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MZTRA Farm Tests Jumpstart Inoculant On Canola – for Aug. 12, 2010

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An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher has launched a study to find out whether Jumpstart really works. Ramona Mohr will be examining how the phosphate-solubilizing seed inoculant containing the naturally occurring fungi Penicillium bilaii, will affect growth, P uptake, yield and quality of canola at the MZTRA farm, and a handful of other sites in
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MZTRA Farm Tests Jumpstart Inoculant On Canola – for Aug. 12, 2010

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An Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada researcher has launched a study to find out whether Jumpstart really works. Ramona Mohr will be examining how the phosphate-solubilizing seed inoculant containing the naturally occurring fungi Penicillium bilaii, will affect growth, P uptake, yield and quality of canola at the MZTRA farm, and a handful of other sites
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Diversification may be bland, but it works

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Canada West Foundation estimates that Manitoba’s real GDP edged up 0.1 per cent in 2009, and forecasts that it will grow 1.9 per cent in 2010. Excerpted from “Avoiding Recession Contagion: Manitoba Economic Profile and Forecast” published last month. The full report can be viewed at: http://www.cwf.ca. Just as the careful approach followed by Canada’s
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Vale Buys Mosaic’s Brazil Fertilizer Assets

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Brazilian mining giant Vale obtained an option Feb. 11 to acquire the bulk of Mosaic’s fertilizer interests in Brazil, a move that will further expand its asset base in the sector. In a deal that could rake in more than $1 billion for Mosaic when completed, the U. S. fertilizer maker has given Vale an
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Bunge Exits Brazil Fertilizers

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The advance of mining companies BHP Billiton and Brazil’s Vale in the fertilizer sector in the past few years kept U. S. agribusiness group Bunge on tenterhooks. The world’s largest oilseed processor realized it was time for change in its operations. The result was the recent announcement that the firm would sell its upstream fertilizer
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Low Interest Rates Fuel Speculation

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“With grains you have quite clearly a structural bull market for many years to come. If you could store grains for 10 years, then you would buy them and put them away.” – jonathan compton, bedlam asset management Ultra-low interest rates are bringing a wave of speculation to commodities, inflating a bubble that will inevitably
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Australia’s “Top End” Too Dry To Become Food Bowl

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The dream of turning Australia’s tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released Feb. 8. Despite a billion litres of annual rain, the equivalent of 2,000 Sydney Harbours, northern Australia has limited water, with 65 per cent of
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BHP Plan Signals Major Shift In Potash Industry

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“It’s been hard enough for juniors to find funding before this (BHP project),…” – CHARLES NEIVERT BHP Billiton’s plans to invest more money in its Saskatchewan potash project could weaken long-term pricing of the crop nutrient, threaten the viability of junior explorers and prove to be a game changer for the global fertilizer industry. The
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Tractor, Combine Sales Seen Dropping In 2010

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Sales of tractors and combines in both the Canadian and U. S. markets are expected to drop significantly in 2010 from 2009 levels. The Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers, a trade association for over 800 makers of farm, forestry, construction, mining and utility equipment, said last week that it expects to see double-digit decreases, percentage-wise,
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Guidelines Could Help Improve Farmland Deals

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A draft of the first-ever international code of conduct for farmland deals should be ready by the end of the year, the head of the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development said. The draft document will lead to more discussion about how to ensure deals benefit host nations, as well as those seeking to

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