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The Climate Change Conundrum

By Laura Rance-Unger June 23, 2011

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

By David Fogarty June 23, 2011

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

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Lentil Is A Good Source Of Protein For Weaned Pigs

June 23, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. With the current high price of feed ingredients, hog producers are looking for alternative sources of energy and protein in order to reduce costs, without compromising

Livestock, News

Kill A Camel, Save The Planet

By David Fogarty June 23, 2011

Killing camels to earn carbon credits might seem an extreme way to fight climate change, but the Australian government issued detailed rules June 2 that will help investors do just that. Adelaide-based Northwest Carbon, a carbon project developer, has developed the rules, or methodology, governing a strict camel-culling program that would also cut greenhouse gas

Beef cattle, News

EU Clinches Deal On New Food-Labelling Rules

By Charlie Dunmore June 23, 2011

European Union negotiators reached a deal June 15 on new food-labelling rules, which aim to fight rising levels of obesity in Europe by helping consumers to make more informed purchasing decisions. Under the agreement, all food products must carry labels showing their energy, salt, sugar, protein, carbohydrate, fat and saturated fat content, EU officials with

Crops

Rural Schools Pursue New Way Of Teaching Agriculture

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2011

They caught and identified bugs, walked the banks of the Boyne River looking for evidence of riverbank erosion, spoke to weed and soil specialists about biodiversity, ecosystems and farm production systems. And while that might sound like any other end-of-school-year field trip, for about 100 Grade 10 students in south-central Manitoba, the visit to the

Cereals, Crops

Market Volatility More Critical Than Rising Food Prices: CFA President

By Ron Friesen June 23, 2011

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

News

India’s Job Program Creates Farm Labour Shortage

By C.j. Kuncheria June 23, 2011

Sitting at the edge of fields in the heart of India’s grain bowl, Gurdayal Singh Malik shakes his head in resignation about the lack of workers needed for his 60-acre farm, blaming the government’s flagship welfare program for the shortage. Ever since the start of the program, which guarantees 100 days of work a year

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 16, 2011

By Reuters June 16, 2011

Road repairs underway: Assessments are still underway, but repairing roads and bridges damaged during this year’s flooding could cost $40 million, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton says. Advances of up to 60 per cent or $100,000, whichever is greater, of repair costs will be made to municipalities against disaster financial assistance claims. These advances

Opinion

Thy Neighbour As Thyself

By Linda Maendel June 16, 2011

The disturbing news that our provincial government had decided to breach the Hoop ‘n’ Holler bend in order to take pressure off the weakening Assiniboine River dikes raised mixed feelings. “Why do we have to be the scapegoats?” one area resident protested. Another wondered, “How can they decide to sacrifice my land to spare others’

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

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