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Little relief seen for Midwest drought: meteorologists

By Sam Nelson July 20, 2012

Small amounts of rain this week and early next week in about 70 to 75 per cent of the U.S. Midwest Crop Belt will provide some relief to deteriorating corn or soybean crops from the relentless and spreading drought, meteorologists said on Monday. “There’s no huge change in the forecast today, maybe a little more

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Japanese nuclear crisis fallout — noodles on ice

By Teppei Kasai July 20, 2012

Reuters / Steaming, silky instant ramen noodles slurped down late at night are a standard memory for university students around the globe. But in the savoury snack’s birthplace of Japan, which is bracing for possible power shortages as the steamy summer moves into high gear, the treat is undergoing a makeover — served cold, mixed

Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, July 19: Make the rhubarb last!

By Lorraine Stevenson July 21, 2012

Some people have heirloom peonies or other perennials from the old farm or their parents’ gardens; I have rhubarb growing from a crown taken from my mom’s original patch. I love making a pie with a few stalks from it and my sister and I get a bit silly about the taste of it. We

Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle, News, Oilseeds

Getting enough dairy products?

By Julie Garden-Robinson July 20, 2012

Milk breaks make good sense for growing children and health-conscious adults. If not a milk break, how about a mozzarella cheese stick break or a yogurt parfait break? Children and adults benefit from the protein, vitamins and minerals found in milk and other dairy products. Dairy products are notable sources of calcium and most also

Country Crossroads

From cleaning stippled ceilings to stoneware

By Reena Nerbas July 21, 2012

Dear Reena, Our daughters are backpacking in Europe and they have asked us how to remove the smell from their microfibre towels. Washing them (likely by hand) is not doing the trick. — Thanks, Guy Guy, The first suggestion for the girls is to leave the towels on a line to dry after each use

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Oil World ups global rapeseed forecast

July 20, 2012

hamburg / reuters / Analyst Hamburg Oil World predicts the 2012-13 rapeseed/canola crop will rise by two million tonnes this year to 61.6 million tonnes. It estimates Canadian production will be 16.2 million tonnes — up from 14.5 million tonnes last year. It predicts China will import 2.7 million tonnes (up from 2.4 million last

Crops, News, Weather

U.S. corn farmers nervous over dry forecast

By Karl Plume July 20, 2012

Some farmers in the eastern U.S. Corn Belt have been buying back contracts of corn sold to their local elevators for post-harvest delivery as a deepening drought raised concern that there may be no grain to deliver. Volumes of buybacks have been minimal thus far, but grain merchants expect there will be more as weather

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Cargill adds another beef-processing plant

By Christine Stebbins July 20, 2012

U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. said July 12 it bought a former AFA Foods Inc. ground beef-processing plant in Fort Worth, Texas, for $14.1 million, in a move that will add to its already strong position in the U.S. and Canadian consumer market. Based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, AFA filed for Chapter 11 protection in

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Supply management is in trouble

By John Morriss July 12, 2012

Good news. Canada is joining talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will open lucrative new trade opportunities — if we give up supply management. Or so you’d think by reading national newspapers these days. Ever since Canadian participation in the TPP talks was announced last month, columnists in the Globe and Mail and National Post

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

U.S. weather rally buries bearish acreage reports

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 12, 2012

Parts of Western Canada may have seen some heavy rain during the week ended June 29, but it was the lack of moisture south of the border that was behind most of the sharp gains in North American grains and oilseeds during the week. The majority of the U.S. Midwest’s corn- and soybean-growing regions could

Daily Network News

Conservative MP introduces bill to speed approvals of seeds, fertilizers

ICE Weekly: More to canola price gains than Middle East war

CBOT Weekly: U.S. trade monitoring crops, weather

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