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China farmers switch to corn from soy

By Reuters April 30, 2012

Chinese farmers are set to expand corn acreage more than two per cent this year to reach its largest spread ever, despite a growth rate flat with last year, as record domestic prices and grain subsidies by Beijing cut into soy acreages. The lower soy acreage will ensure imports by China, the world’s top buyer

News

Some federal budget cuts don’t add up for farmers: CFA

By Alex Binkley April 30, 2012

Some program cuts at Agriculture Canada resulting from the 2012 budget aren’t in the best interest of farmers and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is going to press for changes. “Some of the cuts do make sense because they get rid of duplication,” president Ron Bonnett said in an interview. But terminating regional adaptation councils

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, April 26, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson April 30, 2012

A Winnipeg home economist and founder of Fruit Share has just released a new book on harvesting, preserving and using locally grown fruits that includes 150 recipes

More fruits of her labour As a little girl, Getty Stewart loved all the fresh fruit growing on her parents’ farm in Germany. After emigrating to Canada with her family, she quickly learned to love the taste of Prairie-grown fruit too. Later living in Winnipeg, she continued to buy local fruit at farmers’ markets and

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

USDA surprises by standing pat on corn stocks

April 30, 2012

chicago / reuters / The U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged U.S. corn ending stocks in the 2011-12 marketing year (Sept./Aug.) at 801 million bushels, April 10. That’s above trade estimates for 721 million and unchanged from its March estimate. USDA estimated U.S. soybean ending stocks at 250 million bushels, above trade estimates for 246 million

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Europe’s rapeseed problems may support canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 30, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola futures were lower overall during the week ended April 20, as fund traders holding large long positions took the opportunity to book some profits. After moving higher for most of 2012 before the recent correction, there is definitely an argument to be made that the top may be in for the

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Seed early with caution

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Whether they survive or fail, these early seeding plots will provide some valuable data on seeding dates

Extension agronomist Anastasia Kubinec wasn’t heeding her own advice to farmers the first week of April. She was seeding — but not because she’s banking on pulling in a bin-buster. Rather, she’s betting on a bust. Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives’ oilseed specialist, wants to demonstrate the risks of seeding too early, especially frost-sensitive

Cereals, Crops, News, Opinion

What’s the message here?

By John Morriss April 20, 2012

According to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, ending the wheat board monopoly will mean “the sky will be the limit” for wheat, prompting farmers to plant more acres. That presumably means a need for more and better varieties, so you might expect that the government would back up its claim by continuing support for public research,

Beef cattle, Opinion

Pink slime An object lesson for the meat industry?

By Daryll E. Ray April 20, 2012

With a long-term decline in per capita consumption — 94 pounds per capita in 1976 to 60 pounds per capita in 2009 — the last thing that U.S. cattle producers need is the current controversy over “pink slime.” And with the controversy in full swing, they certainly don’t need industry and political leaders fighting the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Feed costs weigh on prices for “plainer” cattle

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 20, 2012

The number of cattle moving through Manitoba’s auction yards started to slow down during the week ended April 13. For what was moving, the top-quality animals continued to be met with solid demand, but prices started to weaken for the lower-quality animals on offer. “The plainer-type cattle were down a little bit,” said Buddy Bergner

Cereals, Livestock, News

Naked oats tested for organic chickens

April 20, 2012

Scientists with Ohio State University have received a four-year, US$896,000 Department of Agriculture grant to study the feasibility of incorporating “naked oats” into organic farming rotations as a way to cut the cost of producing organic chicken. The oats, which have a unique protein and amino acid balance, will be tested in the diets of

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

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