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Learn To Fall Asleep — In Class Or At Your Computer

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Rural Manitobans who suffer from insomnia, yet live too far from anywhere to get help can now sign up for treatment for the condition. The department of clinical health psychology at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg is looking for rural Manitobans to sign up for an insomnia treatment program now offered online and via
Livestock

Utilizing Your Pharmaceutical Representative

The veterinary pharmaceutical industry has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. Like everything in the world, pharmaceut ical companies are getting bigger. Amalgamations, buyouts and takeovers have created a few very large companies, most with a vast array of products. The pharmaceutical representatives now represent a wider product line and as a result usually
Crops

Agriculture Called Key To Protecting Biodiversity

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An international accord to protect the world’s endangered species highlights the need for environmental goods and services programs for farmers, a Canadian farm leader says. Farmers can do a lot to protect nature if given the tools to do it, said Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president. So producers should not be left out
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 21, 2010

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Baltic stake:Viterra Inc. is opening a new marketing office in Kiev, Ukraine. “By establishing our company in key geographic areas such as Ukraine, we extend our ability to manage trade flows of food ingredients, freight activities and arbitrage opportunities, while managing price risk,” said Christian Joerg, vice-president and managing director, Europe.Net trade exports of wheat,
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Biodiversity Of Planet In Peril, Says United Nations

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The world’s countries are bankrupting their natural economies and must take bold action to reverse biodiversity losses caused by pollution, deforestation and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a UN summit on biodiversity. Ban and other leaders want world leaders to agree on a formal plan on biodiversity – the preservation of animal and plant
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New Forecasting System Needed – for Sep. 9, 2010

Asia’s heavy monsoons, a record heat wave in Russia and severe droughts in Africa show the need for new yardsticks to rate extreme weather to guide everybody from road builders to insurance companies, a UN expert said Aug. 13. Scales exist to measure the power of hurricanes or air quality, but there are none to
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Action Plan For Food Industry Could Help Farmers

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An action plan to help the Canadian food industry expand its international presence could pay dividends for Canadian farmers as well, says Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister of state for agriculture. “The food processing sector can help propel Canada’s economic recovery,” Blackburn told reporters after a meeting with 50 representatives of the food industry. “This is why
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Proposed Changes For Moisture Shrink Allowance

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is ending the 1.1 per cent “rebound factor” licensed primary elevators are now allowed to use to calculate the moisture shrinkage deducted from farmers on grain the elevators have dried. The CGC will continue to regulate how moisture shrinkage is calculated. The 1.1 per cent will be replaced with a
Opinion

Are You Rational?

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Ever wonder why those herbicide ads portray weeds as the silent killer of your yields? Or why farmers cling to the bin keys while markets are rising, only to sweep them clean and race for town after the peak has passed? Or why some farmers will do just about anything to avoid paying taxes –
Cereals, Opinion

Groundbreaking Moments In Global Agriculture

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Chicago | Reuters – Organized cultivation of food crops like wheat and barley began about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, what is now the Middle East. Great strides in agriculture have been made since through innovation, technology and genetics to help feed the world’s growing population. Despite this, however, more than

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