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Livestock, Oilseeds

Industry Accused Of Overstating EU Feed Import Crisis

The disruption to animal feed imports caused by Europe’s “zero-tolerance” policy on unapproved genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been exaggerated by industry, Friends of the Earth said May 4. Last summer, several shipments of soy from the United States were blocked from entering Europe after authorities detected traces of unauthorized GM maize in the consignments,
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Liberals Propose National Food Policy

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has served up a five-point National Food Policy with entrees for both consumers and farmers on the menu. Speaking on a farm just north of Toronto in late April, Ignatieff said a Liberal government would work toward making more homegrown food available, while pulling the farm sector back from the financial
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Deere Eyes $500-Million Investment In Russia Farm Boom

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Deere and Co. , the world’s largest farm equipment maker, is on track to spend $500 million building new plants in Russia and offering credit lines and other services to farmers within the next six years. Deere chairman and chief executive Samuel Allen said April 27 that Russia, the European Union, South America and Asia
Cereals, Forages, News

U. S. Supreme Court Hears GM Alfalfa Arguments

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WASHINGTON, D. C. The U. S. Supreme Court was asked last week to rule on whether the courts have the authority to block genetically modified crops due to environmental concerns. The case involving Monsanto’s genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa heard here April 27 marks the first time the controversies over commercializing new technology have reached
Opinion

Facts, Figures And Fools With Money

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What diesel fuel is to tractors, facts are to journalists. Diesel is expensive; facts, for the most part, are free. Moreover, facts are all over. So if they’re just about everywhere and usually free, why aren’t more facts used? Oftentimes, if the facts cannot be bent to support the political side of an argument then
Cereals, Opinion

The Urbanization Of Farm Policy

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It has often been difficult over the past decade or so to find the word “farmer” or “agriculture” in the avalanche of policy statements put out by federal parties during election campaigns. Oh sure, there’s been the hot-button issues such as the Canadian Wheat Board, listeria and more money for hard-pressed farmers, but getting the
News, Poultry

HSUS Targets Laying Hen Abuses

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“I don’t think anyone can see this footage and feel good about this production system.” – WAYNE PACELLE An undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States of major U. S. egg producers showed “rampant abuse” of hens, which the animal rights group said April 7 could prompt more consumers to embrace “cage-free”
Cereals, Crops

Grain Industry Worried By New Toxin Limits

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Canada’s grain industry wants safer food, but it doubts pending regulations to restrict exposure to ochratoxin A (OTA), a suspected carcinogen in grains and other foods, will be effective. In the meantime, those regulations threaten to add costs throughout the pipeline from farmer to food processor. “There really needs to be a supply chain solution,”
Country Crossroads

Be Prepared For A Home Invasion

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The first step to dealing with an infestation is to identify the intruder. Termites are 10 times as destructive as carpenter ants, but termites are far less likely to be the culprits as they are not native to the Prairies. The distinctions in appearance between carpenter and other species of ant are subtle, and ants
Opinion

Battling World Hunger By Increasing Global Production?

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U. S. farmers began to believe that they had a responsibility to increase production and exports so that the hungry of the world could be fed. For some time now, we have focused our attention on the twin issues of production and exports of major crops as a way of examining the export-oriented policies that

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