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Bee Deaths May Signal Wider Pollination Threat

By Alister Doyle March 24, 2011

Mass deaths of bee colonies in many parts of the world may be part of a wider, hidden threat to wild insect pollinators vital to human food supplies, a UN study indicated March 10. Declines in flowering plants, a spread of parasites, use of pesticides or air pollution were among more than a dozen factors

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Hogs, Oilseeds

Japan Disaster Unlikely To Limit Food Imports

By Ron Friesen March 24, 2011

The disaster in Japan may not curtail its imports of agricultural commodities and could even increase them over time, a Canadian Wheat Board official said. Once Japan begins to recover from the effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Japanese consumers may become more accepting of food imports, said Neil Townsend, a CWB market

Crops

China GMO Corn Hits Policy Deadlock

By Niu Shuping March 24, 2011

China’s first strain of genetically modified corn is facing policy deadlock and may take years before it can be planted, a Chinese researcher said on March 7. China gave the phytase corn safety approval in late 2009, and at the time scientists said they expected large-scale production could happen as early as 2012. The GMO

Cereals, Crops

Viterra CEO Sees Grain Price Rebound

By Rod Nickel March 24, 2011

Viterra is buying grains in the cash and futures markets because it sees the recent slide as unsustainable, chief executive Mayo Schmidt said Mar. 16 Grain and oilseed prices remain relatively high and have driven up the cost of food to record levels, but fell sharply recently, just as farmers in the Northern Hemisphere prepare

Crops

Zimbabwe Lacks Funds To Transport Food Aid Minister

March 24, 2011

Zimbabwe does not have the money to transport food aid to areas experiencing acute shortages, Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said on March 21. The country wants to send its entire 270,000 tonnes of grain reserves to provinces that are worst hit by drought and where 1.7 million people need aid, but the Grain Marketing Board

News, Oilseeds

Ag In The City Showcases Budding Food Scientists

By Natasha Tersigni March 24, 2011

University of Manitoba food science students competed at this year’s Agriculture in the City to see which new food product would win top prize in the Food Fight Competition, held March 18 at The Forks Market Square. Out of the five new products that were presented, which included a pumpkin yogurt, high-protein soy noodles, popcorn

Livestock, Poultry

No One In Charge Of Antibiotic Issue

By Alex Binkley March 24, 2011

A2002 Health Canada report mapped out a plan for veterinary medicines that would have solved many of the current controversies about antibiotic resistance in meat products, says John Prescott, a professor at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph. “This was an absolutely outstanding report which involved considerable work and effort from many people across the

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Mar. 24, 2011

By Reuters March 24, 2011

Farmer to Farmer:The Grain Growers of Canada has donated $1,000 to help Japanese farmers cope with the after-effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Farmers in Canada have a long history of helping their neighbours in times of trouble and in this case our neighbours are global,” said executive director Richard Phillips, noting Japan

Livestock

CFIA To Go Public With Companies’ Safety Violations

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is going online with the outcomes of its enforcement work on food safety. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on March 16 announced the CFIA will issue reports on such activities, including information such as: Food imports that have been refused entry into Canada; Federally registered food establishments whose licences have

News

More Funds For Health And Food Research

By Lorraine Stevenson March 24, 2011

The federal and provincial governments have committed $406,000 to the Manitoba Agri- Health Research Network (MARHN) to help advance diet-related solutions for health and agriculture and spur food innovation. Projects currently underway through MARHN include a joint venture with a Chilean grain company to create and commercialize healthier wheat and oat products. It’s one of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures take a pause after recent slides

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Higher yields reported for many crops

American agriculture groups call for full renewal of CUSMA trade deal

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