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Study determines effect of global warming on wheat yields

By David Fogarty February 15, 2012

Extreme heat can cause wheat crops to age faster and reduce yields, a U.S.-led study shows, underscoring the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population as the world warms. Scientists and farmers have long known that high heat can hurt some crops and the Stanford University-led study, released on Jan. 30, revealed how the damage

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Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”

By Shannon VanRaes January 17, 2012

The rural landscape is changing, and not for the better. “Farm and ranch people are an endangered species, without the benefit of protective legislation,” Roger Epp told farmers attending a recent grazing conference in Winnipeg. “Their habitat has also become subject to persistent encroachment over time.” Agriculture and rural life on the Prairies were once

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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

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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

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Seven Billion And Growing

By Shannon VanRaes November 17, 2011

To me this is the major problem facing the world, said Michael Trevan, dean of the faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the University of Manitoba. Climate change may come and go… but we ve got a bigger problem on our hands. He noted world population is expected to reach 9.5 billion in the

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

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New Vegetable-Processing Plant Putting Down Roots In Portage

By Shannon VanRaes November 10, 2011

Kelly Beaulieu is cultivating more than freshness these days the former agronomist is growing opportunities and sowing the seeds of success in her hometown of Portage la Prairie. The entrepreneur has spent the last year creating Prairie Garden Puree at the Manitoba Food Development Centre, a base ingredient for food production. This is something that

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Kraft Foods condemns commodity speculation

Strengthening La Nia to grip U.S.

By Reuters November 3, 2011

Hamburg | Reuters – U.S. giant Kraft Foods supports moves to regulate speculation in commodity markets, says a senior executive of its European unit. We hope very much that politicians will make concrete decisions for more transparency and regulation in commodity markets in the G20 s finance ministers group up to the next summit meeting

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Climate Change Likely To Spur Water Scarcity

By Deborah Zabarenko November 3, 2011

Like oil in the 20th century, water could be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn. With seven billion people on the planet as of Oct. 31, water use is exponentially expanding as urbanization and development drive demand like never before more than twice the rate of population increase in the last

News

Farmers Turn To The Web To Burnish Image

By Carey Gillam October 27, 2011

October is a busy month for Kansas farmer Darin Grimm. With 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans to harvest, the third-generation family farmer is running a combine nearly dawn to dusk. But he still makes time to tweet. Whether it s touting the benefits of a new fertilizer, sharing photos of a newborn calf, debating

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Study determines effect of global warming on wheat yields

Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”

European agency launches food security initiative

European agency launches food security initiative

Seven Billion And Growing

Canada Well Positioned To Capitalize On Growing Food Demand

New Vegetable-Processing Plant Putting Down Roots In Portage

Kraft Foods condemns commodity speculation

Climate Change Likely To Spur Water Scarcity

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