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Prairie Fare: Slow-Cooker-Shredded Salsa Chicken Tacos

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 13, 2015

The other day, I was at the hair salon with my eyes closed and head propped over a sink. I was so relaxed that I was ready to take a power nap. Unfortunately, I could not help but overhear a discussion by strangers at the sink next to me. They were talking about their diets.

Crops, Markets

China expected to boost imports of protein-rich wheat

By GFM Network News, Naveen Thukral, Niu Shuping January 6, 2015

Beijing/Singapore | Reuters — Chinese wheat buyers are likely to step up imports of higher quality grains to meet a domestic shortfall even though total overseas purchases are forecast to tumble this year due to bumper production at home, analysts and traders said. China, the world’s biggest wheat producer and consumer, has seen output climb

Hogs, Livestock

Optimizing the use of energy in pig feeds

By Bernie Peet April 18, 2013

With the cost of dietary energy more than doubling in the last eight years, it’s vitally important to optimize the efficiency with which it is utilized. Meeting the energy specifications of a typical grower diet now represents about 85 per cent of the cost of the diet and over 50 per cent of the total

Crops, Oilseeds

Soya protein can be replaced by rapeseed protein in human diets

By Jena University Release February 12, 2013

Today, more than 500 million people are suffering from a lack of adequate protein in their diet. Each year, the number of human beings increases by 80 million, a figure which is equivalent to the present population of Germany. Thus, providing enough food, particularly sufficient protein for the increasing populace is a challenging task for

Livestock, News

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk

October 17, 2012

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk london / reuters / Researchers in New Zealand have genetically engineered a cow to produce milk with very little of an allergy-causing protein. The technique, called RNA interference, reduces activity of certain genes without eliminating them completely. With mothers breastfeeding less, cows’ milk is an increasing source of protein

Cereals, Hogs, Livestock

NIRS provides rapid feed-ingredient analysis

By Bernie Peet April 30, 2012

Cost of $40,000 can potentially be paid off within six months on a moderate-size beef or hog operation

The technique of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectrometry (NIRS) analysis is set to change the way livestock producers evaluate feed ingredients and have their rations formulated. Because this technology provides a rapid assessment of a wide range of nutritional parameters, such as energy value, dry matter and protein, the economic value of ingredients such as cereals

Cereals, Crops, News

One GRL scientist and his revolutionary technology

April 7, 2012

By Val Ominski Protein has always made the wheat world go round, but it became even more important in the mid-1960s when some of the world’s major wheat producers began selling wheat according to protein content. In response, the Canadian Grain Commission developed a method for segregating wheat based on protein content — thereby increasing

News, Oilseeds

March 23, 2012

Syria needs to import more grain milan / reuters / Syria, hit by a civil unrest, needs to raise cereals import by about a third in the current marketing year after its local grain output 10 per cent dropped in 2011, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said March 14. “Continued civil unrest

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Other livestock

Canola Meal Levels Can Be Increased In Weaned Pig Diets

By Bernie Peet September 22, 2011

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. With the current high feed prices, hog producers are continually looking for ways to cut costs without compromising pig performance. Nowhere is this more true than

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Lentil Is A Good Source Of Protein For Weaned Pigs

June 23, 2011

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. With the current high price of feed ingredients, hog producers are looking for alternative sources of energy and protein in order to reduce costs, without compromising

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans firm as traders hope for more Chinese buying

Tag Archives Protein

How much protein do you need?

China expected to boost imports of protein-rich wheat

Optimizing the use of energy in pig feeds

Soya protein can be replaced by rapeseed protein in human diets

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk

NIRS provides rapid feed-ingredient analysis

One GRL scientist and his revolutionary technology

Canola Meal Levels Can Be Increased In Weaned Pig Diets

Lentil Is A Good Source Of Protein For Weaned Pigs

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