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European lab promises world’s first in vitro hamburger

By Tamara Leigh March 14, 2012

Get ready for the first taste from the “Petri dish platter.” A group of researchers in the Netherlands has announced that the first lab-grown hamburger will be on the grill in October 2012 — at a cost of roughly $300,000. That may not sound hard for beef producers to compete with, but researcher Dr. Mark

Cereals, Crops, News

CWB books $6 billion in revenues for 2010-11

By Dave Bedard March 14, 2012

Prairie wheat and barley growers saw payments of about $5.5 billion for their deliveries to the Canadian Wheat Board during the 2010-11 crop year. The CWB released its annual report for 2010-11 Feb. 21 showing $6.071 billion in combined pool revenue, with $3.792 billion paid out to pool participants, another $1.709 billion paid out through

Livestock, News

CFIA lays charges over cattle shipments to U.S.

By Daniel Winters March 14, 2012

Three cattle operations and a local veterinarian have been charged for allegedly failing to accurately record the ages of cattle shipped to the United States. Lisa Gauthier, a spokesperson for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said in an email that the charges under the Health of Animals Act and regulations were approved by prosecutors following

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Tyson Foods: High gasoline prices threaten beef demand

March 14, 2012

washington / reuters / U.S. consumers may try to save money by eating less meat if they continue to feel the pinch of high gasoline prices, the chief executive of Tyson Foods said Feb. 24. “People want meat… but it’s getting pretty expensive,” CEO Donnie Smith told reporters at an agricultural conference in Washington, D.C.

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Chinese sign record-large U.S. soy purchase agreement

By Karl Plume March 14, 2012

A Chinese trade delegation signed deals Feb. 17 to buy a record amount of U.S. soybeans during a visit to the United States at a time when a harsh drought has slashed crops in rival soy exporters in South America. The delegation inked agreements for 13.4 million tonnes valued at $6.7 billion, the U.S. Soybean

Crops, News

Fermenting tomato seeds the short road to removing membrane

By Shannon VanRaes March 14, 2012

Some families hand down furniture, others inherit jewelry, but Jim Ternier’s family legacy was a handful of melon seeds. And he wouldn’t have had it any other way. Ternier is the owner of Prairie Garden Seeds based in Humboldt, Saskatchewan and has made a living growing and selling seeds for the last 30 years. “Saving

Cereals, Crops, News

Canadian Wheat Board seen gaining grain-handling deals

By Rod Nickel March 14, 2012

Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Feb. 27 he is confident the Canadian Wheat Board will strike agreements with grain handlers to allow it to start buying farmers’ 2012 crops for future delivery. As of Aug. 1, the wheat board plans to continue buying and selling upcoming crops, even though farmers will be no longer

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Briefs March 1, 2012

March 14, 2012

Kazakhstan expects sharp decline in 2012 grain crop astana/reuters / Kazakhstan expects its grain harvest to revert to an average level of between 13 million and 15 million tonnes this year, a sharp decline from the record post-Soviet crop of 2011, Deputy Agriculture Minister Muslim Umiryayev said Feb. 21. Central Asia’s largest wheat exporter harvested

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Strategic plan sought to secure future of food and the farm

By Lorraine Stevenson March 14, 2012

Late winter was historically the time of the “hunger moon.” The larder of winter food was low and people waited anxiously for the land to produce again. People could only dream of a time when they would not have to worry they had enough. In Canada “Food Freedom Day” a designation of Canadian Federation of

Cereals, Crops, News

Americans want to be able to deliver wheat to Canadian elevators starting Aug. 1

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

Canada is considering changes to its wheat quality control system making it easier for American farmers to ship wheat north of the border. “We are working on an initiative that will see the grading systems more in parallel,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told reporters Feb. 24 during a telephone news conference from Washington, D.C. “Certainly

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

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European lab promises world’s first in vitro hamburger

CWB books $6 billion in revenues for 2010-11

CFIA lays charges over cattle shipments to U.S.

Tyson Foods: High gasoline prices threaten beef demand

Chinese sign record-large U.S. soy purchase agreement

Fermenting tomato seeds the short road to removing membrane

Canadian Wheat Board seen gaining grain-handling deals

Briefs March 1, 2012

Strategic plan sought to secure future of food and the farm

Americans want to be able to deliver wheat to Canadian elevators starting Aug. 1

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