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Eat Local To Sustain Farmers, Conference Told

By Ron Friesen February 25, 2010

Lori Stahlbrand is on a 96 per cent mission. It’s estimated only four per cent of the food Canadians consume is grown and sold through local farmers’ markets, community-supported agriculture projects and the like. The rest comes from mainstream retailers, mostly supermarkets. As a result, there’s a huge potential market for the local food economy

Cereals, Crops

DuPont Collaborates On Biotech Maize For Africa

By Carey Gillam February 25, 2010

DuPont said on Feb. 17 that its agricultural unit had formed an alliance in sub-Saharan Africa to collaborate on development of higher-yielding maize varieties that need less fertilizer. DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred unit will contribute gene technology in work led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and funded with $19.5 million in grants

Crops, Oilseeds

Fungi-Resistant GM Canola Passes Lab Tests

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2010

Atechnique used already against viral diseases has been put to lab-scale tests that show it can help canola plants fight off sclerotinia and other fungi. University of Alberta biochemist Nat Kav and his research team introduced an antibody gene into a plant to see if it would have any effect against sclerotinia stem rot. Canola

Country Crossroads

Great Home Cooking Inspired Swan Valley Farm Family’s Cookbook

February 25, 2010

RECIPE SWAP 3,000 copies in print today. Another on the way. It was at an August long weekend reunion that this large Swan Valley-area farm family started talking about creating a cookbook. The Hogg family had a wealth of recipes to share, with a mother who was indisputably the best of the best among home

News

Food Prices To Remain High

February 25, 2010

“If we get a climate shock in one of the major producing countries, then we are back to Square 1.” – JACQUES DIOUF Food prices are likely to rise again on resumed demand for agricultural commodities for food and energy and higher input costs due to rising oil prices, the United Nations’ food agency said

Cereals, Livestock

FAO Sees Less Wheat, More Coarse Grains

By Svetlana Kovalyova February 25, 2010

World wheat output could fall by five per cent in 2010 after two bumper crop years, but coarse grain output may rise, the United Nations’ food agency said. Wheat-planted areas in the United States dropped to the lowest level in almost a century because of bad weather and falling prices, the UN Food and Agriculture

Livestock

Livestock Producers To Receive Free On-Farm Veterinary Visits

By Mvma Release February 25, 2010

When’s the last time you had a veterinarian onfarm to discuss your production practices? Manitoba veterinarians are pleased to participate in new federal-provincial programs that offer the province’s livestock producers on-farm herd assessments paid for by the Growing Forward Food Safety Program for Farms. These programs, developed in conjunction with livestock producer groups and Manitoba

News

India Politics Delay GM Vegetable Start

By Bappa Majumdar February 25, 2010

“It is my duty to adopt a cautious, precautionary, principle-based approach.” – JAIRAM RAMESH India has postponed the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant. “The moratorium will be in place until

Crops, Forages, Opinion

Catering To Affluence

By Kevin Hursh February 18, 2010

We often fail to recognize just how rich and spoiled we’ve become. The upward affluence trajectory, happening in much of the world, is having a profound impact on what people want from agriculture. Futurist Lowell Catlett from New Mexico State University recently told the Managing Excellence in Agriculture conference in Saskatoon, that recessions happen from

Livestock, Opinion

Industry Should Lead Change Not Balk At It

By Leslie Yeoman February 18, 2010

I personally believe that North Americans will never stop eating their burgers or bacon and eggs. This means the only remedy is to improve living-dying conditions for the animals in our food chain. Iwas born and raised in the city and am exactly the Public mentioned in the Feb. 11 article “Some advice for the

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

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

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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