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Cargill to idle its Plainview, Texas, beef plant

January 29, 2013

chicago / reuters / U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. said Jan. 17 it will idle its Plainview, Texas, beef-processing plant on Feb. 1 due to tight U.S. cattle supplies brought on by years of drought in the Southern Plains states. “The U.S. cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1952. Increased feed costs resulting

Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock, News

Still-potent U.S. drought robs cattle ranchers of wheat pasture

By Theopolis Waters January 29, 2013

Oklahoma rancher Kent Donica has given up. The drought that has ravaged pastures on his ranch and throughout the region has won. Since last September, Donica has sold nearly all of his 800 cattle because there is no pasture to feed them and he now works as a ranch hand nearby to make ends meet

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Max out yields with shorter-season soybeans

By Daniel Winters January 17, 2013

Remember Aug. 22, 2004? For gardeners in the southwest, it is a date that shall live in infamy. And for soybean growers, it’s a reminder that in Manitoba, the first killing frost doesn’t always come in the third week of September. Farmers should keep that in mind when choosing a variety that can be crammed

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Molasses for a slow day in January

By Lorraine Stevenson January 17, 2013

We have so many sayings about cooking and eating. We butter someone up. Something sells like hotcakes. Or it is slow as molasses in January. That one dates from the days when we took jugs to the general store to refill with molasses. You waited and waited… and waited for it to dribble out in

Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat progress lagging in Canada, but not much better in U.S.

By Allan Dawson January 17, 2013

Manitoba’s average spring wheat yield is slightly higher than  North Dakota’s, says MAFRI’s Pam de Rocquigny

Spring wheat yields, on average, are slightly higher in Manitoba than North Dakota, even though the perception is it’s the other way around, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative’s cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny told the Manitoba Agronomists Conference Dec. 12 at the University of Manitoba. Manitoba’s 10-year-average wheat yield (2003-12) is 45 bushels an

News

Food industry spoiling through lack of innovation

By Alex Binkley January 17, 2013

Canadian food companies are falling behind competitors in other countries because they are failing to innovate, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. “When it comes to innovation, the Canadian food industry is content to compete for a bronze medal,” says Daniel Munro, a researcher with the board’s Centre for Food in

Hogs, Livestock, News

Major retailers urged to help end use of gestation stalls

By Shannon VanRaes January 17, 2013

The new owner of a now infamous Interlake hog barn says it will be getting rid of all its gestation stalls within four years. Video secretly shot in the Puratone weanling barn recently drew national coverage — and widespread condemnation — with its graphic scenes of castration and piglets being euthanized by slamming them onto

Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Brazil GMO planting to increase by 14 per cent

January 17, 2013

Reuters / Brazil will increase the amount of land planted with genetically modified soy, corn and cotton by 14 per cent this season from a year ago as it shoulders a growing share of the world’s agricultural output, local analytics firm Celeres said Dec. 17. That is more than the 12.3 per cent expansion in

Cereals, Crops, News

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

By University Of Minnesota Release January 17, 2013

The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Dec. 18 issue of Nature Communications by scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Led by IonE research fellow Deepak Ray, the study team

News, Oilseeds

Monsanto offers community funds for 2013

January 17, 2013

The Monsanto Fund has announced that is now accepting 2013 applications for its Canada’s Farmers Grow Communities program. It provides farmers with a chance to win $2,500 for a local charitable or not-for-profit group. First offered on a Canada-wide basis in 2012, a total of 58 winners nominated by farmers in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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