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Editorial: The information age and agriculture’s footprint

University agronomist says estimates of how much food needed to feed world's population by 2050 are too low

By Laura Rance-Unger November 24, 2014

The latest global supply-and-demand outlooks make it a little difficult to get too excited over worries the world will run out of food any time soon. World grain prices are weakening under what are characterized as burdensome supplies of staple commodity crops. Most of the pundits are now predicting we’re in for a prolonged period

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That’s no weed, that’s flower power

Tire makers are turning dandelions into rubber

By Ludwig Burger August 28, 2014

Dutch biologist Ingrid van der Meer often meets with disbelief when she talks about her work on dandelions and how it could secure the future of road transport. The reaction is understandable, given most people regard the yellow flowers as pesky intruders in their gardens rather than a promising source of rubber for tires. “People

The beer economy in Canada supports one out of every 100 jobs in Canada, a Conference Board of Canada report says. photo: thinkstock

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Beer drink of choice among Canadians

By Lorraine Stevenson November 14, 2013

If you’re an average beer drinker in Manitoba, a new report pegs your consumption at about 240 bottles a year. That’s the fifth-highest per capita consumption of beer in Canada and slightly higher than the national average 235 bottles, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. From Farm to Glass: The

Salah Sukkarieh, professor of robotics and intelligent systems at the University of Sydney, Australian Centre for Field Robotics, stands next to one of his robotic aircraft in his laboratory in Sydney. Australian farmers are increasingly turning to science to maximize yields, with agricultural robots and existing technology a likely future for the average farm. Photo: REUTERS/David Gray

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Robots to drones, Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food

By Colin Packham June 7, 2013

Moving carefully along a row of apple trees, two of Australia’s newest agricultural workers check if the fruit is ripe or the soil needs water or fertilizer. Meet “Mantis” and “Shrimp,” agricultural robots being tested to do these tasks and more in a bid to cut costs and improve productivity in Australia’s economically vital farm

Country Crossroads

Make some plant markers

By Coco Aders April 9, 2013

In order to identify the rows of her newly seeded garden, my neighbour used to put the empty seed packet upside down on a stick at the end of the row, but it would often be blown off or watered into a pile of dirty pulp. Fed up with this, she started purchasing the plastic

Crops, Livestock

4-H reports

March 28, 2013

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by email to [email protected], by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, or by fax to 204-954-1422. Happy Rock Horseshoes For our Christmas party on Dec. 22,

Livestock, News

John Deere sponsors 4-H scholarships

March 7, 2013

John Deere Canada is sponsoring a scholarship program for the 2013-14 school year to mark its long-standing support of 4-H Canada and to celebrate its 100th anniversary. John Deere is matching funds with 11 dealers in seven provinces to award up to 12, $2,000 scholarships. Applicants must be entering their first year of post-secondary education

Livestock, Weather

Pashmina goats perish in the heaviest winter on the Indian frontier since 1962

February 28, 2013

Reuters / Thousands of Pashmina goats may have perished in recent heavy snowfall around the nomadic areas of Changthang on the Sino-Indian frontier of the Ladakh region, officials said Feb. 22. The area is a production hub for the finest quality of Pashmina (Kashmir) wool in India and is used in manufacturing of popular Kashmiri

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Food industry spoiling through lack of innovation

By Alex Binkley January 17, 2013

Canadian food companies are falling behind competitors in other countries because they are failing to innovate, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. “When it comes to innovation, the Canadian food industry is content to compete for a bronze medal,” says Daniel Munro, a researcher with the board’s Centre for Food in

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Farmers ante up for proposed producer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant

By Daniel Winters January 17, 2013

Farmers of North America have raised more than $5 million in the past six weeks for a proposed farmer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant in Western Canada. The sale of more than 5,000 “risk capital units” (worth $1,000 each) shows there is “overwhelming” support for the project, said Bob Friesen, spokesman for the NFA’s Fertilizer Limited Partnership.

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

Tag Archives Manufacturing — page 3

Editorial: The information age and agriculture’s footprint

That’s no weed, that’s flower power

Beer drink of choice among Canadians

Robots to drones, Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food

Make some plant markers

4-H reports

John Deere sponsors 4-H scholarships

Pashmina goats perish in the heaviest winter on the Indian frontier since 1962

Food industry spoiling through lack of innovation

Farmers ante up for proposed producer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant

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