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Country Crossroads, Livestock

New Centre Brings Farming To The Table

Having difficulty explaining where piglets come from? Or struggling to get a city cousin to appreciate the origin of whole wheat bread? A new facility located at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station has the answers to those questions and more. The Bruce D. Campbell
Cereals, Crops

Market Volatility More Critical Than Rising Food Prices: CFA President

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Don’t blame farmers for rising food prices, says the leader of Canada’s largest farm group. Farmers are only price-takers and have little influence over how market forces influence commodity prices, said Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president. The real issue isn’t high consumer prices so much as it is volatility in the marketplace, he
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for May. 5, 2011

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First quarter:Maple Leaf Foods Inc., passed on rising food costs to consumers in the first quarter and posted a higher profit April 28. Maple Leaf said its profit margins on prepared meats rose because of its price increases, although it also reported some volume declines. The company, which sells its products under such brands as
Crops

Bangladesh Adopts Food Security Plan

Bangladesh has adopted a nearly $8-billion plan to ensure food security over the next five years, Food and Disaster Management Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said April 2. “We have finalized the investment plan for our food security until 2015 and have full support from our development partners to implement it,” he told Reuters. The government
News

FAO Sees Food Price Rebound

Global food prices are expected to rebound in the next few weeks after coming off record highs in March as demand keeps growing against tight supplies, a top official at the United Nations’ food agency said on April 7. “We believe that in the next few weeks, and there are already signs of it, prices
Opinion

Cheap Food Versus Expensive Oil

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You can’t have cheap food and expensive oil. It just doesn’t work. For hundreds of millions of people who earn only a dollar or two a day, increasing prices for staple foods like grains, pulses, rice and cooking oil is a big deal. Canadians spend only about 11 per cent of their disposable income on
Crops

Rising Food Costs Could Force Eatery Overhaul

Record-high food prices could be the tipping point this year for U.S. restaurants already struggling with high debt loads and tightfisted consumers. The economic downturn and drop in consumer spending has sent a handful of restaurant chains – such as Uno Chicago Grill pizza, Fuddruckers and Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse – into bankruptcy court during the
Grain Markets

Bakers Want To Limit Speculation

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Small bakeries say speculators are raising food costs and urged the U.S. futures regulator to curb trading by funds and other big investors. “As bakers, we do not pretend to know the complex and sophisticated rules and practices of the commodity markets,” said the Independent Bakers Association in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading
Crops

U.S. Biodiesel On Life Support, But Smiling

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Biodiesel, still a moneylosing proposition in the United States compared to oil-based diesel, is about to have its best year ever thanks to government tax credits and usage mandates. But it will take months for the biodiesel industry to bounce back after being stranded last year, when the government let its six-year subs idy expi
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canadian Canola Stocks Seen Tightening

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Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform hit fresh contract highs yet again during the week ended Jan. 21, as the underlying technicals and fundamentals continue to point higher. It’s the same old story in canola as it’s been for the past couple of months. End-user demand is strong, supplies are tightening and

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