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Editorial: The information age and agriculture’s footprint

University agronomist says estimates of how much food needed to feed world's population by 2050 are too low

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The latest global supply-and-demand outlooks make it a little difficult to get too excited over worries the world will run out of food any time soon. World grain prices are weakening under what are characterized as burdensome supplies of staple commodity crops. Most of the pundits are now predicting we’re in for a prolonged period
Aliko Dangote, president and chief executive officer of Dangote Group
Crops, International news

Africa’s richest man targets Nigeria’s rice deficit

Aliko Dangote plans to produce a million tonnes of rice in four years

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Nigeria enjoys a perfect rice-growing climate over a vast area yet it is the world’s second-biggest importer of the staple, often from countries in its warm, wet tropical latitude like top exporter Thailand. It’s one of those baffling Nigerian paradoxes, like the fact that it is Africa’s top oil producer yet suffers frequent fuel shortages;
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Crops, Local news

Poor weather leads to poor quality crops

Soybean and lentil yields are up this year, but don’t expect that prices will follow suit

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The quality of Canadian wheat may be down this year, but that doesn’t mean demand will drop. Speaking at a recent Cereals North America conference in Winnipeg, CWB crop and weather specialist Bruce Burnett said this season’s crop got off on the wrong foot from day one, following a late thaw. “The roots of our
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Crops, International news

Small-scale farming at a crossroads

Is small beautiful or should the new motto be ‘move up or move out?”

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As director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C., Shenggen Fan has come a long way from his roots in rural China, where he shared a one-hectare farm with his parents and two brothers. The agricultural economist, honoured earlier this year by the World Food Program’s Hunger Hero Award for his
boat harvesting wild rice in a paddy
Crops, Local news

Poor weather impacts wild rice operations

Wild rice has been harvested in northern Manitoba for thousands of years, 
but modern demands may outstrip supplies as the grain increases in popularity

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Call it too much of a good thing. Wild rice needs plenty of water to grow, but heavy rains and high water coupled with cool temperatures has hit producers hard this season, particularly in northwestern Manitoba and northeastern Saskatchewan. “There’s this little pocket that covers the majority of Canadian production and they had a terrible
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Production shortfalls and transportation woes could result in nitrogen shortage

Experts say there’s still time to close the supply gap, but farmers should be 
talking to their suppliers about booking their orders

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Concern is mounting as transportation and production issues point to a serious shortage of nitrogen supplies this spring. “If it was April, I would be panicking,” said Brian Kenyon, director of sales and marketing with Yara Canada. However, even though nitrogen shipments to Western Canada are down by an estimated 750,000 to one million tonnes
Opinion

China could return to corn imports

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They may have slowed their purchasing pace lately as agronomists and trade officials awaited greater clarity on domestic and U.S. production potential, but Chinese corn importers may soon be forced to resume buying activity after the spread between key interior prices and U.S. export corn has widened sharply recently. Questions over domestic production potential coupled

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