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Neigh… I mean, nay, I say!

By Alan Guebert March 25, 2013

The coincidence was positively delicious. Shortly after Swedish furniture seller Ikea found itself, shall we say, saddle deep in a saucy mess that featured racier red meat in its Swedish meatballs than you’d normally get from the average European cow, the USDA announced changes to its controversial country-of-origin labelling, or COOL, law for American meat.

Livestock, Other livestock

Goats’ milk speeds recovery from diarrhea

By Uc Davis Release March 25, 2013

Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one day also benefit human health, report researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study is the first on

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Use perimeter vision to make over your grocery cart

By Lorraine Stevenson March 16, 2013

What’s your route through your grocery store? If you travel its outer edges, and buy most of your groceries there, you’re going the right direction, according to dietitians who are encouraging us to shop a store’s perimeter more often during March Nutrition Month. That’s where the fresh, unprocessed foods, like raw fruit and vegetables, and

Crops, International news, News

Professor decries local-food movement and praises the ‘10,000-mile diet’

By Victoria Paterson March 16, 2013

Local food is mostly a fad that won’t last because it’s inferior to the “10,000-mile diet.” That was the message University of Toronto geography professor,a Pierre Desrochers delivered at the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Banff. “It really has become a way to protest against ‘the man,’” Desrochers said. “Backwards is the new forward.”

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Weather

Dry weather wilts South African crops

By Olivia Kumwenda March 16, 2013

Reuters / Dry weather conditions have hit the main maize-growing areas in South Africa, wilting the crop and dashing prospects for better yields this year. South Africa’s provinces of Free State and North West, which together produce more than half of the country’s total maize crop, have been the hardest hit by the dry conditions

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Opinion

Analysis: Are we near peak biofuels?

By Gerard Wynn March 16, 2013

It is now clear, depending on where the boundary is set in life-cycle estimates of carbon emissions,  that some biofuels offer limited or no benefits compared with conventional gasoline

London / Reuters / A stalled biofuel industry will need to produce far more efficient fuels to avoid setting off another bout of arguments over its contribution to boosting energy security and cutting carbon emissions. Biofuels had a difficult 2012. In the United States, Energy Information Administration data show production through November fell compared with

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News, Other livestock

Smithfield Foods third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates

March 16, 2013

reuters / Smithfield Foods Inc., the largest U.S. hog producer, reported third-quarter results that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by higher sales of packaged meat products such as Smithfield bacon and Eckrich and Armour sausages. The company, which receives nearly half of its revenue from packaged meat, said higher demand from international markets, particularly from

Livestock, News

Farmers who commit totally to sell locally can make a profit

By Pennsylvania State University Release March 16, 2013

Farmers can make a profit selling their produce directly to local businesses, but they must not let possible new costs weaken their commitment to the new venture, according to an international team of researchers. “We found that the farmers who really made a conscious decision to sell local and who made more of a commitment

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

What’s in a catchy phrase? Plenty if the term is ‘pink slime’

By P.J. Huffstutter March 16, 2013

Lawyers for Beef Products Inc. say ABC’s characterization of lean finely textured beef made it  sound vile, but network says it’s an accurate term for a thick, slippery substance

A year ago, Beef Products Inc. had four state-of-the art plants, more than 1,300 employees and was expanding aggressively. The meat company was the leading maker of “lean finely textured beef,” a low-fat product made from chunks of beef, including trimmings, and exposed to tiny bursts of ammonium hydroxide to kill E. coli and other

Beef cattle, Cereals, International news, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Empty handed but happy in Japan

By Alex Binkley March 16, 2013

While he had nothing new to announce at the end of his fourth trade mission to Japan, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz sounded jubilant in a news conference from Tokyo before he returned to Canada. He and a delegation of commodity groups met key Japanese politicians and business leaders. “We now have a clearer understanding of

Daily Network News

New U.S. tariffs start at 10 per cent, Trump administration working to hike them to 15 per cent

Klassen: Feeder market remains firm

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm

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