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Health Improvements In Eight Weeks

By Lorraine Stevenson May 14, 2009

Those suffering from a disease that thickens leg arteries and makes walking difficult can see an improvement in their condition simply by consuming more pulse foods such as beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils on a daily basis, according to a new clinical research study conducted in Manitoba. Researchers at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research

Country Crossroads

U. S. Nutritionists Urge New, Not-As-Sweet Drinks

May 7, 2009

Soft drink makers should invent and market a new category of semisweet beverages that will help wean Americans off their reliance on sugary drinks, nutrition experts say. They proposed a new class of reduced-calorie beverages with no more than one gram of sugar per ounce, which with about 50 calories is about 70 per cent

News

U. S. Making Little Progress On Food Safety

By Julie Steenhuysen April 16, 2009

Efforts to improve food safety in the United States have “plateaued,” exposing the need for an overhaul of the nation’s food safety system, government health officials said April 9. Despite work to improve food safety in recent years, the number of foodborne infections remained steady, with little change in the past few years, suggesting fundamental

Livestock

Calf Survival Threatened By Late, Wet Spring

By NDSU Release April 16, 2009

This spring’s snow, rain and floods have severely hampered the ability of calves to survive. “These weather conditions have been a real setback for our 2009 calf crop,” says North Dakota State University Extension Service veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow. “We can expect to see an increase in scours (diarrhea) and pneumonia in young calves and dystocia

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Nexera Growing At Bunge Altona

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2009

The owners have changed a few times and so have the oilseeds it crushes, but the processing plant farmers built here in 1946 still epitomizes the concept of “value added.” In fact, this plant has been “value adding” since long before the words became part of the Prairie lexicon. Canola, the oilseed it processes almost

Beef cattle, Livestock

Building A Better Burger

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

Canadian scientists say they can “build an even better beef burger” by taking advantage of new knowledge about healthy components found naturally in beef. There is growing evidence for the health benefits of these fatty acids, such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and omega-3. “We’ve learned a lot about the health benefits of fatty acids

Beef cattle, News, Poultry

K-State release

April 2, 2009

A comprehensive study conducted by agricultural economists at Kansas State University and Michigan State University revealed areas in which the beef industry can concentrate its efforts to strengthen beef demand, despite a sagging global and U. S. economy. The study showed that nutrition, safety and convenience remain important factors when it comes to shoppers’ attitudes

News

New Bayer CropScience Canada CEO

April 2, 2009

Kamel Beliazi, currently head of Bayer CropScience in Mexico, will be moving north to Calgary to take on new challenges as president and CEO of Bayer CropScience Canada on July 1, 2009. Beliazi takes over from Hartmut van Lengerich, who has been promoted to a new role leading a global crop strategy unit focused on

Crops

Micronutrients Keep The Wheels On In Crop Production

By Daniel Winters March 26, 2009

“If you look at all the micronutrients in soil, there’s enough to last your lifetime. The problem is that only a fraction of that is available at any one time.” – JOHN HEARD As if farming on the Prairies wasn’t already complicated enough. Micronutrients are one aspect of plant nutrition that is fiendishly difficult to

Hogs, Livestock

Feed Requirements Vary During Sow Lactation

March 19, 2009

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Current nutritional recommendations for gestating sows are out of date because today’s genotypes are so much leaner and more productive, says Dr. Ron Ball at the

Daily Network News

CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on active Chinese buying

GMO food labelling review opens questions on gene editing

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