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Australia’s Landmark Carbon Price Laws To Take Effect In 2012

By James Grubel November 17, 2011

Australia passed landmark laws Nov. 8 to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade. The vote in the upper house Senate made Australia the second major economy behind the European Union to pass carbon-limiting legislation. Tiny New Zealand has a similar scheme. Its impact will be

News, Oilseeds

Manitoba Seeing A Products Revolution

By Lorraine Stevenson November 3, 2011

It takes a lot of energy to keep the largest greenhouse in Manitoba warm through a bone-chilling winter, and until five years ago, that energy source was natural gas at Vanderveens Greenhouses in Carman. With gas prices spiking and the cost of heating hundreds of thousands of square feet of greenhouse rising with it, the

News

Tapping Alberta’s “Other” Liquid Gold Resource — Digestate

By Meristem For The Alberta Ag-tech Centre April 14, 2011

Mention the term “liquid gold” in Alberta and livestock manure isn’t likely the first thing that jumps to mind. But it’s slowly becoming part of the conversation as researchers learn more about how to harvest the nutrient benefits of this potentially abundant resource and byproduct of the livestock industry. One of the latest and most

News

Tapping Alberta’s “Other” Liquid Gold Resource

March 10, 2011

Mention the term “liquid gold” in Alberta and livestock manure isn’t likely the first thing that jumps to mind. But it’s slowly becoming part of the conversation as researchers learn more about how to harvest the nutrient benefits of this potentially abundant resource and byproduct of the livestock industry. One of the latest and most

Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Crude Oil Uncertainty Might Not Boost Crop Commodities

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 3, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw another volatile week during the period ended Feb. 25, with the global political and economic uncertainty, brought on by the turmoil in Libya and other countries, triggering a speculative sell off in many commodity markets – including canola. The fundamentals are still fairly supportive, and the drop in prices

Crops

Forget Fuel Costs, U.S. Farmers Cheer Oil Surge

By Carey Gillam March 3, 2011

Not too long ago, a surge in oil prices would have caused a groan of misery from the U.S. farm belt, forced to pay higher prices for tractor fuel and fertilizer. Today, farmers are far more likely to cheer. The farm sector’s response to a surge in fuel costs has inverted for two important reasons:

Crops

PotashCorp To Restart Anhydrous Plant

February 10, 2011

Citing much-improved margins, fertilizer giant PotashCorp said Feb. 1 it will launch an 18-month, US$158 million startup process for its idled anhydrous- processing operations in southern Louisiana. The Saskatoon firm in 2003 suspended ammonia processing at Geismar, south of Baton Rouge, citing prohibitively high prices for the natural gas used to make anhydrous. It kept

Cereals, Opinion

Commodities Lend Themselves To Single-Desk Selling

By Ken Larsen November 4, 2010

You have to admire politicians who set aside long-held beliefs when they are confronted with the reality of how the world works. Reality sets in once they arrive in government and are responsible to more than just their supporters. Good examples are former Alberta Conservative premier Peter Lougheed and Saskatchewan’s Premier Brad Wall. Both were

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Argentina Stakes Out Premium Beef DNA

By Eduardo Garcia September 30, 2010

Tipping the scales at more than a tonne, Montecristo would yield a lot of prime Argentine steak. But ranchers are not interested in sending bulls like him to slaughter; his semen is far more valuable. With newly affluent consumers from Brazil to China eating more meat, Argentine ranchers are honing their centuries-old cattle-breeding traditions to

Livestock

Selecting More Efficient Cattle Focus Of New Study

By Daniel Winters May 27, 2010

“The calves from more efficient sires ate less, grew the same amount, and had no adverse effects on carcass traits. ” – JOHN BASARAB Astudy into getting more bang for the feed cost buck is in the works. Based on prior work done by Alberta Agriculture researchers, the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC)-funded study partnered

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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