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WTO Members Behind In Their Books

By Jonathan Lynn March 18, 2010

Most members of the World Trade Organization are years behind in providing data about farm subsidies, essential to see whether they are sticking to agreements, an internal WTO document shows. The document, prepared by the WTO secretariat for a meeting on Wednesday of its agriculture committee, which monitors adherence to agreements, shows that 81 of

Crops, Dairy cattle

Bringing Work Home Can Be Hazardous For Farmers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 18, 2010

Farmers, especially dairy farmers, could be putting their families at risk if they’re not cautious about cleanliness, according to an Ohio State University study. For the study, researchers made four visits each to 52 rural households. Half were operating a dairy, sheep or beef cattle farm. Researchers collected samples and tested them for Listeria monocytogenes,

Cereals, Crops

Food Corp To Start E-Auction Of Wheat

By Sourav Mishra March 18, 2010

Food Corp of India (FCI) will begin electronic auctions of wheat from March 16, using National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL) platform under the open-market sales scheme, the company said in a statement March 15. The government releases excess stocks available after public distribution through an open-market sales scheme (OMSS) to stabilize prices every year. Part

Beef cattle, Livestock

Canada Says BSE Cow Kept Out Of Food Supply

March 18, 2010

The Alberta beef cow that is Canada’s most recent case of mad cow disease was found dead on a farm and was destroyed without entering food or animal feed supplies, a spokesman with the Canadian government said March 11. Canada Beef Export Federation president Ted Haney, who first confirmed the case in an interview with

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Federal Dollars Go Into Dairy Research

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

Dairy Farmers of Canada plans to spend $11.7 million on research projects across the country that will focus on the health and nutritional benefits of dairy products and ways to improve animal productivity through health and breeding. The research money will be awarded to clusters of scientific and technical expertise at universities and agriculture schools

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Federal Beef-Packing Assistance Welcomed

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

“These measures address a real threat to the long-term profitability of the Canadian cattle industry.” – BRAD WILDEMAN Packers and cattle groups say assistance announced in the federal budget will make their sector more competitive. The budget allocated an extra $10 million for the Slaughter Improvement Program, $25 million for packing plants that handle animals

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Grain Stockpiles Swell As Sales Slow

By Charles Abbott March 18, 2010

U. S. corn and wheat stockpiles will swell to their largest size in years as corn exports slow and Americans use less flour, the government said on March 10 in a report likely to influence planting this spring. Record crops, despite last year’s rain, flooding and snow, are still in the marketing stream. The supplies

News

Industry Warns Of New EU Feed Import Disruption

By Charlie Dunmore March 18, 2010

The European Union faces renewed disruption to animal feed supplies this year unless policy-makers find a rapid solution to traces of genetically modified organisms in soy imports, industry groups have warned. Last autumn, imports of soybeans from the United States came to a near standstill because of the EU’s zero-tolerance rule on shipments containing tiny

News

Canadian Diet Would Emphasize Health-Giving Dimensions Of Domestic Foods

By Lorraine Stevenson March 18, 2010

“It is a concept that would enable people to start to think about Canadian foods as providing an incredible array of healthy foods right across the food spectrum.” – CAPI PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID MCINNES Those paying attention to a message from Canadian dietitians this month are getting a small taste of the “Canadian diet”

Cereals, Crops, News

Wild Plants Sought For Climate Traits

By Alister Doyle March 18, 2010

Farm experts plan to track down wild relatives of crops such as rice or wheat with traits that make them able to resist global warming in a project costing perhaps $50 million, a leading expert said March 9. “The wild relatives of cultivated crops … are largely uncollected or conserved in gene banks,” said Cary

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

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