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Urban Agriculture Offers New Possibilities For Industry

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“It’s going to grow.” – IAN BARNETT, FORT WHYTE ALIVE It’s been a late, cool spring but lettuce and spinach are finally starting to poke through the soil on Simon Hon’s farm. Hon and three fellow workers are already watering the emerging plants and getting herb and tomato seedlings ready for planting. As he carefully
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Celebrating Ongoing Progress In Soil Conservation

soil conservation council of canada release Most Canadians have seen severe soil erosion. It might be the dramatic images of the dust bowl of the Canadian Prairies replayed as a reminder of the “Dirty Thirties.” Or it might be images of water erosion of severely flooded lands in Eastern Canada. Other than the odd reference
Crops, Forages

Bright Future For Forage Growers, Says Wishart

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“There’s huge opportunities there. We’re great at sequestering carbon. In six inches of topsoil, how many tons of fibre are in an acre? About 150 tons. That is 10 times the amount of C02 in the atmosphere above that acre.” – WISHART The field of opportunities for Manitoba’s forage producers is growing. Far from just
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G8 Report Says Food Crisis May Threaten Stability

Global food production needs to double by 2050 to avert the risk of scarcity and high prices hurting international stability, says a policy document for a G8 meeting on agriculture, the Financial Times reported April 7. “Without immediate interventions in agriculture and agrimarketing systems, the 2007 crisis will become structural in only a few decades,”
Livestock, Opinion

A Positive Proactive Response To Activists

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The following is an excerpt from the Manitoba Swine Seminar 2009 proceedings. Dan Murphy is a veteran food and meat industry journalist, commentator and author of the book The Meat of the Matter. He outlined to the February seminar strategies animal industry can use to counter animal welfare activists. More information can be found at:
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China Asks To Plant Jatropha In Zambia

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China has asked Zambia to plant two million hectares of jatropha in the Southern African country for production of biofuels, the Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) said March 31. If agreed, the deal could become one of the biggest farming land ventures by an Asian or Middle Eastern country in Africa. “China has approached the
Livestock, News

Hot, Dry, Polluted

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“We are nearing the end of the downswing. It is inconceivable that prices will continue to go down indefinitely when production is dropping at the rate it is worldwide” – TED BILYEA The world may be going to hell in a handbasket, but in the meantime, Manitoba’s grain and livestock farmers will be doing a
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World Vulnerable To More Food Price Spikes

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Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is calling for better co-ordinated aid to cope with runaway food prices, warning the world was vulnerable to a repeat of the 2008 agricultural market spike. Speaking at a seminar, Krugman said the reasons for last year’s food price rise had now been masked by the economic and financial downturn,
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Jatropha Eyed For Biofuels

Mozambique has drafted a strategy for the production of biofuels from the drought-resistant jatropha crop, which contains up to 40 per cent oil, its energy minister said. “We hope the biofuels project will be approved despite the fluctuation of oil prices on the international market,” Salvador Namburete told a briefing. “We have conditions to proceed
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Monsanto Starts India Corn Trials, Eyes Indonesia

Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed company, has started field trials for genetically modified corn in India, but it could take a few years for the seeds to be ready for a commercial launch, company executives said Feb. 17. The company is also optimistic of getting an approval for trials in Indonesia, after the gene-altered corn

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