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Time To Overhaul, Not Tinker With Farm Programs

By Alex Binkley September 8, 2011

It’s time to stop tinkering and undertake a major overhaul of farm support programs, according to the executive director of the George Morris Centre. A discussion paper released after a recent meeting of agriculture ministers “seems to contemplate only modest changes if any to the status quo policy environment,” Bob Seguin wrote in a recent

Crops

Bioeconomy Gives Agriculture New Lease On Life

By Rob Swystun July 28, 2011

The emerging bioeconomy is rewriting agriculture’s contract with society, a senior official with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives told bioengineers meeting in Winnipeg recently. Daryl Domitruk, director of the Agri-Food Innovation and Adaptation Knowledge Centre for Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives, said agriculture is often portrayed as “the bad guy” when it comes to

Opinion

Australia Offers Grain Research Model For The Prairies

July 14, 2011

Excerpts from the agriculture section of the Moving Alberta Forward report by the Alberta Competitiveness Council. It refers to the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation, which collects a levy of .99 per cent from growers of 25 crops, with contributions matched by the national government. The Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation experience offers

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Optimizing Stand Establishment In Less-Than-Optimal Conditions

By Anastasia Kubinec May 12, 2011

When seeding is delayed, optimizing stand establishment becomes imperative to achieving maximum yield. Remember, planting date is only one of many yield-influencing factors. The following tips can assist in maximizing seedling emergence and establishment. AVOID “MUDDING” IT IN Manage crop residue, drive on firm fields, and leave the drowned-out spots to dry. Early seeding favours

News

Canadian Live Hog Exports To U.S. Stabilizing

April 28, 2011

After taking a significant hit for nearly four years, Canada’s live hog exports to the U.S. have begun to stabilize. Having a more steady supply of hogs is helping, said Tyler Fulton, director of risk management with H@ms Marketing Services. “The Canadian herd had been shrinking, but it has now stabilized,” Fulton said. “(The lower

Cereals, Crops, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 7, 2011

April 7, 2011

Japan to import 5.11 mln tonnes wheat:Japan plans to buy 5.11 million tonnes of foreign milling wheat in the year to March 2012 to supplement locally grown grain, the Ministry of Agriculture said last week. Japan, the world’s fourth-biggest wheat importer, buys wheat to supplement locally grown grain and keeps a tight grip on bulk

Hogs, Livestock

Foot-And-Mouth Surfaces In Two Countries

April 7, 2011

China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang has reported an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among pigs, which killed 25 hogs and sickened 58, the second outbreak in the region so far in the year, the Ministry of Agriculture said. The recent outbreak was less serious than the one reported in February, when 3,941 pigs were culled. The

Crops

China To Promote GM Crop Planting

March 24, 2011

China will promote the planting of genetically modified crops over the next five years to 2015,Caijing Magazine’swebsite March 13 cited a senior agricultural official as saying. Chen Mengshan, the Agriculture Ministry’s chief economist, gave no further details, according to the report carried on www.caijing.com.cn. China is the largest producer of GMO cotton, but it has

Cereals, Crops

Canada Offers Wheat, Japan Buys As Planned

By Chikako Mogi February 4, 2011

Japan bought food wheat from Canada at a regular tender on Feb. 3 and a Canadian Wheat Board memo shows it managed to find scarce high-protein supplies despite a global shortage of top-quality wheat. The wheat board sold Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture 37,110 tonnes of top-grade spring wheat for shipping March 12 to April 11,

Cereals, News

Board Skips Tender Due To Low Protein

By Rod Nickel February 3, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board didn’t fill a recent wheat tender from Japan because its wheat has a lower percentage of protein than Japan usually requires, a spokeswoman for the marketing agency said Jan. 27. But the wheat board remains confident of filling future tenders from Japan, its fourth-largest wheat export market, as talks with Japan’s

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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