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Human Waste Could Be Phosphate Source

By Nigel Hunt December 2, 2010

Human excreta could have a key role in securing future food security, helping prevent a sharp drop in yields of crops such as wheat due to a shortage of phosphorus inputs, a U.K. organic body said Nov. 29. “It is estimated that only 10 per cent of the three million tonnes of phosphorus excreted by

Livestock

UAE Wants To Boost Domestic Food Production

By Amena Bakr December 2, 2010

The United Arab Emirates needs to boost investment in the agriculture sector, which can supply only 37 per cent of its annual food demand and makes it vulnerable to fluctuating prices, an official said Nov. 22. Gulf states including the UAE suffered when international food prices spiked to record levels in 2008, forcing up their

Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 25, 2010

By Reuters November 25, 2010

New role:Canadian Foodgrains Bank has appointed John Longhurst to the position of director, resources and public engagement. “John is a seasoned and respected professional in the areas of communications, media relations and marketing, with most of his career spent in the non-profit sector and international field,” said executive director Jim Cornelius. Longhurst has worked for

News

Food Groups Sue U.S. For Ethanol Boost In Gasoline

By Timothy Gardner November 18, 2010

Livestock producers and food industry groups filed a suit on Nov. 9 seeking to overturn a U.S. decision to allow higher levels of ethanol in gasoline, saying it could push up food prices. The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the National Meat Association and other groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency, saying regulators overstepped their authority when

News

Potash Important To Canada’s Future, Ritz Says

By Alex Binkley November 11, 2010

Canada must protect its future as a supplier of food but also of the fertilizers used to produce them, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “When we look at a strategic resource like potash – which is the basis for fertilizers and so on around the world – we do a tremendous job of supplying both

Cereals, Crops, News

Food Prices Near 2008 Levels

By Svetlana Kovalyova November 11, 2010

World food prices have come close to the 2007-08 crisis levels after a spike in October, but global supplies are stronger now and cereal prices remain well below critical levels, the UN’s food agency economist said Nov. 2. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index hit the highest level in 27 months in

Crops

Resilience Key To Survival

By Allan Dawson October 14, 2010

Modern industrial agriculture needs less efficiency and more resiliency if it’s going to feed billions more people in a world turned upside down by exploding energy prices and climate change. It sounds counterintuitive, but University of Waterloo Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon warns the current system is too “brittle” to withstand the challenges ahead. “I hate to

Oilseeds, Opinion

China Turns Into A Regular Corn Importer

By Niu Shuping September 30, 2010

China’s major foray into the global corn market this year could become routine as it strives to fend off the threat of animal feed price inflation, which Beijing worries could send household food bills soaring. With feed demand in the world’s second-biggest corn consumer rising by nearly eight per cent a year over the past

Cereals, Crops

Ancient Seeds In Mexico Fight Warming Effects

By Mica Rosenberg September 30, 2010

More than 500 years after Spanish priests brought wheat seeds to Mexico to make wafers for the Catholic Mass, those seeds may bring a new kind of salvation to farmers hit by global warming. Scientists working in the farming hills outside Mexico City found the ancient wheat varieties have particular drought-and heat-resistant traits, such as

Cereals, News

World Bank Urges Transparency In Foreign Farmland Deals – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Tim Cocks September 16, 2010

The World Bank is urging greater transparency in land investment transactions to protect local land owners as the volume of foreign farmland investment in poor countries swells. Foreigners investing in agricultural land in developing countries should be open in their transactions and recognize the rights of existing owners to avoid weak governance, the World Bank

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association promotes new vision for farm safety

BASF announces $27M Saskatoon canola breeding facility expansion

Klassen: Weaker fed markets add fear to feeder prices

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