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Separate Business Of Farming From Land And Way Of Life

March 10, 2011

Merle Good has been advising farmers about business arrangements and succession planning for over 30 years, helping farmers develop strategies to cope with all sorts of challenges. His advice, especially for parents and children farming together, is to separate land from the business of farming. “Seventy years ago, almost every farmer owned the land they

Livestock

Equipment Sales Tell Farm Story

By Gus Trompiz March 3, 2011

Farm machine sales are showing a divide in French agriculture, with grain growers stepping up investments after a price rally but struggling livestock farmers still holding back, a Deere &Co. manager said. Crop farmers were being much more careful, however, in choosing products after experiencing a market surge in 2007-08 followed by a downturn, Jean-Francois

Opinion

Hold The Thin Green Line

February 24, 2011

The following is an excerpt of an opinion piece prepared by former U.S. army general Wesley Clark for theKansasCityStar. A former presidential candidate, Rhodes scholar and graduate of West Point Military Academy, General Clark now serves as co-chairman of Growth Energy. When the United States rationed food during the Second World War so citizens and

Country Crossroads

First Open Farm Day A Success, More To Come

By Natasha Tersigni January 27, 2011

Last September’s first-ever Open Farm Day in Mani toba was an astounding success with more than 4,000 people, mostly from urban centres, visiting the 37 farms that participated. As a result, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has decided to make it an annual event, MAFRI agritourism specialist Susan Nicoll told an Ag Days seminar

News, Oilseeds

GM Crop Patents Near End, U.S. Farmers Ask What Next?

January 20, 2011

The biotechnology industry should develop a format to handle the looming expiration of patents on the first wave of genetically modified (GM) crops, to avoid seed shortages or trade disruptions, the largest U.S. farm group said. “There just needs to be a way to deal with it,” Rosemarie Watkins of the six-million-member American Farm Bureau

Crops, News

Deaths, Injuries Among U.S. Grain Workers Hit Record

By Alyce Hinton November 25, 2010

Accidents in grain silos, storage bins and other facilities killed and injured a record number of workers through October this year, a study by Purdue University showed. The October study showed 46 deaths and injuries so far in 2010, exceeding the previous record of 42 documented cases in 1993 from 16 U.S. states. Of the

News

As Canada Farm Values Rise, Investment Kept Limited

By Carey Gillam November 25, 2010

Growing investor interest in high production farmland in Canada’s Saskatchewan is helping push up farmland values, but the province’s limits on foreign agriculture investment are not likely to ease any time soon, according to a leading agriculture official. Saskatchewan is one of several Canadian provinces that restricts farmland ownership by non-Canadians. The Farm Land Security

Livestock, News

Proposed Rules For U.S. Meat Industry

November 18, 2010

The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, which polices the U.S. meat and livestock industry, has proposed new rules designed to help producers compete in the marketplace and to assist the agency in prosecuting violators. Public comment on these rules concludes on Nov. 22. Many of the largest U.S. livestock trade organizations are opposed to

News

Farm And Heavy-Duty Equipment Manufacturers Seek Tax Changes

By Alex Binkley November 11, 2010

The companies that manufacture farm machinery and other heavy-duty equipment in Canada need help keeping up with foreign competitors, says Howard Mains, a spokesman for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. “AEM members such as Mac- Don Industries compete on a global basis,” Mains told the Commons finance committee pre-budget hearings. That means they “must invest

Country Crossroads

Province Begins Program To Honour 125-Year-Old Farms

By Manitoba Agriculture November 11, 2010

The Manitoba government has launched a new Heritage Farms designation in celebration of farm families who have maintained continuous production for 125 or more years. The first family to receive a sign from Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers was Betty and Walter Heaman who farm northwest of Virden. “Families like the Heamans

Daily Network News

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise in 2026

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

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