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Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Jan. 6, 2011

Veterinarians under control Please allow me to correct several comments in the story “Three ranchers face court over TB testing,” page 14 of the Nov. 25 issue of theManitoba Co-operatorregarding bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing and court cases. I, and several other of the ever-increasing number of producers who have experienced health problems in their herds
Livestock

Smithfield Hog Profits Soar

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Smithfield Foods Inc. expects to post a record profit this year as its moves to cut meat supplies are paying off with higher prices, and its shares rose more than 10 per cent. Smithfield is recovering from two years of losses that resulted from high feed prices, a glut of hogs and a recession that
Dairy cattle, News

Province Reverses Stand On Quota Levey

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The Manitoba government has killed a proposed surcharge on quota transactions for dairy, eggs and poultry. The province will not proceed with the controversial two per cent levy after including it in the 2010-11 budget last spring, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers said. Struthers made the unexpected announcement at the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba annual
News

Federal Food Guide Puzzles Food Industry

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A new guide that’s supposed to help companies navigate the food-safety system instead has the industry scratching its collective head about the purpose of the document. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has posted an updated Guide to Food Safety on its web-site. It’s a voluntary tool to provide generic guidance on how to design, develop
News

Learning The Grain Business One Load At A Time

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Martin Harder learned the grain-buying business by trial and error and looking back he probably wouldn’t have it any other way. He grew up at MacGregor, got married in 1968 and started farming. It was tough sledding and by 1970, Harder made the decision it was time to earn a living and got into the
Grain Markets

EU Reviews GM Crop Assessment Rules

BRUSSELS/REUTERS The EU’s food-safety watchdog issued new guidelines Nov. 12 for assessing the environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM) plants, as part of a shakeup of the bloc’s GM crop approval system. The guidelines from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) set out new assessment procedures for biotech companies when submitting GM crops for EU
News

Food Safety Committee Will “Get The Job Done” Says Cattlemen’s Rep

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Farm groups are participating in an industry-government food safety committee because they expect results, says Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “A common thread to the committee is our efforts on food safety and pursuing a solution-based approach between the food industry and government,” said Laycraft. “What we have is a partnership
News

Salt Intake Unchanged In 50 Years

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Despite decades of attempts to get people to shake their salt habit, there is little evidence that sodium intake has changed in over 50 years, a new study says. And, as authors of an editorial published in the November American Journal of Clinical Nutritionpoint out, more regulation of sodium in processed foods isn’t likely to
Opinion

Why Don’t The Chinese Eat Canadian Food?

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A big question in the news these days has been whether the Chinese will buy part or all of Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp. Underlying this is the recognition that China has a huge problem coming at it: how to feed itself. With little arable land and a growing middle class – estimated by some to be 700
Livestock

CFIA Learned From Animal Disease Outbreaks

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is usually the target of complaints from farmers, consumers and the food industry but for once Auditor General Sheila Fraser has kind words for the agency. In her latest report on government spending, Fraser says CFIA has learned from its past experiences with animal disease outbreaks that threaten farmers and

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