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The Urbanization Of Farm Policy

By Laura Rance-Unger May 6, 2010

It has often been difficult over the past decade or so to find the word “farmer” or “agriculture” in the avalanche of policy statements put out by federal parties during election campaigns. Oh sure, there’s been the hot-button issues such as the Canadian Wheat Board, listeria and more money for hard-pressed farmers, but getting the

Opinion

Science Loses In Raw Milk Debate

By Ronald Doering May 6, 2010

While most healthy people will recover in a week or so from small exposure to the pathogens that can be present in raw milk, for people with weakened immune systems such as the elderly, children and people with cancer, organ transplants or HIV/AIDS, exposure is dangerous, even fatal. There is a broad scientific consensus that

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Progress Being Made To Stop GM-Related Trade Disruptions

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2010

“I think there’s increased recognition within Europe that the pendulum swung too far… and I think there is a conscious effort to re-examine it.” – Dennis Stephens Trade disruptions caused by itinerant genetically modified (GM) crops can be fixed if countries end their zero-tolerance policy and set low but realistic thresholds, says Dennis Stephens, a

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Prairie Landscape Expected Yellower Than Ever

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 6, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts started to edge to the upside of their long established trading ranges during the week ended April 30. However, expectations for record Canadian canola plantings and the generally favourable weather conditions across Western Canada tempered

News, Poultry

HSUS Targets Laying Hen Abuses

By Christopher Doering May 6, 2010

“I don’t think anyone can see this footage and feel good about this production system.” – WAYNE PACELLE An undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States of major U. S. egg producers showed “rampant abuse” of hens, which the animal rights group said April 7 could prompt more consumers to embrace “cage-free”

Cereals, Crops

Grain Industry Worried By New Toxin Limits

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2010

Canada’s grain industry wants safer food, but it doubts pending regulations to restrict exposure to ochratoxin A (OTA), a suspected carcinogen in grains and other foods, will be effective. In the meantime, those regulations threaten to add costs throughout the pipeline from farmer to food processor. “There really needs to be a supply chain solution,”

Crops

Dark French Fries And Salinity Go Hand In Hand

By Ron Friesen May 6, 2010

“It dictates that you just can’t grow potatoes in those soils.” – BLAIR GEISEL, GAIA CONSULTING You know there’s something wrong with a potato if the tip of a french fry turns dark when it hits the oil. It’s a phenomenon potato processors hate: a disorder called “sugar-end defect.” The sugar caramelizes, leaving the tip

Crops

U. S. Spud Dumping Ongoing In B. C.

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 6, 2010

Afour-month review by Canada’s customs agency predicts U. S. potatoes will likely be dumped in British Columbia if seasonal antidumping duties don’t remain in place. As has been the case every five years since 1990, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in late December launched an investigation of its most recent anti-dumping order in September

Livestock, Oilseeds

Viterra Plans Canola Plant In China

By Rod Nickel April 29, 2010

Canadian grain handler Viterra Inc. confirmed plans April 20 to build a canola-crushing plant in South China with state-owned company Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co. The plant will be located at the Port of Fangchenggang in the province of Guangxi and will crush about 680,000 tonnes annually, Viterra said. The move comes as

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Crop Program May Reshape Farmland Values

April 29, 2010

U. S. farmer choices between two crop subsidy programs in 2010 will affect farm profits and even farmland values, according to a report published by the Kansas City Federal Reserve. The multi-year U. S. Farm Bill passed in 2008 allows farmers to receive price support payments for grain, cotton and other row crops through a

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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