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Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

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Canadian year-end stocks of all wheat, barley, canola and oats were smaller than they were the previous year due to farmers harvesting smaller crops, Statistics Canada said Feb. 5. Stocks of all wheat in grain bins and country elevators totalled 21.685 million tonnes on Dec. 31, which was 1.5 per cent less than a year
Beef cattle, Livestock

TV Ads Too Expensive In Hard Times

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The high cost of advertising and a struggling U. S. beef industry have forced the popular “Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner” ads off television and it does not appear they will be returning any time soon, an industry official said Jan. 27. Voiced over the years by actors Robert Mitchum, James Garner and Sam Elliott,
Livestock, News

New Plan To Help Kenyan Pastoralists

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“If it’s successful we will look further afield, in western Africa around the Sahel and southern Asia.” Herders of cows or camels in arid northern Kenya can obtain a new type of insurance against drought – the first of its kind in Africa using satellites to gauge rainfall. Project organizers hope to get about 1,000
Beef cattle, Livestock

Hitch In Cattle Deal With National Beef

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Hitch Enterprises, a privately held livestock operation, has reached a deal whereby it will sell cattle from its three feedyards solely to National Beef Packing Co. LLC, an agreement that Hitch leaders believe will produce better prices for its customers. The “handshake” agreement started in January and will continue indefinitely, Hitch chairman Jason Hitch told
News

Warm, Wet Summer On The Way

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Canadian farmers who pulled off some big high-quality crops last year despite volatile weather appear to be in line for a warmer, wetter summer, said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, Jan. 11. “That’s a pretty good-news situation,” Phillips said in an interview with Reuters. “I think most farmers would go to the bank
Crops

Spot Fertilizer Sales Rise

Fertilizer is increasingly being sold in spot deals rather than long-term contracts as buyers prefer to play safe while the global economic outlook remains uncertain, the chief executive of Mosaic Co. said Jan. 14. “It’s effectively becoming a spot market,” said CEO Jim Prokopanko of the leading global producer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop
News

Dry Spell, Army Worms Damage Malawi Crops

Apersistent dry spell and an army worm outbreak in Malawi have destroyed about 35,000 hectares of crops, threatening the food security of 123,000 families so far, a senior government official said Jan. 18. Army worms have attacked nine districts and destroyed 5,000 hectares of crops, while 30,000 hectares of maize have been damaged due to
Livestock

Nebraska Winter Lifts U. S. Cattle Prices

CHICAGO/REUTERS Winter storms have blasted Nebraska, slowing movement of cattle and hampering weight gain, helping to lift cattle prices across the country for producers who have been losing money for more than a year, analysts and traders said on Jan. 5. More snow is on the way for Nebraska, the No. 2 cattle state, which
Crops, Oilseeds

Ritz Wants U. S. To Ease Actions On Crushers

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“The tests that are done as they leave the facility are all good (but) we have no control over a lot of the shipment side of it.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Canada wants the U. S. to stop imposing restrictions against Canadian canola-crushing plants when their meal shipments pick up salmonella bacteria en route

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