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China trip boosts food industry

By Alex Binkley March 5, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trade mission to China seems to have opened doors for major Canadian agri-food exporters. Now they’ll have to translate those agreements into orders. The beef, pork, pulse and canola sectors all received special attention during the visit and the Canadian Wheat Board got to remind everyone it isn’t going out of

Country Crossroads, News

Butter vs. margarine

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 5, 2012

Butter and margarine — are they good or bad? The relative healthfulness of butter versus margarine has been an ongoing controversy. It has started many debates by nutrition scientists in laboratories and consumers in grocery stores. Butter has a long history dating to ancient times. Rationed during the Second World War, butter was such a

News

Farmers head to school for Canadian Agricultural Literacy Week

By Lorraine Stevenson March 5, 2012

It’s often said farmers speak their own language, but schoolkids in nine provinces might soon understand it a little better thanks to Canadian Agricultural Literacy Week. Hundreds of farmers will be going back to school Feb. 26 to March 3 to talk to children and read from selected books telling stories about food and farming

Hogs, Livestock, News

Stall-free pork coming to McDonald’s menu

By Shannon VanRaes March 5, 2012

Amove by fast-food giant McDonald’s to have its U.S. pork suppliers phase out sow gestation stalls has drawn praise from animal rights groups, but questions remain about the impact it will have on Canadian producers. “This is huge. That a major corporation has made this move is really very significant,” said Winnipeg Humane Society CEO

International news, News

EU approves Morocco agriculture trade deal

By Charlie Dunmore March 5, 2012

European Union lawmakers approved a new trade deal with Morocco Feb. 16 that will significantly extend duty-free sales of agricultural, food and fisheries products between the North African kingdom and the 27-nation bloc. The EU’s agriculture chief, Dacian Ciolos, described the deal as both economically and politically significant. “It is a balanced agreement, which opens

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Traders feel out ICE’s new wheat, barley contracts

By Dwayne Klassen February 15, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted small to modest advances during the week ended Jan. 27. Most of the buying interest was concentrated in the deferred values, where concerns about dry growing conditions during the spring and summer on the Prairies fuelled some of the strength. The strong export lineup at

International news, News

Without January rains, one of two heifers will be sold

By Laura Rance-Unger February 15, 2012

Co-operator editor Laura Rance is travelling on a media food study tour with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Updates are being posted on the Co-operator website at www.manitobacooperator.ca. The highway southwest of Addis Ababa to Wolayto-Soddo is wide and smooth, but there is no such thing in Ethiopia as setting the cruise control and just cruising,

News

Survey shows good help really is hard to find in farm sector

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

Good help is hard to find. As the number of farms in Canada decrease and remaining farms grow larger, producers need to look at new methods of recruiting employees, Debra Hauer of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council told attendees at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting. A survey done by the organization found farm

News, Opinion

Agriculture takes three of five “useless” college degrees

February 15, 2012

Internet news site Yahoo Education recently published an article titled “College Majors that are Useless.” Agriculture topped the list, followed by fashion design, theatre, animal science and horticulture. The Yahoo article’s rationale was largely based on the projected continuing decline in the numbers of farms in the U.S. “In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor

Country Crossroads, News

Top 10 ways to recruit and engage youth volunteers

February 14, 2012

Recruit them online. Today’s youth is wired, to the extreme. Post opportunities on your own website but change them frequently so your pages look fresh and appealing. Respond immediately to inquiries. Speak in a youthful way. Make your opportunities relevant to the interests and needs of young people. Young people like language that is quick,

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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