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Cereals, Crops

CGC Payment Security Alternative Closer

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“We still like the old one (program), there’s no question about that.” – ROB BRUNEL KAP is making headway on a “Plan B” should the federal government scrap the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) security program that kicks in when licensed grain companies fail to pay farmers. “We are going to be putting forward a policy
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola, Soybean Farmers Oppose Market Access Bill

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Genetically engineered seeds have been a boon to canola and soybean farmers and Ottawa shouldn’t impose non-scientific evaluations on future varieties, representatives of oilseed growers told the Commons agriculture committee last week. The committee is holding hearings on a bill presented by NDP farm spokesman Alex Atamanenko to require a market analysis of new GE
Cereals, Livestock

FAO Sees Bigger 2010 Grain Crops, Price Pressure

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World cereals output is expected to rise this year to near-record highs, swelling overall supplies and putting pressure on already weakened prices, the UN’s food agency said June 3. The global wheat output is forecast to fall for the third consecutive year, but at 676.5 million tonnes it would still be close to 2008 record
Livestock

S – for Jun. 10, 2010

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outh Africa’s food prices will rise gradually from 2011 partly as the economic recovery gains pace, increasing the likelihood of more protests, the Agricultural Business Chamber said June 2. Households, especially in the lower-income level, spend a large chunk of their income on food and higher food prices in recent years contributed to millions of
Country Crossroads

Try Growing A “Salad Bowl” Garden

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While the snow and wind raged outside the greenhouse in early March, I made plans to exchange some shelf space in my hobby greenhouse for a few small gardens; yet still leave ample shelf room to raise bedding plants. My idea was to have early produce for the table as well as the fun of
Country Crossroads

something different for the garden

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Not very many Prairie gardeners are familiar with flowering cabbage and so inclusion of some of these plants may add an element of surprise to your garden and provide an interesting experiment. Flowering cabbage and kale, ornamental cabbage and kale, and decorative cabbage and kale are all terms that refer to the same plants, although
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 3, 2010

Ticks don’t like nerds: Tucking your pants into your socks will act as a barrier to black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, a research scientist with the Public Health Agency of Canada and an adjunct professor with the faculty of agricultural and food sciences says. Insect repellents containing DEET are helpful too. Robbin Lindsay
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

CWB voter eligibility changes justified

We welcome readers’comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. When your Conservative government introduced legislation
Cereals, News

Grain Handler Viterra Buys U. S. Processor

Top Canadian grain handler Vi terra said May 27 it will buy 21st Century Grain Processing in a $90.5-million cash deal that brings it an oat mill and wheat mill in the United States. The oat mill in South Sioux City, Nebraska, can store four million bushels and process up to 295 tonnes of commercial
Cereals, Crops, News

New Two-Row Barley Varieties On The Way

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“You have to throw away about 99 per cent of it in order to keep the good one per cent. Barley breeding is a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. Bill Legge, a research scientist at the Brandon Research Centre specializing in two-row barley, will be adding a fourth variety in the

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