Barley And Hornets – for Oct. 8, 2009

…to say that the ethanol industry has driven barley to unacceptable levels is hardly appropriate if the crop is barely meeting the cost of production. When you stir up a hornet’s nest, you get stung. It’s a simple lesson most rural youth learn at an early age, but one I was reminded of recently. A

Disjointed Federal Policies Harm Pork Industry

Researchers with the George Morris Centre say the federal government’s ongoing support for the ethanol industry undercuts its support for the troubled Canadian hog industry. In a report critical of the federal government’s assistance plan for the hog sector, authors Al Mussell and Ted Bilyea say the government does not acknowledge the policy failures that


Farmers and cowmen

The latest release from the George Morris Centre “Feed grains and livestock in Canada – a reconciliation” brings to mind the lyrics from a certain operetta performed by the Carman Collegiate High School back in the 1970s. “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends… one man likes to push a plow, the other

Canada a growing market for U. S. distillers grains

Since the boom in the U. S. biofuel industry, U. S. supplies of dried distiller grains, ethanol’s co-product, have grown significantly and U. S. exporters have been looking North to a large and growing market for their feed alternative. At the recent United States Grain Council’s, or USGC, International Distillers Grains Conference & Trade Show