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Storms Knock Down Wide Swath Of U.S. Corn Acres

CHICAGO/REUTERS Severe thunderstorms that ripped across the U.S. Midwest July 11 may have destroyed up to 550,000 acres of corn, although 100,000 to 275,000 acres was more likely, an agricultural meteorologist said. The U.S. National Weather Service said the storms produced straight-line winds in excess of 70 miles per hour (113 km per hour), with
Crops, Oilseeds

Brazil Brings Farming Muscle To Corn And Cotton

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After transforming global agriculture by quintupling their soybean production since 1980, Brazilian farmers are now on the brink of crop breakthroughs in cotton and corn, long dominated by growers in America. Helped by high futures prices and a sustained local agricultural boom, cotton and corn acreage is spreading fast, despite being twice as capital intensive
Crops

U.S. Must Lead Fight Against Hunger — Bill Gates

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Billionaire Bill Gates knows how to end the poverty and hunger that afflicts nearly one billion people worldwide – help them grow more food. At a food security conference May 24, Gates called for U.S. leadership in a global campaign to expand food production. Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 major developing and emerging
Hogs, Livestock

Danish Research Targets Sow Longevity

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. In my previous article, I explained how the Danish industry is improving productivity and reducing production costs through a focused research and development program which quickly
Hogs, Livestock

No Future For Pork Belly Futures

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Chicago’s iconic pork belly market has closed after 50 years of being the subject of jokes for movies and TV shows and satisfying Americans’ hunger for bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwiches. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange shut down the frozen pork belly futures market at the end of business on Friday, July 15. The closing had been expected. Trading
Livestock, Poultry

U.S. Egg Producers Agree To Phase In Large Cages

U.S. egg farmers would give hens twice as much space as they now have under an agreement with an animal welfare group on July 7 that would be written into federal law and end years of state-by-state battles. It would be the first federal law on treatment of animals on the farm, said the groups.
Crops

Late Blight Moving North

Confirmed cases of late blight have been reported as of June 28 in the northeastern states of Delaware, New York and Virginia, the Manitoba government’s weekly potato news said July 5. No late blight found or reported in Manitoba. The sentinel plots, with potato and tomato plants, also are being regularly inspected, said Vikram Bisht,
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 14, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION There was minimal rainfall in the southwest region over the past week. Producers took advantage of the drier weather to plant greenfeed and spray unseeded land. Winter wheat crops are heading and majority of fungicide applications have been completed. The crop looks to be average. Fall rye is heading and looks to be
Crops

Subsidies, New Methods Lift Zambian Farm Yields

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Peasant farmer Joseph Mhlanga proudly points to the pile of maize or corncobs in his modest house: a good crop for him that is part of Zambia’s bumper harvest this year. “This is my maize from this year. I plan to start shelling it soon,” said Mhlanga, a spry 76-year-old retired schoolteacher who farms a
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jul. 14, 2011

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La Nińa – the sequel: The La Nińa weather anomaly blamed for one of the worst droughts in the southern United States could revive this autumn, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center forecast July 7. The CPC said wind circulation consistent with La Nińa was persisting in the central Pacific Ocean where the anomaly is usually

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