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Paying More Won’t Help

By Laura Rance-Unger May 26, 2011

Canada’s newly reappointed agriculture minister believes he knows where the answer lies to squeezing better service out of the railways. It’s in your wallet. While doing some post-election musing about the government’s priorities for agriculture over the next several years, Gerry Ritz suggested farmers would be willing to pay more to move their grain to

Opinion

Let’s Feed Ourselves

By Alan Guebert May 26, 2011

Squeeze almost any official of almost any agbiz or farm group and the words “Feed the world” will cross their lips. The phrase is this century’s “Manifest Destiny,” a near-imperative, a cornerstone of our export-directed ag policy. But this ambition, according to the number-crunching crew in Daryll Ray’s ag shop at the University of Tennessee,

Crops

Companies Chip In For CFGB Growing Projects

May 26, 2011

To be successful, Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) growing projects require land, people, time and energy. The fundraising efforts also need inputs like seed, fertilizer and other chemicals – products generously provided by some of Canada’s leading agro-sciences corporations. This year over $220,000 of inputs have been donated through CFGB to growing projects across Canada by

Country Crossroads, Poultry

Manitoba’s Wild Turkeys

By Donna Gamache May 26, 2011

Over the years attempts have been made to introduce or reintroduce a number of birds into southern Manitoba. Some of these – pheasants and chucker partridges, for example – have been unsuccessful, mainly due to our harsh winters. But one success story is that of the eastern wild turkey whose spread throughout the province is

Country Crossroads

Gardening Has Many Benefits

By Julie Garden-Robinson May 26, 2011

When my daughter and I were getting ready to plant the garden, I thought about how a garden has much value on many levels. When children are involved with gardening, much learning can take place in this outdoor classroom. Giving children a small plot to care for provides an opportunity for them to take responsibility

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Food Fortification: Still Looking For The Sweet Spot

By Ronald Doering May 19, 2011

Canada has one of the most restrictive discretionary food fortification laws in the western world. Health Canada officials spent the last 15 years trying to develop a comprehensive new policy to allow food companies greater scope for adding vitamins and minerals to their food products. But last year the health minister stopped the proposed new

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

World’s Wheat Crop Not Yet A Writeoff

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 19, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the week ended May 13, finishing with declines for the most part as speculative profit-taking and ideas that seeding conditions were improving in parts of the Canadian Prairies weighed on values. Those planting conditions are expected to be a key factor to watch in the

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Russia Could Prolong Full Grain Export Ban

By Sybille De La Hamaide May 12, 2011

Russia’s embargo on grain exports is due to expire on July 1, but traders on international markets think Moscow will likely play it safe and wait until end-September for a full lifting of the ban. However, if crops develop well it may release some wheat in July to relieve hefty stocks in its south. Any

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

High Prices May Push Bacon Off Menus

By Gavin Maguire May 12, 2011

The recent royal wedding celebrations at London’s Buckingham Palace featured bacon sandwiches on the menu for the morning after the night before. The fact that bacon featured so prominently alongside other delicacies in such revered surroundings is quite fitting given that bacon prices are closing in on all-time highs and look set to continue pressing

Livestock

Sharing The Pain

May 12, 2011

Food companies and retailers in France have agreed to boost meat prices if the cost of feed continues to soar. “It’s a good deal because everyone has agreed – retailers, manufacturers, producers,” said Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire. “With this agreement there is a discussion clause and the possibility of passing on (production costs) in

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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