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Uncashed Producer Cheques Finance Research

By Cwb Release August 27, 2009

Research to develop a natural food preservative, derived from cereal grains, is one of five projects supported by wes tern Canadian farmers through the 2009 CWB postgraduate awards program. If successful, the research could create an important new value-added market for Prairie wheat and barley, which would be used to produce a mould-fighting preservative. Scientists

Crops

Cargill CFO Sees Signs Of Economic Recovery

By Christine Stebbins August 27, 2009

The chief financial officer of U. S. agribusiness giant and trading firm Cargill Inc. said Aug. 18 he sees signs that emerging economies were recovering and was cautiously optimistic about growth in the months ahead. “I think emerging markets continue to offer the best opportunities. That is where the economic activity is best right now,”

News

UFCW Union At Portage Farm Decertified

By Ron Friesen August 20, 2009

Canada’s first-ever union for seasonal agricultural workers has disbanded only two years after it was formed. The Manitoba Labour Board has approved an application by Mexican field labourers at Mayfair Farm in Portage la Prairie to have their union decertified. In a July 9 ruling, the board revoked Local 832 of the United Food and

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Long-Term Battle Is To Win Consumer Trust

July 16, 2009

“Our research shows very few conventional producer groups or well-known food brands have a presence in the content that most frequently shows up when consumers search on these food production topics.” bernie peet Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Wes tern Hog Journal.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

New Crop Registration System Implemented

By Allan Dawson July 16, 2009

“Eventually the seed industry will argue that their crop kinds all need to be moved to Part (Option) Three because the claim will be made that independent testing and committee structures are too slow and expensive.” – TERRY BOEHM The new “flexible” three-tiered crop variety registration system implemented by the federal government July 8 will

Country Crossroads

Does Canada Need A National Food Standard?

By Alex Binkley July 9, 2009

One re commenda -tion flowing from a Commons subcommittee report that resonates with the food industry is the need for a national food inspection standard. Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods and the face of food safety these days, says, “All food for sale in Canada, whether it is produced in federally

News

CFA Wants Labelling Changes

By Alex Binkley May 21, 2009

The federal government must lower the threshold in its Product of Canada food-labelling policy or it won’t do consumers or farmers any good, says Garnet Etsell, second vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. After years of lobbying by farm groups, the federal government decided last year to amend the Product of Canada regulations but

Country Crossroads

General Mills Sees Eat-At-Home Trend Sticking

By Brad Dorfman May 21, 2009

“You can save a lot of money in a short period of time without the consumer noticing that you are changing your product, in fact, without changing your product at all.” – JEFF HARMENING General Mills Inc. thinks that now that consumers have been eating more meals at home during the recession they will keep

Dairy cattle, News

EU Cracks Italian Milk Scam

April 23, 2009

Italian authorities have seized assets worth 21 million euros ($27.73 million) from companies evading European Union fines for exceeding annual milk production quotas, EU antifraud investigators said April 15. Citing a final ruling issued by Italy’s Supreme Court , which may not be appealed, the EU’s anti-fraud unit OLAF said an important precedent had now

Crops

Recession “Cocooning” Trend Good For Durum?

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

The cloud of the recession may hold a silver lining for durum growers, according to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It says all eight production lines at the New World Pasta factory in St. Louis are running full tilt, churning out 1,500 pounds of pasta an hour, 24 hours a day. “We’ve been

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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