 and 8,000 participants. The farmers, largely

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