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The Dirt On Farmland Ownership

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2011

Would you rather put up $800 to make $200 (and get a property tax bill), or put up $60 to make $200? It’s a simple question. But the answer is riddled with complexity. Nevertheless, it’s being dangled in front of farmers these days by Brad Farquhar, manager of Assiniboia Farmland, a limited partnership that has

Opinion

One Plan, Three Men And 50 Years

By Alan Guebert January 27, 2011

When Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry and Fred Kirschenmann get together, conversation, laughter and ideas flow. Other than a closeness in age, the three appear to have little in common. Jackson is a PhD plant breeder and founder, in 1976, of The Land Institute, a Salina, Kansas non-profit organization dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to food’s

News

Bioproducts Become Part Of The Rural Economy

By Ron Friesen January 27, 2011

Mark Myrowich describes his product as a big sandwich, with nets instead of bread and straw instead of meat, rolled up like a carpet and delivered to construction sites for erosion control. This strange-sounding item is one of many the Manitoba government plans to support with $20 million over the next 10 years as part

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canadian Canola Stocks Seen Tightening

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 27, 2011

Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform hit fresh contract highs yet again during the week ended Jan. 21, as the underlying technicals and fundamentals continue to point higher. It’s the same old story in canola as it’s been for the past couple of months. End-user demand is strong, supplies are tightening and

Livestock, Other livestock

Processed Horse Feed May Not Be The Best Choice

By Carol Shwetz January 27, 2011

Modern horse owners have embraced processed feeds as a convenient way to deliver supposed high-energy complete nutrition to horses. However, as the percentage of processed feeds increases in a horse’s diet, so does the incidence of gastrointestinal problems such as colic, gastric ulcers, choke, and diarrhea. Skin diseases, immune system compromise, cribbing, and wood and/or

Livestock

Food Price Spike Shows Reform Urgent

By Nigel Hunt January 27, 2011

The current spike in food prices is a repeat of the 2007-08 crisis and indicates urgent reforms are needed to a stressed global agricultural system, John Beddington, the U.K. government’s chief scientist said on Jan. 24. “In 2007-08 everyone said this was just a one-off because we have been looking at price declines for 30

Livestock

National Traceability System Moving Slowly Ahead

By Alex Binkley January 27, 2011

The federal government is inching towards completion of the national livestock traceability system promised for this year, but there’s still no sign of enabling legislation. In mid-January, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced applications for funding for projects under the Livestock Auction Traceability Initiative will be accepted until April 1. Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister of state for

Cereals, News

Australian Operations Boost Viterra’s Year-End

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 27, 2011

Expanding Down Under has boosted the bottom line for grain handler Viterra in fiscal 2010. Canada’s largest grain handler, which bought Australia’s ABB Grain in September 2009, on Jan. 19 booked its first full fiscal year including the Adelaide-based grain firm’s revenues and expenses. Viterra reported profit of $145.27 million on $8.256 billion in revenues

Country Crossroads

First Open Farm Day A Success, More To Come

By Natasha Tersigni January 27, 2011

Last September’s first-ever Open Farm Day in Mani toba was an astounding success with more than 4,000 people, mostly from urban centres, visiting the 37 farms that participated. As a result, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has decided to make it an annual event, MAFRI agritourism specialist Susan Nicoll told an Ag Days seminar

Country Crossroads

Don’t Let Winter Blues Get You Down

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2011

I hope you made it through Blue Monday last week. What I mean is, I hope you weren’t paying any attention to it. The first Monday of the third week of January (the date is debated) has been dubbed The Most Depressing Day of the Year. What it is, actually, is just another myth that

Daily Network News

El Niño risk building, U.S. forecaster says; ENSO-neutral expected to continue to June

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

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