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Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

China Lifts Import Restrictions On Canada Peas

Canada won concessions from China on several farm exports during a trade mission to Beijing and Inner Mongolia, but China’s more-important restrictions on Canadian canola and beef remain in place. China lifted import restrictions on Canadian peas, signed an agreement to buy $100 million worth of malt barley from the Canadian Wheat Board and reopened
Crops, Pulses

Pulse Industry Gets $8.3 Million Federal Funding

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The federal government is investing $8.3 million into pulse industry research and development, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said April 8. “On behalf of Canadian pulse farmers, processors and exporters, I want to thank the federal government for their continued support and investment in our industry,” said Barry Grabo, chair of Pulse Canada. “This funding will
Cereals, Crops, Pulses

New Herbicide Sought

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The federal government is contributing $772,000 to help Pulse Canada develop a herbicide that will dry crops faster for easier harvesting. New restrictions for herbicide residues mean there are fewer products available for desiccation as harvest aids for dry bean growers in Canada. The funding will allow researchers to evaluate what is currently available and
Cereals, News, Pulses

Co-Operator Staff Win Awards

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The Manitoba Co-operator’s managing editor Dave Bedard is a two-time gold medal winner in the 2009 Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) awards held last weekend in Edmonton. Bedard was awarded first place in the Press Editorial category (the O. R. Evans Award) sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited for his editorial titled Policy Plonk. Bedard and
Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Pulses

Do You Have Pumpkin Recipes To Share?

RECIPE SWAP Sandi Knight of Macdonald kindly responded to our call last week for a Gorp Bar recipe, sending us this one for Crunch Trail Mix Bars, which she clipped from a Today’s Parent magazine a couple of years ago. Sandi writes that the original recipe also called for three-quarters of a cup of sugar
News, Pulses

Health And Agriculture Need Joint Strategy: Capi

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Linking agriculture and health policy could improve Canadians’ health and, at the same time, revive this country’s agricultural sector, says a new report released by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Canada’s health crisis, a result of rising rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases and the farm income crisis could be tackled by what
Cereals, News, Pulses

Canada Pursues FTAs In Peru, Colombia

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Canadian wheat and pulse growers need Canada to ratify free trade deals with Peru and Colombia to stay competitive with Argentina and the United States. Wheat import tariffs have historically been as high as 17 per cent into Peru and 15 per cent into Colombia. Without a free trade deal, tariffs could cut Canadian grain
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Competitive Improvements Depend On Your View

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Farm groups trying to answer MPs’ questions about improving the competitiveness of producers have a lot of similar suggestions mixed with the occasional poke at the Canadian Wheat Board. Most have told the Commons agriculture committee the industry needs more basic research, expanded trade deals, better transportation and more domestic processing. They share considerable optimism
News, Pulses

India Pulse Import Tax Exemption Welcomed

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Adecision by the Government of India to extend import tax exemptions on pulses entering the country for another year will benefit Canadian exporters, said an official with Pulse Canada. To increase the domestic supply of pulses, the Indian government decided at a cabinet meeting to extend import tax exemptions for pulses until March 31, 2010,
News, Pulses

Government Invests $5.3 Million In Pulses

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The federal government is providing $5.3 million to Canada’s pulse industry to support a range of research and development initiatives from field to fork. The funding is through the federal Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) and will support the activities of PUREnet (Pulse Research Network), a network developed over the past two years to link

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