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U. S. Applies New Sanctions On EU

By Doug Palmer February 26, 2009

The outgoing Bush administration cranked up pressure on the European Union to drop its ban on beef from U. S. cattle treated with growth hormones by changing the list of $116.8 million worth of European food products hit with sanctions in the dispute. The EU reacted angrily to the move, vowing to challenge it at

Cereals, Crops, News

World Wheat Crop A Record In 2008

February 19, 2009

World wheat output jumped 12.4 per cent in 2008 to 686 million tonnes, driving global cereals output to record highs, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Feb. 12, raising its earlier estimates. But smaller planted areas and bad weather are likely to trigger a fall in output of wheat and other cereals in

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Low prices no mystery, says NFU

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2009

The National Farmers Union is hoping to make hamburger from some beef industry sacred cows with a series of meetings publicizing the findings of its report into the root causes of the Canadian cattle industry’s woes. The first of six meetings around the province was held in Oak Lake, where a small crowd of ranchers

Opinion

Give Us The Tax Break And No One Gets Hurt

By Managing Editor February 12, 2009

DAVE BEDARD It’s hard not to sympathize with the folks in the province’s general farm organization as it lobbies on farmers’ behalf. Given all the “wedge issues” in farm policy, when you strive to stake out a position that a majority of farmers can support, the positions you adopt won’t generally lend themselves to a

News

World’s beer market seen flat in economic crisis

By Valerie Parent February 12, 2009

Worldwide consumption of beer could remain flat this year as the economic downturn hurts demand after several years of impressive growth, industry players said at a gathering in northern France on Feb. 5. “With the financial cri -sis, market conditions are changing. The big question mark is no longer supply but demand,” said Alain Caekaert,

Hogs, News

Record pork purchases by China

February 12, 2009

China in 2008 bought from around the world the most pork ever by a single country, which eclipsed the 2005 record set by Japan, the U. S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) said Feb. 3. However, because of increased pork production in China, the USMEF doubts that record will be matched in 2009. Based on import

Cereals, News

CashPlus Move “Blindsides” Barley Growers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 12, 2009

A Prairie barley growers’ group says those holding uncontracted malting barley have been “blind-sided” by the Canadian Wheat Board’s decision not to use its designated barley pool to select for new export sales. The CWB announced Jan. 30 that to protect relatively high current pooled values for designated barley, given recent international market price declines,

Dairy cattle, News

cash for dairy, rural Internet brussels/ reuters E urope’s farm

February 5, 2009

Europe’s farm chief will propose spending part of the unused EU agriculture budget to help countries finance rural development projects, including support for dairy industries and improved Internet access. Speaking to bloc farm ministers, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said up to 1.5 billion euros ( US$ 2 billion) could behandedout for certain schemes

News

EU rethinks support for poor areas

By Jeremy Smith February 5, 2009

Europe’s agriculture chief wants to revamp the rules for how the European Union pays extra subsidies for economically deprived areas, tightening criteria that may partially redraw the map of Europe’s poorest farmland. The EU’s system of less favoured areas (LFAs), or regions considered as disadvantaged and eligible for higher farming subsidies, has been under fire

Livestock

Bison meat now on shelves at Wal-Mart, Target stores in U. S.

By Daniel Winters February 5, 2009

“We learned a lot of lessons throughout BSE, and now it’s working out for us.” – LEN EPP Cattle producers who may have smirked when the bison breeding stock bubble burst just over half a decade ago, may now be biting their lips. Driven by strong demand from the United States, the shaggier bovines are

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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