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Falling crop prices may be a harvest for retail

By David K. Randall March 14, 2012

Corn, wheat and cotton prices are expected to fall — and that could lead to gains in sectors far removed from the farm. Deere & Company predicted on its February earnings call that agricultural commodities will lose ground this year. The farm equipment maker estimates that corn prices will fall 17 per cent through the

Livestock, News

CFIA accountability process strengthened

By Alex Binkley March 14, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is taking steps to become more accountable to farmers and food processors. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has released new CFIA policies on rights and services that outline its service standards and what the agri-food sector can expect when dealing with the agency. “We know there is always room to improve,”

Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

China trip boosts food industry

By Alex Binkley March 5, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trade mission to China seems to have opened doors for major Canadian agri-food exporters. Now they’ll have to translate those agreements into orders. The beef, pork, pulse and canola sectors all received special attention during the visit and the Canadian Wheat Board got to remind everyone it isn’t going out of

International news, News

Probe finds Italian crime syndicates control a big part of food business

January 27, 2012

Organized crime in Italy controls agricultural and food businesses worth 12.5 billion euros (US$16 billion) a year, or 5.6 per cent of all criminal operations in the country, according to a parliamentary investigation. It has spread its involvement through the entire food chain from acquisition of farmland to production, from transport to supermarkets, said Coldiretti,

News

Food industry wants say in new legislation

By Alex Binkley January 27, 2012

Food safety is a job for the companies that make food, and government should focus on setting nutrition and health standards and policing the industry. That’s the pitch being made by large processors as the federal government prepares to revamp food-safety legislation. “Let’s not lose perspective: We can’t regulate bugs out of our food,” said

News

Uncertainty surrounds food safety legislation

By Alex Binkley January 24, 2012

The food industry wants meaningful consultations with the federal government while it’s preparing new food safety legislation, but so far is only being served promises of more advisory committee meetings. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz plans to introduce legislation in 2012 to overhaul the roles of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada, and the Public

International news, News

European agency launches food security initiative

January 12, 2012

London | Reuters — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched an initiative Nov. 28 to boost food security through private-sector investment to unlock the production potential of suppliers like Russia. The lending institution, which has traditionally focused on emerging European economies, announced in Novembera it planned to expand operations to the Middle East

News

European agency launches food security initiative

January 5, 2012

london / reuters /The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched an initiative Nov. 28 to boost food security through private-sector investment to unlock the production potential of suppliers like Russia. The lending institution, which has traditionally focused on emerging European economies, announced in Novembera it planned to expand operations to the Middle East and

Opinion

Canada Well Positioned To Capitalize On Growing Food Demand

By Brian Lee Crowley November 17, 2011

When, in 1965, Bob Dylan wailed, I ain t gonna work on Maggie s farm no more, he was echoing the mental picture almost all of us have about conditions on the farm. The dirty thirties largely spawned the identification of farming with grinding poverty, primitive technologies and capricious commodity prices, and the image has

News

Food Bank Use On The Rise In Canada

By Alex Binkley November 10, 2011

Higher food and housing costs are squeezing low-income Canadians and the 4,100 food banks across Canada that try to help them, says a study released Nov. 1. Even with the economic recovery, food bank use has risen 26 per cent since the start of the 2008 recession, Katherine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks Canada,

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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Falling crop prices may be a harvest for retail

CFIA accountability process strengthened

China trip boosts food industry

Probe finds Italian crime syndicates control a big part of food business

Food industry wants say in new legislation

Uncertainty surrounds food safety legislation

European agency launches food security initiative

European agency launches food security initiative

Canada Well Positioned To Capitalize On Growing Food Demand

Food Bank Use On The Rise In Canada

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