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Anhydrous Ammonia Certification Deadline Coming

By Alex Binkley November 26, 2009

Farmers and agriretailers who want to remain as dealers in anhydrous ammonia should get started now on obtaining the certification they’ll need come 2011, according to the Fertilizer Safety and Security Council. They must be registered under the Ammonia Code of Practice by Dec. 31 of next year or otherwise they’ll no longer be able

Country Crossroads

Need For Critical Infrastructure Much On Leaders’ Minds

By Lorraine Stevenson November 26, 2009

“It’s vital to their very existence.” – R. M. OF TACHE REEVE WILLIAM DANYLCHUK ON THE NEED FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL COMMUNI TI ES Leaders of Manitoba municipalities are gathered at their annual convention this week in Brandon to debate a host of issues, from health care to economic development – plus how to

Country Crossroads

Stay In Control Of Holiday Spending

By Shirley J. Anderson-porisch November 26, 2009

University of Minnesota Extension It’s easy to get carried away with buying gifts and extras at Christmastime, and many people will likely overspend. Now is the time for a holiday spending plan! The main function of a spending plan, holidays or otherwise, is to take control of your money. Unfortunately, many people do not always

Cereals, News

CFIA Confusing Millers With Fusarium Inspections

By Alex Binkley October 29, 2009

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is sowing confusion and uncertainty among Canadian millers with increased inspections of its plants and products for evidence of fusarium contamination, the Commons agriculture committee has heard. Derek Jamieson, vice-president of the P&H Milling Group, told the MPs the agency has stepped up its inspections “without any prior consultation or

Livestock

Commons To Grill CN On Rail Siding Closures

By Alex Binkley September 24, 2009

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he wants the Commons agriculture committee to investigate CN’s decision to stop serving 52 Prairie sidings where farmers load grain into producer cars. “Farmers know that this Conser vat ive government has always defended producers’ access to hopper cars,” the minister said. “We know that producers are concerned about transport

News, Pulses

Health And Agriculture Need Joint Strategy: Capi

By Lorraine Stevenson August 27, 2009

Linking agriculture and health policy could improve Canadians’ health and, at the same time, revive this country’s agricultural sector, says a new report released by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Canada’s health crisis, a result of rising rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases and the farm income crisis could be tackled by what

Cereals, Crops

Uncashed Producer Cheques Finance Research

By Cwb Release August 27, 2009

Research to develop a natural food preservative, derived from cereal grains, is one of five projects supported by wes tern Canadian farmers through the 2009 CWB postgraduate awards program. If successful, the research could create an important new value-added market for Prairie wheat and barley, which would be used to produce a mould-fighting preservative. Scientists

Cereals, Crops

New Flour Mill To Be Built In Ontario

By Lorraine Stevenson August 27, 2009

“The key is rail access. It’s taken us three years at least to find the right spot.” AManitoba farmer and former owner of the company that built the flour mill at Elie over a decade ago plans to do the same thing again near Guelph, Ontario. Andreas Boersch is president of LVB Milling of Elie,

Opinion

Moving From Supply To Value-Driven Business Models

By Martin Gooch August 20, 2009

The following is excerpts from the report “Characterizing the Ideal Model of Value Chain Management and Barriers to its Implementation” recently released by the George Morris Centre at the University of Guelph. Many attempts have been made to describe what differentiates a supply chain from a value chain. What lies at the heart of the

News, Pulses

Pulse Promotion Fits New-Age Tastes

By Lorraine Stevenson July 23, 2009

Kids have been watching and learning from their parents – how not to eat. “The ailments that have plagued our parents and our grandparents, like early deaths from stress and heart disease… they’re all fairly preventable, if we can live healthier,” said Timothy Hill, a 20-something junior trader with Bissma Pacific Inc. as he listened

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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