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Hog Loan Aid No-Win For Ottawa

By Roberta Rampton August 13, 2009

Canada’s government will set off squeals of protests no matter how it decides to handle a plea for aid from its desperate hog farmers. If Ottawa fails to come through on the $800-million loan request, Canada stands to lose a large chunk of its once-lucrative hog sector to bankruptcy and closures. But aid for Canuck

Hogs, News

U. S. Issues Warning Over Hog Assistance Proposal

By Ron Friesen July 30, 2009

The threat of U. S. trade action has come back to haunt Ottawa as it mulls a recovery program for Canada’s financially devastated hog farmers. American pork producers have given notice they may seek trade retaliation if they perceive a bailout package to be an unfair subsidy. That could plunge Canada’s hog industry into something

Oilseeds, Opinion

U. S. plantings guesses key for CBOT grains prices

By Christine Stebbins February 5, 2009

The big unknown for U. S. corn and soybean prices – planting intentions – will likely keep the prices of both on edge over the next couple months. U. S. planted acreage is always fodder for traders at this time of year, as farmers pencil out seed and fertilizer costs. But the biggest factor is

News, Oilseeds, Poultry

U. S. farmers remain hopeful even as profits erode

By Karl Plume January 29, 2009

“With that kind of volatility you just lose track of fundamentals.” –Illinois farmer Garry Niemeyer Iowa farmer Gordon Wassenaar says he is optimistic about 2009, displaying a sometimes puzzling “glass half full” mentality needed in a profession in which Mother Nature can wipe out months of work overnight. He and other U. S. farmers notched

News

Ethanol slump blindsides U. S. corn growers

By Karl Plume December 4, 2008

Shrinking ethanol profits and a deepening recession that helped topple biofuels giant VeraSun into bankruptcy last month will force U. S. farmers to be far more skeptical of their corn buyers in the future. Farmers welcomed the rapid expansion of ethanol producers whose deep pockets helped propel the price of corn to record highs. But

Other

U. S. farmers consider wet corn

By Mark Weinraub October 23, 2008

Farmers around the U. S. Midwest were trying to decide if they should begin harvesting corn that will need to be dried manually after it is cut, agronomists and grain dealers say. Most growers had hoped to let their corn dry naturally but leaving crops in the field late into the fall is risky. Farmers

Daily Network News

Canada, Philippines make African swine fever zoning agreement

Germany, Spain urge EU to back Mercosur trade pact, but France resists

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle fall

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Hog Loan Aid No-Win For Ottawa

U. S. Issues Warning Over Hog Assistance Proposal

U. S. plantings guesses key for CBOT grains prices

U. S. farmers remain hopeful even as profits erode

Ethanol slump blindsides U. S. corn growers

U. S. farmers consider wet corn

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