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Cereals, News

Conference Board Of Canada Issues Report On Grain Transport

Giving the grain-handling and transportation sector a more commercial orientation would improve its efficiency and speed up the movement of wheat from terminals to ports, says a report issued by the Conference Board of Canada. “The greater flexibility allowed by regulators has helped to address some of the industry concerns, with the result that performance
Livestock, News

Rancher’s Return Software Updated

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Anew decision support tool to assist cattle producers in calculating their cost of production and break-even prices, has been posted to Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website. The new tool is an updated version of the highly successful Rancher’s Return excel spreadsheet calculator. “The 2011 version extends the initial cow-calf analysis further through the supply
Hogs, Livestock

Pork Producers Re-Enter Survival Mode

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. Following several months of small to moderate profits over the summer, a dramatic fall in hog prices and soaring feed costs have once again put Canada’s
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Dec. 9, 2010

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You might have read in our paper last week about the amount of food wasted in Canada every year. The numbers are eye popping. We are throwing away a mountain of food – about 40 per cent of all food produced in this country. That’s about $27 billion worth of edibles, or slightly less than
News, Pulses

Shippers Call For Better Rail Service

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The Harper government needs to act as quickly as possible to improve rail service or the country’s economic recovery will be in jeopardy, says the Coalition of Rail Shippers. After a day-long, closed-door conference on the Rail Freight Service Panel’s interim report released in October, coalition officials said the report clearly spells out the problems
News

Bankers, Funds Try To Cope With Demand For Farms

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Bankers and fund managers are scrambling to build up rural expertise in response to rocketing investor demand to buy entire farms as an inflation hedge. Investment funds worldwide have put an estimated $15 billion to $20 billion in agriculture globally, and interest is also growing from ultra-rich investors and pension funds, which see farmland as
Hogs, Livestock

Australian Retailer Bans Pork From Sow Stalls

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Canada’s pork producers are scrambling to learn more about a major Australian grocery chain’s decision to ban pork from countries that use sow gestation crates. Coles Supermarkets said last week all its imported pork products, including processed ham and bacon, will have to be from pigs raised without the use of sow stalls. Gary Stordy,
Hogs, Livestock

A Vaccine For Boar Taint Coming Soon

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. An immunological method of eliminating boar taint through vaccination is moving closer to reality in North America, with the vaccine soon to be licensed in both
News

Growers, Distributor, Buyers Link Up

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WANT TO KNOW MORE? Log on to: www.valuechainmb.ca/orcall… Eugene Warwaruk Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council [email protected] free: 1-800-216-9767 Marnie Feeleus has been delivering “fresh boxes” of locally grown produce to Winnipeg homes since 2006, serving as an important go-between for customers and small-scale vegetable producers. Now, with a retailer and an institutional buyer asking her to

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