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Super-storm Sandy and presidential speculation

By Dwayne Klassen November 15, 2012

CNS Canola futures on the ICE Canada platform suffered some significant losses during the week ended November 2 with the declines associated with market participants bailing out of long positions. The taking of profits accounted for a portion of this selling, but the inability of technical support to hold in a number of contracts, prompted

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Attractive premium for age-verified cows

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 15, 2012

The fall run was in full swing across Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the week ended November 2, with prices still holding firm and even looking a little better in some cases. Volumes were big at most auctions, with Heartland Livestock Services in Virden seeing the most action on their Halloween Day sale. “The feeder

News

More and more people turning to food banks — especially in Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson November 15, 2012

When the pig scramble was over at last spring’s Royal Winter Fair in Brandon, its 11 porcine participants left the ring destined for small-town food banks. Five co-ops in Westman covered the costs to have the pigs fed and slaughtered, and about 1,500 pounds of their meat was donated this autumn to food banks in

Country Crossroads, News, Oilseeds

Nutrition and your vision

By Julie Garden-Robinson November 15, 2012

Vision acuity is measured on a 20/X basis, where the first number is the standard distance of 20 feet between the eye being tested and the eye chart. A person with 20/40 vision can see clearly at 20 feet what a person with normal vision would see at 40 feet. Eyeglasses and contact lenses can

News, Oilseeds

New “Mother Earth” law bans GM crops and threatens Bolivia’s farm sector

By Helen Popper November 15, 2012

Bolivian soybean farmers are urging leftist President Evo Morales to reconsider a ban on genetically modified crops. The Andean nation is a small producer of soybeans compared to neighbours Brazil and Argentina, but output and exports of the oilseed have jumped in recent years due to improved crop yields and bigger plantings. Production should reach

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Syngenta to enter Prairie canola seed market

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 15, 2012

Syngenta plans to broaden its canola portfolio beyond chemicals and launch its own new canola seed varieties on the Prairies starting next fall. “This is an exceptional time to be in the canola seed market, given the extent of breeding and varietal development activities going on across the country,” Dave Sippell, Syngenta’s head of diverse

Crops, News

Seed companies near deal on off-patent GMO technology

By Carey Gillam November 15, 2012

What happens when patents for genetically modified seeds expire? Monsanto has made billions off Roundup Ready soybeans, corn, canola, and other crops since launching a glyphosate-tolerant soybean in 1996. But the upcoming expiration of its patent for the herbicide-resistant trait in 2014 raises an array of concerns, including who bears the costs and responsibilities of

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Not all cattlemen happy with JBS deal

By Sheri Monk November 15, 2012

R-CALF USA says it’s not happy with the news JBS USA will operate and perhaps purchase XL Foods, now reopened after several weeks of being shut down due to E. coli contamination. It wasn’t just XL’s Brooks plant on the table — the deal comes with a plant in Calgary and two cow-killing plants in

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Churchill port wraps up its shipping season

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 15, 2012

Grain shipments through Churchill have fallen this year, but officials say they’re encouraged because the port attracted new customers and shipped a greater variety of products. “It was a successful year,” but “probably not as successful as we would have liked it to be,” said Jeff McEachern, executive director of the Churchill Gateway Development Corporation.

Livestock, News, Poultry

Meat packer JBS to buy Brazil poultry producer

November 15, 2012

Reuters / Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef producer, said Nov. 5 it signed a deal to buy local poultry processor Agroveneto for 128 million reais ($63 million) just months after its first move into the Brazilian poultry sector. JBS said in a statement that it would acquire Agroveneto, which specializes in ground poultry

Daily Network News

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

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