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Danish inspectors find pork in beef kebabs

April 9, 2013

Reuters / Danish authorities said March 26 they discovered traces of pork in some meat sold as beef for kebabs during an inspection triggered by the recent horsemeat scandal, prompting demands by the country’s Muslim community for stricter inspection. A spokesman for the Danish veterinary and food administration said pork traces were found in beef

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Move grain out before water moves in

Province will consider lifting spring weight restrictions on Manitoba roads if  producers need to move grain or livestock out of flood-affected areas

By Shannon VanRaes April 9, 2013

When the flood waters come, grain stops moving — and that means farmers better hurry if they want to empty some bins and recharge their bank account this spring, industry officials say. And unlike past floods, the Canadian Wheat Board won’t be overseeing grain movement to ensure there’s plenty of elevator space for those needing

Cereals, Crops

Parrish & Heimbecker has a Faller wheat contract for 2013

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2013

Parrish & Heimbecker will contract around 10,000 acres of Faller, an unregistered American wheat, under an identity-preserved program with farmers in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan this spring, says John Devos, the company’s manager of seed and chemical. P & H is the second grain company to offer such a program and there could be more,

Crops, Livestock, Other livestock

U.S. corn quality concerns linger despite better test results

By Julie Ingwersen, Tom Polansek April 9, 2013

Reuters / The quality of last year’s drought-hit U.S. corn harvest remains under scrutiny because of worries about toxins that flourish in dry weather, despite improved test results for export shipments. The U.S. Grains Council, which works to promote exports, said in a report on Wednesday that 77.8 per cent of corn samples tested at

Crops

Ontario expected to ship a million tonnes of corn to the U.S. for feed and ethanol

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel April 9, 2013

Reuters / Canadian corn is flowing to U.S. ethanol plants and feed suppliers in larger-than-usual volumes, with up to one million tonnes expected in 2012-13, as a large Ontario crop backfills demand after last year’s severe U.S. drought. Canada is normally a net importer of corn, feeding Eastern Canada’s pigs and poultry and supplying Ontario

Crops

U.S. courts helpless to stop biotech crops while being reviewed

April 9, 2013

A number of U.S. farm groups wants to extend a law that allows farmers to grow a genetically modified crop while regulatory approval of the variety is still being challenged in court. No one in Congress claims ownership of Section 735 of a recent spending bill, but the 22-line provision has blown up a storm

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

The language of meat is changing in the U.S.

By P.J. Huffstutter April 9, 2013

BBQ fans, brace yourselves: “Pork butt” will soon be a thing of the past. In an effort to boost sales just ahead of the U.S. grilling season, and make shopping at the meat counter a bit easier, the pork and beef industries are retooling more than 350 names of meat cuts to give them more

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Impact of Russian red meat ban uncertain

By Alex Binkley April 9, 2013

Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers from April 8 over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS) said. But it is not yet clear what the overall impact on the Canadian meat sector will be. VPSS, Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary service,

Beef cattle, Livestock

Industry representatives give go-ahead to keep developing a strategy for Canadian beef

By Victoria Paterson April 9, 2013

Trio of leaders in beef sector gives first look at skeletal framework, gets input from summit attendees

The broad outlines of a plan to revitalize the Canadian beef industry received a welcome reception at a recent industry summit in Calgary. After stinging critique of their sector by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute last fall, Kim McConnell, Dave Andrews and John Kolk were asked in November to consult with industry players and create

Cereals, Crops, News

First fusarium-resistant spring wheat in pipeline

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2013

Launching two new Canadian Prairie Spring red (CPS) wheats, including the first fusarium head blight-resistant spring wheat bred for western Canadian farmers, is a great way to cap a 40-year-long career in planting breeding, says Doug Brown. Ten years in the making, HY1615, which is resistant to the yield-crippling fusarium, and HY1610, which is 10

Daily Network News

McCormick bets on flavor in $65 billion Unilever merger

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Good increases for wheat, while durum nudges up

Prairie forecast: Cooler than average temperatures expected to continue

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