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The Climate Change Conundrum

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ith the June 20 crop insurance past, farmers and their crop insurance agents are pulling on their galoshes to assess the W damages from yet another spring with too much water. Cattle producers are worrying about winter feed supplies as they watch flood waters inundate their hayfields. We are told this year is one for
Cereals, Crops

Scientists Race To Avoid A Bitter Climate Change Harvest

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Charlie Bragg gazes across his lush fields where fat lambs are grazing, his reservoirs filled with water, and issues a sigh of relief. Things are normal this year and that’s a bit unusual of late. His 7,000-acre farm near the Australian town of Cootamundra is testament to the plight facing farmers around the globe: increasingly
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
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More Support Needed For Small-Scale Farming

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U.K. charity Oxfam, warning that food demand will have jumped by 70 per cent by 2050, said soaring food prices and weather and financial shocks had aggravated the hunger crisis and that the global food economy was broken. “The food system is pretty well bust in the world,” Oxfam chief executive Barbara Stocking told reporters,
Cereals, Crops

Seed Maker Pioneer Races For Crops As Climate Changes

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Achanging climate that many scientists fear will hurt global crop production means seed makers must work harder to meet food needs as world population grows by 30 per cent by 2050, a top world seed executive said. “Agriculture production is moving to the North because those climates are becoming warmer. Some of those environments are
Cereals, News

Climate Change Already Reducing Crop Yields: Study

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Scientists warn that climate change resulting from global warming could reduce the world’s ability to grow food just when an increasing population needs it most. Now, new research indicates it may already be happening. A recent paper published in Sciencemagazine says two of the world’s four major crops show declining yields over the last 30
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for May. 12, 2011

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Viterra opens Montreal office:Canada’s biggest grain handler, Viterra Inc. has opened a marketing office in Montreal following a deal last month to run the grain terminal owned by Montreal Port Authority. The marketing office will increase Viterra’s ability to buy crops and sell them to buyers in Canada, the United States and Europe, the company
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
Cereals, Crops, Hogs

Farm Debate Mostly A Rerun Of Earlier Shows

Other than the occasional elbow in the direction of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, the two-hour debate among the main political parties on agriculture policy April 11 featured a lot of the same old taunts and promises. Liberal Wayne Easter, Bloc Andre Bellevance and New Democrat Pat Martin, whose downtown Winnipeg riding includes the headquarters of
Beef cattle, News

South Korea Likely To Lift Canadian Beef Import Ban

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South Korea is likely to lift an eight-year ban on Canadian beef imports by the end of June and plans sweeping changes in its grain-growing and import policies in the face of rising global food prices, the country’s farm minister said April 14. Rising global food prices have prompted the country to eye participation in

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