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Grain Sector Better Off Than Many During World Recession

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“It’s really an exciting time for agriculture and producers. If corn gets too cheap ethanol will bring it back and wheat and soybeans will follow corn.” – KENDELL KEITH Recession or not, people still have to eat and that bodes well for the world’s grain sector, three panelists told the Canada Grain Council’s 40th annual
Cereals, News

Grain Act Bill Dead Or Delayed

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“The key here is that this hoist motion actually kills the bill before it even has a chance to make it to committee.” – PIERRE LEMIEUX Opposition parties employed a rarely used parliamentary tactic to effectively kill the federal government’s proposed legislation amending the Canada Grain Act last week. Just as the government was preparing
Opinion

No Insurance For Off-Farm Workers

The following is taken from a brief calling for changes to Canada’s Employment Insurance program presented by Joan Brady, women’s vice-president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women in Ottawa March 24. The brief chronicles how past and current eligibility requirements make the program
Cereals, News

Eliminate Unprofitable Farmers, Report Recommends

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A new report proposes a radical and drastic solution to Canada’s chronic farm income problems: get rid of unprofitable farmers. The report by the Canada West Foundation recommends “an orderly retreat from the industry” by farmers who depend on government subsidies and off-farm jobs to stay in operation. The Calgary-based public policy think-tank says agriculture
Crops

CGC Security Remains Until There Are Replacements: Ritz

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“We’re not removing (CGC security) holusbolus. We’ll only do it in light of something better being offered for producers.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Farmers nervous about losing the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) security program that protects against payment defaults on delivered grain can rest easier knowing it will remain until there are replacements. That’s
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Ethanol Mandate May Not Boost Corn

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The Obama administration’s call March 10 for an increase in the amount of ethanol to be used in gasoline in the United States is a positive sign for corn growers but it probably will not boost seedings or corn prices this year. “It’s pretty good news for corn growers and will at least keep farmers
Beef cattle, Livestock

Market Access Key To Stabilizing Canadian Beef Industry

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Expanding export opportunities and reducing unnecessary regulations are the best ways to restore profitability to the Canadian beef industry, cattle producers have told the Commons agriculture committee. About 65 per cent of the beef produced in Canada is consumed by Canadians, but that is a fairly stable market facing increased competition from imports, John Gillespie,
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Obama Names Miller, Tonsager To Top USDA Posts

President Barack Obama chose Jim Miller to run the U. S. farm subsidy program and Dallas Tonsager as the top rural development official at the Agriculture Department, the White House said March 13. Both appointments, as USDA undersecretary, require Senate confirmation. In late February, Obama selected Kathleen Merrigan for deputy secretary, the No. 2 job
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U. S. NFU Opposes Subsidy Cuts

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The Obama administration should drop its proposal to end the direct payment subsidy to large U. S. farmers, the National Farmers Union said March 9, pointing to a slump in dairy and crop prices. The White House proposal has few supporters among farming groups and farm-state legislators. It calls for a three-year phase-out of direct
Dairy cattle, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 19, 2009

Bobcat, Polaris team up:North Dakota-based skid-steer maker Bobcat Co. and snowmobile and ATV maker Polaris Industries have signed on for a “long-term strategic alliance” that will ultimately lead to co-development of new equipment. “Initially, Polaris will produce and sell highly differentiated work vehicles to Bobcat for sale through the Bobcat dealer network,” Scott Wine, CEO

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