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New International Farm Organization Formed

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

A new organization representing farmers around the world has emerged to replace a previous one which folded last year. Nearly 60 farm groups from 42 countries last week announced the creation of the World Farmers Organization. Delegates met March 28-29 in Brussels to develop a declaration of intent for ratification at an inaugural meeting scheduled

News

In Brief… – for Mar. 25, 2010

March 25, 2010

Risk and reward: Jeff Conrad, president, Hancock Agricultural Investment Group told the Reuters Food Summit last week agriculture has its limits for investors. “The U. S. is a very mature marketplace – good technology base, good infrastructure, ability to harvest good crops … If you tell me you want to do 20 per cent returns

Opinion

Co-Op Business Model Most Resilient

July 16, 2009

Excerpt from a July 3 release from the International Federation of Agricultural Producers recognizing the UN International Day of Co-operatives. This year’s theme was “Driving Global Recovery through Cooperative Enterprise.” Th e International Federation of Agricultural Producers is encouraging the adoption and strengthening of the co-operative business model as part of national financial and social

Livestock

Guidelines For Foreign Land Deals Coming

May 21, 2009

The World Bank will soon publish guidelines to help investors and countries make cross-border farmland purchases mutually beneficial, a senior World Bank official says. After last year’s food riots the food supply scare has pushed several countries such as Saudi Arabia and South Korea to buy or lease farmland overseas to feed their own people.

Hogs, Livestock, News

Farm Lobby Still Effective, Despite Changing Times – for Feb. 5, 2009

By Ron Friesen February 5, 2009

“Farm groups have punched way over their weight for some time.” – jack wilkinson When Bert Hall raised the gavel on January 15, 1985 to call the first annual meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers to order, he recalled looking out over the smartly dressed, articulate audience and thinking, “What an impressive group of young people.”

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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New International Farm Organization Formed

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Co-Op Business Model Most Resilient

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