Hog Producers Want Pork Profit-Sharing

“A fundamental restructuring of our industry with shared accounting across the supply chain is imperative.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC CHAIRMAN Hog producers want a share of the money which other industry players – processors, food manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers – make from selling pork. The Canadian Pork Council is calling for a way to pass

Market For IP Soybeans Grows Stronger

The market for identity-preserved (IP) edible soybeans is strong and getting stronger, farmers learned during an information meeting organized by Huron Commodities Inc. recently. Eiichiro Nishida, assistant manager for buyer Kanematsu Corporation of Japan said Ontario’s producers are emerging as preferred suppliers, certainly over China. The U. S. is losing out because two big companies,


McDonald’s May Reduce Potato Pesticides

“We just hope there are people who understand all aspects of it.” – GARY SLOIK, KEYSTONE POTATO PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Amove by the fast-food restaurant company McDonald’s to reduce pesticide use on potatoes for french fries could have serious implications for Manitoba potato growers. Potatoes are such a high-demand crop for pesticides that reducing their use

Groups Discuss World Grain Reserve

Setting up a world grain reserve is a realistic option that would reduce the risk of food shortages and shield farmers from big price shocks, a senior official with the U. S. National Farmers Union said March 19. The proposal to create global cereal stocks topped the agenda of a meeting of farmers’ unions from


Food, Farms The New Target For Venezuela’s Chavez

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has put food and farms at the centre of his socialist revolution, tightening the government’s grip on supplies of staples in a strategy that risks sparking social unrest. Chavez nationalized a local unit of U. S. food giant Cargill on March 5 and threatened to take over the South American country’s

Who picks up the tab for last year’s overpriced fertilizer?

It’s a classic “chicken” scenario, with both sides waiting to see whether the other caves first. Fertilizer retailers, stuck with overpriced inventories bought during last summer’s market peak, are hoping that the fear of shortages amidst the seeding rush will force farmers to start cutting cheques. Farmers, on the other hand, are holding out for