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New Grading Technology Is In Place But Not In Use

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Digital cameras get CFIA approval for beef grading” was the announcement in mid-October 2010. So where are we today? Despite the fact that the three largest slaughter facilities in Canada have the technology installed, they have yet to request to use it to facilitate grade assessment. No doubt it is coming, but which packer will
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Invasive Species Lie In Wait, Strike After Decades

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Animals and plants introduced from foreign habitats may not reveal themselves to be harmful “invasive” species for decades, according to a recently published European study. Species that are moved away from their natural predators back home can displace native species in their new habitats, and scientists say the problem already costs Europe 12 billion euros
Crops, News

Cmemap Pays $40.5 Million In Manitoba

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About 1.74 million acres or nearly two per cent of Manitoba cropland was either too wet to seed this spring or the seeded crops drowned, the Manitoba Agr icultural Services Corporation says. The losses prompted $40.5 million in payments to farmers under the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP). “We had applications from all areas
Opinion

Professor Emeritus Bob Parker Passes Away

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Professor Emer i tus Bob Parker, who was a longtime member of the University of Manitoba’s department of animal science until his retirement in 1997, passed away Oct. 30 in Winnipeg. Parker, who emigrated from Scotland, first joined the U of M as a research officer in 1959. He went on to get a masters
Crops

Agriculture Called Key To Protecting Biodiversity

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An international accord to protect the world’s endangered species highlights the need for environmental goods and services programs for farmers, a Canadian farm leader says. Farmers can do a lot to protect nature if given the tools to do it, said Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president. So producers should not be left out
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 21, 2010

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Baltic stake:Viterra Inc. is opening a new marketing office in Kiev, Ukraine. “By establishing our company in key geographic areas such as Ukraine, we extend our ability to manage trade flows of food ingredients, freight activities and arbitrage opportunities, while managing price risk,” said Christian Joerg, vice-president and managing director, Europe.Net trade exports of wheat,
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KAP Protests Flood Aid Deductible

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Manitoba farmers are crying foul over a five per cent deductible on a $30-an-acre payment to compensate producers for flooded cropland this spring. Producers say it’s unfair that they have to pay a deductible when farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta do not. Keystone Agricultural Producers passed a resolution at last week’s general council meeting protesting
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Biodiversity Of Planet In Peril, Says United Nations

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The world’s countries are bankrupting their natural economies and must take bold action to reverse biodiversity losses caused by pollution, deforestation and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a UN summit on biodiversity. Ban and other leaders want world leaders to agree on a formal plan on biodiversity – the preservation of animal and plant
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Excess Rain Leaves 700,000 Acres Unseeded

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“We’re in the middle of making payments and we’re doing them as quickly as we can. Our adjusters are going like crazy.” – DAVID VAN DEYNZE, MASC About 700,000 acres of Mani toba cropland was too wet to seed this spring, which will trigger $29 million to $30 million in payments to waterlogged farmers through

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